A History of the Origins of the Fiddle Tunes (9370 words, 25 pages)
Although musicians had been recording fiddle tunes (known as Old Time Music at that time) in thesouthern Appalachians for several years, It wasn't until August 1, 1927 in Bristol, Tennessee, that CountryMusic really began. There, on that day, Ralph Peer signed Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family torecording contracts for ...
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