country and western
Honky-tonk music genre
Country and western is a genre of American popular music blending rural folk traditions with Western cowboy imagery.
The term was common from the 1940s through the 1970s before shortening to simply "country." It evokes fiddles, steel guitars, and songs about heartbreak, drinking, and working-class life: My grandfather only listened to country and western.
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- harmonicaHandheld reed wind instrument
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- twangSharp vibrating sound
Johnny Cash · Dolly Parton · Hank Williams · honky-tonk · heartbreak song · Willie Nelson · Patsy Cline · hillbilly music · Loretta Lynn · Merle Haggard · Nashville sound · Americana · folk music · folk · zydeco · lyrics · ballads · rodeo
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