Old Time, Jug Bands, Bluegrass, and Country

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