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Artists & Groups
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Eddy Arnold
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Brooks & Dunn
http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Slim-Howdy-Novel-ebook/dp/B0011UGM3M/
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Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown [d. 2005]
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The Carter Family
entry at Wikipedia
The Carter Family Memorial Music Center in Hiltons, VA
The Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, VA
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"Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?: The Carter Family & Their Legacy In American Music" [2002] by Mark Zwonitzer with Charles Hirshberg S&S 8¼x5½ pb [2/2004] for $10.50 S&S 9½x6.4 hardcover [7/2002] for $17.50 S&S {bargain} 9½x6.4 hardcover [7/2002] for $6.99 |
Johnny Cash: Essentials • concerts on DVD • concerts on VHS
"Five Minutes To Live" [1961]”
Johnny Cash portrayed crazed criminal Johnny Cabot; possible remake in 2012
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Patsy Cline: Essentials
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Bob Dylan
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concerts on VHS |
concerts on DVD |
Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1988
"Chronicles: Vol. 1" autobiography [2004] by Bob Dylan
S&S hardcover [10/2004] for $16.32 |
S&S pb [9/2005] for $10.78
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Tennessee Ernie Ford [1919-91]
browse music •
official website
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The Gatlin Brothers: browse music • official website
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Don Gibson [d 2003]
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Woody Guthrie [1912-67]
browse Woody Guthrie Music at Amazon • movie/TV credits at IMDb
Woody Guthrie Foundation & Archives
Woody Guthrie at the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame [inducted 1988]
Woody Guthrie entry at Wikipedia
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"My Dusty Road" CD Box Set [2009]  by Woody Guthrie 54 songs from newly discovered original metal masters, accompanied on some by guitarist Cisco Houston and-or harmonica player Sonny Terry Rounder Records music CD set [8/2009] 54 tracks on 4 disks for $57.49 |
 | "Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti" [1996] by Woody Guthrie Smithsonian Folkways remastered recordings [2/96] for $16.98 |
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"Dust Bowl Ballads" [1964] by Woody Guthrie
Buddha / BMG audio CD [7/2000] for $10.99 |
Robert Johnson
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Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1986 |
documentaries on VHS |
career box set
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Leadbelly [real name Huddie Ledbetter]
Essentials |
Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1988
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Roger Miller [1936-92]
browse music •
official website •
museum in Erick, OK
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The Oak Ridge Boys [est. 1943 as gospel group]
official website
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Phil Ochs [1940-76]
"Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune" documentary [First Run Features 2010?]
Produced and directed by Kenneth Bowser /tt1597089/
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Buck Owens
Essentials •
official website
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: browse music • official website
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Jimmie Rodgers: browse music • Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame 1986
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Linda Ronstadt: Essentials
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Hank Snow
browse music •
Hank Snow Country Music Centre in Canada
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Cliffie Stone: official website
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[Ms] Taylor Swift
first album in 2006 at age 16
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folk singers The Weavers [1948-64 & 1981]
movie credits •
Wikipedia
original members were Ronnie Gilbert [b. 1926], Lee Hays [1914-81], Fred Hellerman [b. 1927] & Pete
Seeger [b. 1919] - all affected by the Hollywood Blacklist, circa 1950; later members were
Erik Darling [1933-2008], Frank Hamilton & Bernie Krause [b. 1938]
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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Hank Williams [1923-53] & Family Page
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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Bob Wills [1905-75] & His Texas Playboys Page !['San Antonio Rose' midi file [1 min 56 sec]](images/tinymusic.gif){kind=small}
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"The Tiffany Transcriptions {original recordings, remastered}" Box Set [2009] by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys a series of radio programs recorded in 1947 & 1948 for syndication by Bob Wills's Tiffany Music at the historic Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California Collector's Choice soundtrack CD set [1/2009] 150 tracks on 10 CDs for $122.98 official album site |
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Gretchen Wilson: browse music
Links
Country Music Hall of fame
Grand Ole Opry official website
Country Vintage: Legends of Country Music
Country Legends Assn.
Countryworks 'Century of Country' website
East Tennessee Old Time Music Index
Roughstock's History of Country Music
Louisiana Hayride official website
Folk Alley: Kent State's 24/7 folk music webcast
Hillbilly Music [dot] com
Great American Country Television [est. 1995]
Events
Albuquerque [NM] Folk Festival [June 2007 = #9]
Kent State Folk Festival [Nov] in Kent, OH
B o o k s
 | "Classic Country: The Golden Age of Country Music - The 20's Thru The 70's" [2001]
Time-Life 12x10¼ hardcover [11/2001] out of print/used |
 | "Behind The Grand Ole Opry Curtain: Tales of Romance and Tragedy" [2008] by Robert K. Oermann Based on over 150 firsthand interviews with the stars of The Grand Ole Opry, which include Trace Adkins, DeFord Bailey, Garth Brooks, June Carter, Johnny Cash, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Grandpa Jones, Willie Nelson, Stringbean (David Akeman), Trisha Yearwood, many others Center Street 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2008] for $16.65 |
Music CDs
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"The Complete Lester 'Roadhog' Moran & The Cadillac Cowboys" [1995] satire by the Statler Brothers Mercury Nashville audio CD [2/95] for $9.95 |
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"The Best of The Thistle & Shamrock, Vol. 1" [1999]
artists & groups include Altan; Battlefield Band; Pierre Bensusan; Clannad; Alasdair Frazer & Paul Machlis; Dick Gaughan; William Jackson; Dougie MacLean; Maura O'Connell; Relativity; Sileas; and Davy Spillane Hearts of Space audio CD [1/99] for $15.98 official radio program website at N.P.R. |
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"Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music" [1952] Vols. 1-3: Smithsonian/Folkways audio CD [8/97] 6 disks for $76.49 Vol. 4: Revenant audio CD [5/2000] 2 disks / out of prodn/used |
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