MUS 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ralph Peer, Socalled, Cross Road Blues
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Part 1: blues and country 1920s and 1930s. The inclusion of blues and country music in the popular music industries came about largely from the desire to cultivate secondary markets and thus increase profits. The focus was squarely oriented towards the agricultural heartland that was the american south. Should there be any doubt as to the degree of marginalization involved, the labels used between the 1920s and 1940s are a good indication This label was applied to a large cross-section of african american music, including the blues as well as jazz, gospel choirs, vocal quartets, string bands, and jug-and-washboard bands (starr and waterman, p. 127) Not necessarily a derogatory label (black nationalism) This label to the music we call today country and western and country folk. Marketed to a southern white consumer base. Recap on significance of labels (naming processes, agency, marketing)
