Hello class and welcome to "A History of American Music."
I am extremely excited to teach this class and I hope that you will enjoy it as much as I will.
I will use this blog as a resource for links to things that I have shared in class and also to things you may be interested in that I did not share. Please do not use this as a definitive source of information for my class but as a guide to help you with exploring your interests in the subject matter.
Our first week will be exploring "old time" music, early jug band and "fiddle" music.
3 figures you should know:
BILL MONROE
HANK WILLIAMS
JIMMIE RODGERS
Instruments:
Banjo
mandolin
steel guitar
(homemade):
washboard
spoons
jug
Here are some links to get us started:
Irish:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3xeTpgLP5o
"Old Time" music:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old-time_music
Old Joe Carson (1920s):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ6KMHEV9hY
Definition of a jugband:
http://www.jugband.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jug_band
short documentary of common instruments, etc. :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00ezil7iN8A
the great JIMMIE RODGERS!!! (early 1930s)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPlZYVhU50Q
Memphis Jug Band (1920s-30s)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3glET0vebQ
Old time fiddle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_time_fiddle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_music#History
general timelines:
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/musictime1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Timelines_of_American_music
songs:
Barbara Allen
Wind and Rain
interactive map:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html
