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Earliest Banjo and Folk Music Recordings: The birth of the recording industry, juggernaut labels, and the early acoustic era recording industry.

The First Country Music Recordings – The Fiddlers: Labels realize that audiences will listen to old-time fiddlers.

The First Country Music Recordings – Singers and String Bands: Oh wait, there's more old-time music than just fiddlers!

The Bristol Sessions: The Big Bang of Country Music. The country music industry is proven to be a viable career as interest explodes.

Birth of Western Swing: Jazz Age meets Western.

North Carolina Banjo and Pre-Bluegrass String Band Music: Setting the stage for bluegrass.

1930s Brother Acts: Harmonies are all the rage.

Bill Monroe and the Development of Bluegrass: Personal style becomes genre.

The First Major Bluegrass Groups: Flatt & Scruggs and the Stanley Brothers.

Bluegrass Spreads: 1950s first generation groups.