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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 4835895, member: 44"] I had the same impression that you do about the origins of country music. Interestingly, so does Wikipedia: [I]The main components of the modern country music style date back to music traditions throughout the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States']Southern United States[/URL] and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwestern_United_States']Southwestern United States[/URL], while its place in [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_popular_music']American popular music[/URL] was established in the 1920s during the early days of music recording.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music#cite_note-Peterson-13'][13][/URL] According to country historian [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_C._Malone']Bill C. Malone[/URL], country music was "introduced to the world as a Southern phenomenon."[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music#cite_note-14'][14][/URL] Migration into the southern [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains']Appalachian Mountains[/URL], of the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_United_States']Southeastern United States[/URL], brought the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music']folk music[/URL] and instruments of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe']Europe[/URL], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa']Africa[/URL], and the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Basin']Mediterranean Basin[/URL] along with it for nearly 300 years, which developed into [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_music']Appalachian music[/URL]. As the country expanded westward, the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River']Mississippi River[/URL] and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana']Louisiana[/URL] became a crossroads for country music, giving rise to [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajun_music']Cajun music[/URL]. In the Southwestern United States, it was the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountains']Rocky Mountains[/URL], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_frontier']American frontier[/URL], and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande']Rio Grande[/URL] that acted as a similar backdrop for [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_music_of_North_America']Native American[/URL], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Mexico']Mexican[/URL], and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy']cowboy[/URL] ballads, which resulted in [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_music']New Mexico music[/URL] and the development of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_music_(North_America)']western music[/URL], and its directly related [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_dirt_(music)']Red Dirt[/URL], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_country_music']Texas country[/URL], and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejano_music']Tejano music[/URL] styles. In the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia-Pacific']Asia-Pacific[/URL], the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_guitar']steel guitar[/URL] sound of country music has its provenance in the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Hawaii']music of Hawaii[/URL].[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music#cite_note-Tiki_with_Ray_2018-15'][15][/URL][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music#cite_note-Magazine_Shah_2019-16'][16][/URL][/I] [HEADING=2][I]Role of East Tennessee[/I][/HEADING] [I]Main article: [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_East_Tennessee']Music of East Tennessee[/URL] The U.S. Congress has [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent_resolution']formally recognized[/URL] [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol,_Tennessee']Bristol, Tennessee[/URL] as the "Birthplace of Country Music"[/I] [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Congress%20has%20formally,Bristol%20recording%20sessions%20of%201927.']Link[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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