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But it's just basic rhythm and has gone by a lot of different names in my time.
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Wills is quoted as saying "Rock and Roll? Why, man, that's the same kind of music we've been playin' since 1928!. Recordings of Wills's from the mid 40s to the early 50s include "two beat jazz" rhythms, "jazz choruses", and guitar work that preceded early rockabilly recordings. Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys were the leading proponents of Western Swing, which combined country singing and steel guitar with big band jazz influences and horn sections Wills's music found massive popularity. ĭuring the 1930s and 1940s, two new sounds emerged. Jimmie Rodgers, the "first true country star", was known as the "Blue Yodeler", and most of his songs used blues-based chord progressions, although with very different instrumentation and sound from the recordings of his black contemporaries like Blind Lemon Jefferson and Bessie Smith. The first nationwide country hit was " Wreck of the Old '97", backed with "Lonesome Road Blues", which also became very popular.
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There was a close relationship between the blues and country music from the very earliest country recordings in the 1920s.