Curious about the first half century of recorded country music? YOU BETTER BE! WOO!

Welcome to my blog on bluegrass, old-time, and early records! I am an amateur record collector focused on 1920s-1950s hillbilly music. My purpose is to share information about the first few decades of recorded commercial country music – both the serious and ridiculous. From historic firsts, to goat testicle 🐐🍆 surgery radio sales, to feuds between bluegrass bands, to ludicrous road life stories, to the importance behind songs and records, I hope people can have fun, regardless of your level of knowledge in country music.

This site is intended to be informative and adhere to the highest standards of accuracy. I will cite sources, introduce obscurer sources, and acknowledge when something is unreliable, hearsay, or personal speculation. I hope this can be a good educational hub. At the same time, we're gonna put the fun in funhinged, y'all.

Please be aware that my site, in documenting historic materials, records outdated language. Materials with offensive terminologies are presented with respect but no censorship, as I find it important to accurately record past eras, both the good and the ugly.

Site Topics of Doom ･ﾟ✧

• Bluegrass music, musicians, and history - particularly first generation bluegrass, 1940s-1960s
• Growth of the early country music radio and recording industry
• Classic years of the Grand Ole Opry
• Shellac record collecting (and a little vinyl, too)
• Old-time music and history of American folk tunes (♡ murder ballads)
• Historic context of country music development - Great Depression, World War II, Folk Revival, Vietnam War protests, etc.
• Learning to play banjo, fiddle, guitar, and whatever else gets picked up
• Maybe creative writing? We'll see how brave I get

Collectibles ･ﾟ✧

There's no cooler way to interact with history than to stare it face-to-face. Explore history with me as we examine one rootin' tootin' pamphlet or noise disc at a time!

• Shellac 78 rpm records
• 45 singles
• Vinyl (LPs)
• Songbooks
• Periodicals

Blog Stuff ･ﾟ✧