MUSIC 2II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pedal Steel Guitar, Ryman Auditorium, Blues Shouter
2 Mar 2015
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Tin pan alley, country, blues, gospel: important before and just after wwii, elements of all came together to make rock and roll. Country/hillbilly music: circulated by oral tradition. One performer learns a song from another performer by listening to it: demographic: Rural (initially: jimmie rodgers (early days) Marketed how the cowboy was supposed to be his persona. Sang about romanticized themes, image of vagabond lifestyle (on the road, riding the trains : lifestyle far away from domestic, live one day to the next. Contemporary versions: tim mcgraw, jason aldean, kenny chestin: cowboy hat conceal face; mysterious. Song: trainwhistle: yodelling, warm voice, construction of masculinity, mysterious. Started with jimmie rodger"s lyrical themes and it"s vagabond lifestyle: grand ole opry. Ryman auditorium, nashville: nashville = central to country, preform to live audience, broadcast on radio, radio show begain in 1925 on wsm nashville. No drums: hank williams hey good lookin" . Timbre: nasal, style, strained, style, regional accent, marker of authenticity.
