MUSIC103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Vernon Dalhart, Carter Family, Okeh Records
8 Sep 2016
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How did distinct sounds and styles become developed by artists & the recording industry? o o o. Categories developed by music industry that catered to rural white americans and. In addition to the categories of jazz and solo singers. Recording companies brought this music to the public, with help from radio and film. A term that became widely used to describe music in the 1930s, beginning in mid-1920s. Impossible to list all mountain regions, so this was a general term to serve that purpose. A derogative term for southern backwoods culture. Cost 7 cents to make, sold millions of copies. The carter family - no depression in heaven (1936) communicates rural (appalachia) experience of great depression. Group was a major influence on bluegrass, country, rock and pop. Guitar in forefront, maybelle"s carter style, thumb picking. Location recordings for both hillbilly and race records. Black artists assigned to 14000 race series, white artists in 15000 hillbilly series.
