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Thread #92943 Message #1782402
Posted By: Dave Hanson
13-Jul-06 - 03:00 AM
Thread Name: Origins of Country vs. Folk?
Subject: RE: Origins of Country vs. Folk?
I think you must mean ' country & western ' not actual country music, which is really folk music.
I'm not an expert but I think C & W came about by country music going commercial in order to sell records.