• meeeeetch@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My dude, flappers could have bought some of the first country records. It’s been a genre since before they switched from wax cylinders to vinyl records.

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        1 year ago

        You just linked to a wiki article that says country music has been around since the 1920s. That same site says a generation is 20-30 years, so 3 to 5 generations of country music.

        For example, Hank Williams played country in the 40s for one generation. His son, Hank Williams Jr. played country music in the 70s for a different generation. His grandson, Hank Williams III, played country for yet another generation in the 90s. His great grandson, Coleman Williams (aka IV) plays country for today’s generation.

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        1 year ago

        Your own link, first lines

        Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the Southern and Southwestern United States. First produced in the 1920s, country music primarily focuses on working class Americans and blue-collar U.S. American life