My choice would be Vernon Dalhart, Jimmie Rodgers, Carter Family & Bill Monroe - they were the originators, helped along by Mac McClintock on the Western side and Wilf Carter on the the yodelling. Singers like Hank Williams (my personal favourite) Tex Ritter Etc just helped it on it's way. Swing, by introducing piano, drums, trumpets etc., is what finally killed of country & western music (assisted by, of, course that one man engine of destructtion - Chet Atkins).
Hank Thompson, Hank Williams I and III, Lefty Frizel, Kitty Wells, Roy Acuff etc. are half the origins of modern music. (The other half is Leadbelly, Lightnin' Hopkins, Blind Lemon Jefferson etc.)
My choice would be Vernon Dalhart, Jimmie Rodgers, Carter Family & Bill Monroe - they were the originators, helped along by Mac McClintock on the Western side and Wilf Carter on the the yodelling. Singers like Hank Williams (my personal favourite) Tex Ritter Etc just helped it on it's way. Swing, by introducing piano, drums, trumpets etc., is what finally killed of country & western music (assisted by, of, course that one man engine of destructtion - Chet Atkins).
Daddymccourt 2 years ago
Hank Thompson, Hank Williams I and III, Lefty Frizel, Kitty Wells, Roy Acuff etc. are half the origins of modern music. (The other half is Leadbelly, Lightnin' Hopkins, Blind Lemon Jefferson etc.)
cryingsoftly 4 years ago 2