Editing Country music (section)

==Origins==
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The main components of the modern country music style date back to music traditions throughout the [[Southern United States]] and [[Southwestern United States]], while its place in [[American popular music]] was established in the 1920s during the early days of music recording.<ref name="Peterson">{{cite book |last=Peterson |first=Richard A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J3zWpIOLB-MC&pg=PA9 |title=Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity |date=December 15, 1999 |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |isbn=978-0-226-66285-5 |page=9}}</ref> According to country historian [[Bill C. Malone]], country music was "introduced to the world as a Southern phenomenon."<ref>Malone, Bill. ''Country Music U.S.A.'' Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. Print.</ref>

Migration into the southern [[Appalachian Mountains]], of the [[Southeastern United States]], brought the [[folk music]] and instruments of [[Europe]] and the [[Mediterranean Basin]] along with it for nearly 300 years, which developed into [[Appalachian music]]. As the country expanded westward, the [[Mississippi River]] and [[Louisiana]] became a crossroads for country music, giving rise to [[Cajun music]]. In the Southwestern United States, it was the [[Rocky Mountains]], [[American frontier]], and [[Rio Grande]] that acted as a similar backdrop for [[Indigenous music of North America|Native American]], [[Music of Mexico|Mexican]], and [[cowboy]] ballads, which resulted in [[New Mexico music]] and the development of [[Western music (North America)|western music]], and it is directly related to Red Dirt, Texas country, and Tejano music styles. In the [[Asia-Pacific]], the [[steel guitar]] sound of country music has its provenance in the [[music of Hawaii]].<ref name="Tiki with Ray 2018">{{cite web | title=How Hawaiian Music Influenced Country Music | website=Tiki with Ray | date=February 22, 2018 | url=http://www.tikiwithray.com/hawaiian-music-influenced-country-music/ | access-date=November 29, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Magazine Shah 2019">{{cite web |last1=Shah |first1=Haleema |date=April 25, 2019 |title=How the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Changed American Music |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-hawaiian-steel-guitar-changed-american-music-180972028/ |access-date=December 3, 2022 |website=Smithsonian Magazine}}</ref>

===Role of East Tennessee===
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The U.S. Congress has [[Concurrent resolution|formally recognized]] [[Bristol, Tennessee]], as the "Birthplace of Country Music",<ref>{{Cite web |title=Birthplace of Country Music: A Local Legacy |url=http://www.americaslibrary.gov/es/tn/es_tn_bristol_1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205043114/http://www.americaslibrary.gov/es/tn/es_tn_bristol_1.html |archive-date=December 5, 2009 |website=America's Library |publisher=[[Library of Congress]]}}</ref> based on the historic [[Bristol sessions|Bristol recording sessions]] of 1927.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/0000014a-114f-d57c-a97e-9fef510f0000|title=The Birthplace of Country Music|via=National Geographic|access-date=July 14, 2020|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729011037/https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/0000014a-114f-d57c-a97e-9fef510f0000|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Birthplace of Country Music |url=http://www.americaslibrary.gov/es/tn/es_tn_bristol_1.html |website=America's Library}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/news/dolly-parton-vince-gill-marty-stuart-and-more-appear-orthophonic-joy-1927-bristol-sessions |title=Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, and more, to appear on Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited |access-date=September 7, 2016 |publisher=Birthplace of Country Music Museum |date=April 30, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520105312/http://www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/news/dolly-parton-vince-gill-marty-stuart-and-more-appear-orthophonic-joy-1927-bristol-sessions |archive-date=May 20, 2015 }}</ref> Since 2014, the city has been home to the [[Birthplace of Country Music Museum]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dauphin |first=Chuck |date=August 21, 2014 |title=Step Inside Bristol's Newly-Opened Birthplace of Country Music Museum |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/bristol-birthplace-of-country-music-museum-6228966/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Peter |date=August 3, 2014 |title=Bristol opens Birthplace of Country Music Museum |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/08/03/bristol-opens-birthplace-country-music-museum/13553773/ |website=The Tennessean}}</ref> Historians have also noted the influence of the less-known [[Johnson City sessions]] of 1928 and 1929,<ref>[http://www.johnsonsdepot.com/oldtime/oldtime.htm "Old-Time Music Heritage"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131063945/http://www.johnsonsdepot.com/oldtime/oldtime.htm |date=January 31, 2009 }}, Johnson's Depot</ref><ref>Wayne Erbsen, "Walter Davis: Fist and Skull Banjo," ''Bluegrass Unlimited'': March 1981, 22–26</ref> and the [[Music of East Tennessee#Knoxville sessions|Knoxville sessions]] of 1929 and 1930.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Simmons |first=Morgan |date=April 11, 2016 |title=Museum of East Tennessee History showcases St. James recording sessions of 1929-30 |url=https://archive.knoxnews.com/entertainment/arts/museum-of-east-tennessee-history-showcases-st-james-recording-sessions-of-1929-30-2ebd5699-376b-3b0c-375075391.html |access-date=February 15, 2022 |website=Knox News}}</ref> In addition, the [[Mountain City Fiddlers Convention]], held in 1925, helped to inspire modern country music. Before these, pioneer settlers, in the [[Great Smoky Mountains]] region, had developed a rich musical heritage.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 6, 2012 |title=CD of Old-Time Smokies Music Nominated for Grammy |url=https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/news/grammy-nomination.htm |website=Great Smoky Mountains National Park (U.S. National Park Service)}}</ref>