Country Music Review

Which of these was NOT a popular instrument found in early Appalachia?

• guitar

• banjo

• fiddle

• tuba

True or False: African American music and instruments had an influence on country music?

• True

• False

Old-time music began being recorded in the 1920s. Which family's music was especially popular?

• Jackson Family

• Carter Family

• Johnson Family

• Rodgers Family

Who is considered to be the "Father of Country Music"?

• Jimmie Rodgers

• Buck Owens

• Gene Autry

• Chris Stapleton

Country music was originally called ___________ music.

• hillbilly

• western

• honky tonk

• opera

The Grand Old Opry radio show began broadcasting in 1925 from what city?

• Nashville, TN

• Charleston, WV

• Atlanta, GA

• Dallas, TX

Gene Autry and Roy Rogers were instrumental in popularizing _________ music.

• honky tonk

• western

• bluegrass

• opera

What style of early country music had songs about loneliness, heartbreak, and pain?

• fusion

• western swing

• honky tonk

• bluegrass

Who is credited with making bluegrass popular?

• Elvis Presley

• Jimmie Rodgers

• Johnny Cass

• Bill Monroe

The "________" Movement in country music came from artists such as Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings who decided they would no longer follow the "rules" of the Nashville establishment.

• Bluegrass

• Outlaw

• Honky Tonk

• Bakersfield