The Rub (Beginnings-1933)
How what was first called hillbilly music reached new audiences through phonographs and radio, and launched the careers of country music's first big stars - the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers.
After centuries of percolating in the American South, what was first called hillbilly music began to reach more people through the new technologies of phonographs and radio. The Carter Family, with their ballads and old hymns, and Jimmie Rodgers, with his combination of blues and yodelling, became its first big stars.
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Orange Blossom Special
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
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Fiddlin’ John Carson
Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane (78Rpm Version)
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The Carter Family
Anchored In Love
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The Carter Family
Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow
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The Carter Family
Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow
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Jimmie Rodgers
Waiting For A Train
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Jimmie Rodgers
Sleep Baby, Sleep
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Jimmie Rodgers
Blue Yodel No 1
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Jimmie Rodgers
In The Jailhouse Now
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Jimmie Rodgers
Yodeling My Way Back Home
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Jimmie Rodgers
Miss The Mississippi and You
Credit
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Director | Ken Burns |
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