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Life in the
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American Culture
American Music
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View from Nashville
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Encyclopedia of Country Music : The Ultimate Guide to the Music
Hank
Williams : The Biography
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Country and Western Music
Country and western
music is yet another great tradition of American music
linked to the southern part of
the country. Country music is the descendent of the music
that Scots-Irish pioneers
brought to the Appalachian
region. Country music lyrics speak of the hopes
and troubles of millions of ordinary people in the south
and the heartland of
America. By far the most famous country music singer, Hiram King
(Hank) Williams (1923-1953), wrote hundreds of sensitive
and inspiring songs. Nashville,
Tennessee, nicknamed "Music
City", with its Grand
Ol' Opry performances, is the center
of the world of country-western music.
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