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.
Why does my blog look like this? So you don’t take me too seriously. ^.^Please be aware that my site, in documenting historic materials, records outdated language.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