Why Education is a wonderful thing. I highly recommend it. However, there is one area of popular American culture that seems to be lacking in the education department as far as the masses are concerned and that is Country and Western Music. Not the real thing. Country music, and all that that entails, bluegrass, mountain, folk, juke joint, rockabilly, Texas blues, gospel, Cajun, rock 'n' roll, cowboy and ecetera, is not a simple subject.
Country music is the music of the people who came to America from all over the world.
How that music evolved once it came into contact with other cultures is also part of country music. The Celts and the English, the Africans and the French and so many other peoples built the foundation of this music as they lived their lives in this new world. The experiences of these people, who became Americans, is what propelled country music forward and allows it to remain distinct while detailing the history of so many. One aspect of this music is the Bakersfield Sound. Coming out of the San Joaquin Valley as the Great Depression, two World Wars and a Dust Bowl moved people west to the Golden State to find their dreams, the Bakersfield Sound emerged from places with names like Modesto, Fresno and, of course, Bakersfield.