Certain American cities birthed various aspects of country music over the course of the 20th century. Can you identify which musical trend emerged from which city?
- The first two superstar acts in commercial country music recorded for the first time within three days of one another in 1927. It happened on the Virginia/Tennessee border, where two towns have the same name. What is that town name?
- .“The National Barn Dance” was one of the first such country music radio shows in America and inspired many others. Ironically, its home was this large, northern city…
- Nashville’s 16th through 18th Avenues are the heart of the country recording industry. What is the two-word industry-related nickname of that section of town?
- After the Grand Ole Opry fired him, Hank Williams performed on KWKH for a similar show known as “The Louisiana Hayride.” Elvis Presley also appeared on the show early in his career. From what city was “The Louisiana Hayride” broadcast?
- Rockabilly combined hillbilly music with rhythm and blues. Perhaps its most prominent home was at Sun Records studio located in this Tennessee city…
- Buck Owens and Merle Haggard were the leading performers of this sound that added a rock-and-roll backbeat to honky tonk’s fiddle and steel guitar. It took its name from the California town that created it in its dancehalls of the mid- to late 1950s. What is the name of this California town?
- While most country performers have recorded in Nashville since the 1950s, which large California city served as the recording home of many Capitol Records country acts like Owens, Haggard, Glen Campbell, and others?
- When Willie Nelson found a diverse audience from rednecks to hippies and bikers at the Armadillo World Headquarters nightclub, he called Waylon Jennings in Nashville to urge his friend to take advantage of the music scene still vibrant today in this Texas town. What is the Texas town’s name?
- The International Bluegrass Music Museum is located in the largest city near Bill Monroe’s native Rosine, Kentucky. Which moderately-sized Kentucky city on the Ohio River houses the International Bluegrass Music Museum?
- This southwestern Missouri town long has been a tourist attraction and even was the setting for a few episodes of TV’s The Beverly Hillbillies. Since 1983, it has become something of a “senior circuit” for country music performers who no longer make the charts. What is the town’s name?
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