And 'country'..or more specificly "Country-Western" at one time meant just what it says...music done by, for & about rural life, issues, and people...('Western' just was making specific note of the cowboy and frontier motifs). Then, as electricity and recordings allowed rural people to hear other peoples music and to sell THEIR music, and as rural folk went to work in war plants and factories and saw more of the city, the subject matter began changing...songs about love affairs and drinking, etc., were written to capture the impact that 'city life' was having on 'country' folk. And performers from poor backgrounds added spangles to their costumes and glitter to their guitars to contrast with the drabness of life in general.

So...once again, the original music changed, but the name didn't, and we have 'country' music referring to mostly 'city-billy' songs and people instead of farms and small town life in a quieter era.

(Yes, I know the above is colored by my particular attitude toward it all...*smile*...)