Country Music History & Styles Outline (4/11/92)

–> Old time music (early string bands & balladeers)
. Ernest Stoneman
. Uncle Dave Macon
. Charlie Poole
. Vernon Dalhart
. Grayson & Whitter
. Sam & Kirk McGee
. Riley Puckett

–> Country folk/ country string bands/ balladeers/ country gospel
. Carter Family
. Blue Sky Boys
. Monroe Brothers
. Delmore Brothers (I)
. Louvin Brothers
. Wade Mainer
. Roy Acuff
. Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper
. Molly O’Day
. Woody Guthrie (c.1940, pre-urban folk revival)

–> Country blues
. Jimmie Rodgers
–> Roy Acuff, Gene Autry, Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Merle Haggard, etc.
. Dixon Brothers

–> Singing cowboys
. Gene Autry
. Sons of the Pioneers
. Tex Ritter

–> Western swing
. Bob Wills
. Milton Brown
. Spade Cooley
. Hank Thompson

–> Bluegrass
. Bill Monroe
. Flatt & Scruggs
. Stanley Brothers
. Reno & Smiley
. Jim & Jesse
. Country Gentlemen (newgrass)
. Kentucky Colonels (L.A. bluegrass)
. J.D. Crowe & the New South (w/ Ricky Skaggs [I])
. The Whites (Buck White & the Down Home Folks)
. David Grisman (including w/ Old & In the Way)
. Seldom Scene
. ?Alison Krauss

–> Honky tonk/ hillbilly boogie
. Ernest Tubb
. Delmore Brothers (II)
. Merle Travis
. Moon Mullican
. Hank Williams
. Lefty Frizzell
. Hank Snow
. Ray Price (I)
. George Jones (I)
. Johnny Horton
. Little Jimmy Dickens
. Maddox Brothers & Rose [Maddox]
. Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith
. Speedy West

–> Rockabilly
. Elvis Presley
. Johnny Cash (I)
. Jerry Lee Lewis (I)
. Buddy Holly

–> Nashville sound/ countrypolitan
. Patsy Cline
. Kitty Wells
. Don Gibson
. Loretta Lynn (also w/ Conway Twitty)
. Johnny Cash (II)
. Jerry Lee Lewis (II)
. Tammy Wynette (also w/ George Jones)
. Dolly Parton
. Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
. Tom T. Hall
. Conway Twitty (also w/ Loretta Lynn)
. George Jones (II, also w/ Tammy Wynette)
. Eddy Arnold
. Chet Atkins
. Moe Bandy (I)
. Bobby Bare (I)
. Johnny Bush
. Willie Nelson (I)
. Charley Pride
. Jim Reeves
. Marty Robbins (I)
. Carl Smith
. Connie Smith
. Statler Brothers (Lester “Roadhog” Moran satire album)
. Mel Tillis
. Tanya Tucker
. Hank Williams Jr. (I)
. Ray Price (II)

–> Bakersfield sound
. Buck Owens
. Merle Haggard
. Tommy Collins
. Wynn Stewart

–> Country rock
. Gram Parsons (w/ The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Emmylou Harris)
. Commander Cody
. Emmylou Harris
. Linda Ronstadt
. Hank Williams Jr. (II)
?The Eagles, ?Michael Nesmith First National Band.

–> Progressive country/ outlaw/ Texas sound/ singers & songwriters
. Willie Nelson (II)
. Waylon Jennings
. Kris Kristofferson
. Billy Joe Shaver
. David Allen Coe
. Bobby Bare (II)
. Kinky Friedman
. Joe Ely
. Delbert McClinton
. Guy Clark
. Jerry Jeff Walker
. Townes Van Zandt
. Steve Young
. Rosanne Cash
. Rodney Crowell
. Dwight Yoakam
. Steve Earle
. ?Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Vince Gill, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Lyle Lovett, k.d. lang, Lucinda Williams

–> Neo-traditional currents & revivals
. Country folk: Doc & Merle Watson, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (“Will the Circle Be Unbroken?”)
. Singing cowboys: Marty Robbins (II, “Gunfighter Ballads”)
. Western swing: Asleep at the Wheel, Johnny Gimble (“Texas Dance Party”)
. Honky tonk: Gary Stewart, Moe Bandy (II), John Anderson, George Strait, ?Vern Gosdin
. Mainstream: Randy Travis, Reba McEntire, Ricky Skaggs (II)
. ?Clint Black, Garth Brooks, Ricky Van Shelton, The Judds