Creating Country Music:

Fabricating AuthenticityBy Richard A. Peterson

Who & What is country?

Fiddlin John Carson (1923)

Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane

Hillbillies

Blinkey Brothers BandLater: Dixie Clod Hoppers

The Carter Family

The Fruit Jar Drinkers

Before After

Jimmie Rodgers (late 20s)

T is for Texas (blue yodel)

Barn Dances/Fiddling Contests

Mellie Dunham with Henry Ford

George Hay “Uncle’ Jimmy Thompson

Participants, including Fiddlin’ John Carson at the right, at the 1925 Mountain City, Tennessee Old Time Fiddling Contest sponsored by the Ku Klux Klan.

Gene Autry (early 30s)

Mexicali Rose

Roy Rogers (mid 30s)

Roy Rogers at Hollywood Canteen

Hank Williams (1923-1953)

Hey Good Lookin'

Country Today

CMA Music Fest 2013