1. Early Country Music Hillbilly Records

2. Hillbilly or Country Music Musical Elements Hillbilly Records

3. Radio – Rapid growth of hillbilly market – Less so for race records – Stations were all white owned – WSB in Atlanta began broadcasting 1922

4. Nashville – Center/home of country music A radio show – WSM

5. Pioneers of Country Music The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers

6. The Carter Family A. P. “Doc” Carter (1891–1960) Sara Carter (1899— 1979) Maybelle Carter (1909—1978) autoharp

7. “Gospel Ship” (1935) I'm going to take a trip in that old gospel ship I'm a-going far beyond the sky I'm gonna shout and sing ‘til heaven rings When I hid this world goodbye I have good news to bring, and that is why I sing All my joys with you I'll share I'm going to take a trip in that old gospel ship And go sailing through the air I can scarcely wait, I know I won't be late I'll spend my time in prayer And when the ship comes in, I'll leave this world of sin And go sailing through the air

8. Jimmie Rodgers (1897–1933)

9. Listening: “Blue Yodel No. 2”

10. Listening: “Waiting for a Train”

11. Listening: “Dreaming with Tears in My Eyes”

12. The Great Depression “Woody” Guthrie The Great Depression (1929 – ca. 1939) Economic downturn crushed record industry Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Guthrie – Oklahoma – Okies – “This Land Is Your Land” – “This Machine Kills Fascists”