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Thursday 10/21: Nashville Sound and Bakersfield Sound (mid-1950s-late 1960s)
1. How did Music Row's emphasis gradually shift from music publishing to music recording
throughout the 1950s and beyond?
Change of the music challenges and the publishing
models.
(a) What was the first major record label to set up studios on Music Row and when?
RCA
Records (1957)
5. What was the Nashville Sound, and who were some artists who exemplified its style?
Marriage of country and pop, less twangy, softer and lusher sound. Tammy Wynette,
Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Chet Atkins, Brenda Lee
6. Who was Jim Reeves, and what were some of his musical influences?
Prominent Nashville Sound artist, born in Texas, worked as radio announcer, live singer,
influenced by Western Swing music - Bing Crosby, Eddy Arnold, Frank Sinatra
7. How does Reeves's 1959 #1 hit, "He'll Have to Go," define his style in terms of the following:
(a) musical style:
Smooth, full and open tamber
(b) performance style:
well-dressed, smiling, clear makeup
8. Who was Chet Atkins, and why is he significant?
American country guitarist, singer,
record company executive, born in Tennessee, reached the Grand Ole Opry (1950).
(a) How does his song "Prissy" (1966) exemplify the Nashville Sound?
Clear and distinct tamber, open sound, Western swing.
9. What is the Bakersfield Sound, and what were its artists reacting against?
Stood in direct opposition to the slick sound of much Nashville country music,
popularized by musicians like Merle Haggard and Buck Owens.
10. Why did the above movement begin around the Bakersfield, CA, area?
The population was mainly migrants from Dust Bowl.
11. Who are some artists (both early and later) who are associated with the Bakersfield Sound?
Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Dwight Yokum
12. Who is Buck Owens, and how did he, specifically his #1 hit "Act Naturally" (1963), help
define the Bakersfield Sound?
Born in Texas, grew up in AZ (1929), truck driver, ended up
in Bakersfield (1951), "Hot Dog" (1959 - rockabilly), formed the Buckaroos (1962).
10. How does Merle Haggard's 1969 hit song "Okie from Muskogee" exemplify another side of
Bakersfield Sound country music in regards to the following:
(a) rhythm:
rock and roll, slowed down tempo
(b) texture:
tangy
(c) instrumentation:
drums, Steele guitar, electric guitar
(d) lyrics:
conservative, working class
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