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纳什维尔,田纳西州
Nashville, Tennessee, once became the heart place of country music industry.
During the 1930s and 1940s, cowboy, Western music, elements about country were acted in films made by Hollywood.
The Major Musicians
He was born in Poteet, Texas, an American country music singer, actor and music producer. He was called the ”King of Country”. From 1980s to 1990s was his golden time.
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The unique charm of country music attracts worldwide listeners, remained steady for it. It is a big business, brings highest profit reaches 400 million dollars a year.
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Based on country music , several derivative(衍生的) musical forms as followed: Bluegrass(兰草音乐) Roots rock Southern rock Rock and roll Dansband ("dance band")
In the early 1900’s,immigrants from the immigrants Appalachian Mountains of North America immigrated into the southern. They brought their music and instruments along with them. The instruments include the fiddle, the mandolin, the guitar and the banjo. Different kinds of music forms interacted and produced new kind of music to this area of North America. This is the early country music, also called hillbilly music.
It played a sound melodious(旋律优美的)， bouncy, happy or sorrowful, and can be identified easily among so many types of music.
Mandolin
Guitar
Drums
Banjo
Dulcimer
Fiddle
Harmonica Electric Guitar Piano
Country music evolved quickly in the 1920s, became popular in the 1940s, widely enjoyed in the 1970s. Boogie began being recorded in 1939. In the 1990s, country music became worldwide popularity, thanks to the powerful influence of Billy Ray Cyrus and Garth Brooks. In 2006, sales of country albums increased by 17.7% to 36 million, while sales of albums in 17.7 music industry was on the decline（衰退）.
George Strait
乔治·史崔特 乔治 史崔特
American country music artist, who helped make country music became a worldwide phenomenon. He mix rock elements into his recordings and earned immense popularity, made country music attracted a larger audience.
What is country music about?
Country music reflects the thoughts of labouring people, usually relates to family, finding love, losing love, friendship, drinking, cheating, hurting, happiness, or God.
Introduced to the world as a southern phenomenon. Today singers not just come from the States but from all over the world. Such as Britain, Canada and Australia.
Garth Berican country pop singer and songwriter. The second album has earned Swift four Grammy Awards since 2008. She is the top-selling digital artist in music history. What‘s more, she is only 20 years old and talented.