Why southwest Virginia is the birthplace of country music

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/trav ... -y32FHgTpM

Shameless brag. This is a great article about the evolution of country music and the role that Appalachia (particularly my little neck of the woods) plays.
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My momma and her sister sang on the radio with Roy Acuff and they grew up just a jump and a skip away from Loretta Lynn's home. 🤗
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Della wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:33 pm My momma and her sister sang on the radio with Roy Acuff and they grew up just a jump and a skip away from Loretta Lynn's home. 🤗
Wonder what they'd say about what is considered "country" today.
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WellPreserved wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:39 pm
Della wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:33 pm My momma and her sister sang on the radio with Roy Acuff and they grew up just a jump and a skip away from Loretta Lynn's home. 🤗
Wonder what they'd say about what is considered "country" today.
No harmony. No talent. No soul.

I loved listening to them strum and sing. They sung with so many of the soon to be legends. It was such a small world back then.
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Della wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:30 am
WellPreserved wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:39 pm
Della wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:33 pm My momma and her sister sang on the radio with Roy Acuff and they grew up just a jump and a skip away from Loretta Lynn's home. 🤗
Wonder what they'd say about what is considered "country" today.
No harmony. No talent. No soul.

I loved listening to them strum and sing. They sung with so many of the soon to be legends. It was such a small world back then.
I'm envious!

I went to the IBMA conference last year and with 100s of thousands of participants, it still felt like a small world.
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Bluegrass and country music was a big part of my childhood. My grandparents hosted a “pickin session” twice a week (Tuesdays and Saturdays) every week until 2001 when my grandfather passed away. He played the guitar and banjo. My grandmother sang. My great grandparents were in a bluegrass band, and their children play and/sing. It was more hit or miss with their grandkids. My dad being one of the ones who doesn’t play or sing.
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