That’s why I question so-called music fans who say they hate all country music except for Johnny Cash or Willie Nelson or whomever is the latest “acceptable” country artist (hi BMFS!). guns, god, and trucks), ignoring the fact that rock music comes from rock and roll, which comes from rockabilly, which comes from…the combination of blues and country. Most rock fans viewed themselves as part of the tradition of blues music, and rejected country music, largely as a rejection of the perceived culture surrounding country music (a.k.a. Over time, as black and white music grew closer together and reinvented itself into new and exciting sub-genres, the cultural gulf between black and white music culture seemed to get wider and wider. comes from various combinations and permutations of those iconic, traditional black and white musical forms. Back when I was working on my doctoral dissertation* in American Musicology, I posited the theory that there’s really only two types of primal American music - blues and folk - and every subsequent American music style - jazz, soul, rock, country, etc.

Garth brooks nothing about me yet