The Righteous Bojambo #74 - You Old Sassafras Heels
Channel: Foul Quince
Date: 2022-07-05

The Rise of Country Music 1924-1946

While Country Music has always had superstars - Charlie Poole, Jimmie Rogers, Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb and Hank Williams there was a cavalcade of heroes whose music helped forge the subtle blend of Country sounds (Appalachian string music) and Western Sounds (Cowboy ballads and Texas Blues) into music that was to flower into a great golden age that lasted 25 odd years after the end of WW2 and also gave birth to significant sub genres along the way. Here's where we acknowledge and celebrate the giants on whose shoulders the legends stood.

Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlf3VlHmcjUGs9-FHh06gq0Bfm-a3JWDL

0:00 Introduction
1:01 Eck Robertson 1924-1929
4:31 Riley Puckett 1924-1922 DECCA
5:16 Gene Autry 1929-1967
6:16 The Carter Family 1927-1936
10:14 Merle Travis 1945-1981
14:01 Moon Mullican 1946 1966
15:48 Bob Wills & the Texas... COLUMBIA