Who created country music?

[@KhurtKhave669]

Thanks for your honest research! Can’t stand when people try to pinpoint musical origins with their own biases that have nothing to do with facts. 🎻

[@CharleneTBaker]

Great rundown of the 1927 Bristol Sessions! I work for the Birthplace of Country Music, the nonprofit that runs the museum. A fun fact for you on the equipment used to record...it was such a trade secret at the time that Peer and his engineers set up the device (which took four men to carry!) behind a curtain of quilts so even the artists could not see it. Our museum staff was unable to locate the equipment, original schematics or photographs when they were researching content for the museum, likely due to the fact that Victor was trying to keep other manufacturers from copying their state-of-the-art technology. We do have a Western Electric microphone like the one that was used during the 1927 Bristol Sessions. Our curatorial team learned that equipment and instruments used during the 1927 Bristol Sessions are very difficult to authenticate. Some instruments, perhaps, did not survive over time as they were likely purchased from Sears catalogues and discarded when they fell into disrepair. Blind Alfred Reed's family still owns the fiddle he played during the Bristol Sessions. They have brought it over to the museum for a visit on a few occasions! Charles McReynolds was a member of the Bull Mountain Moonshiners who played on the 1927 Bristol Sessions. His late grandson, Jesse McReynolds (of Jim & Jesse fame), owned Charles' fiddle and we were fortunate enough to hear Jesse play it for us at the museum. The Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville has the Martin 00-18 Jimmy Rodgers owned and played on the 1927 Bristol Sessions. It has been on display there for many years prior to our museum opening in Bristol - they beat us to the punch! We do have Jimmie's "Blue Yodel" on display...a nice consolation!

[@soundofhistory_]

This is all super interesting information - thank you so much for sharing! I’ll have to pay attention to the special events to make sure I don’t miss any more cool opportunities like that!

[@keithbinder1244]

I’m from Omaha and recently moved to the Bristol area (TN side)! Love the videos dude, keep it up!

[@soundofhistory_]

Oh, awesome! It’s a beautiful area I hope you enjoy it. I’m technically from Bluff City, but no one knows what that is lol

[@keithbinder1244]

@@soundofhistory_dude! That’s where I live!!! My partner is from here so we moved back.

[@dishy2626]

Will you ever do a Black Flag video? Ik there are tons of videos already, but I would love to hear your take on them

[@soundofhistory_]

Yep! They are the list for sure. Whenever I have the time to dig into them

[@dishy2626]

@@soundofhistory_ awesome dude, cant wait.

[@maynardjohnson3313]

How 'bout the Beat Farmers?