feb 21, 1900 - "Country" music of southeastern U.S. features guitar, fiddle banjo, harmonica - direct descendant of English, Scottish, Irish ballads, folk songs "Western" musical genre spreads through western states, features steel guitars and large bands; singing cowboys Based on Mississippi River boat music and black, French, Spanish piano music, jazz develops in New Orleans brothels, honky-tonk bars
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feb 21, 1900
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~ 125 years ago