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From the late 1930s through the 1990s, country western music and the hybrid culture from which it came defined much of white working class Los Angeles.
The Mojave Project traces the musical heritage of Pioneertown and other adjacent communities of the High Desert.
Country titan Dwight Yoakam chats about California country music history and his cowpunk roots.
The Valley hotspot was once the premier club on the West Coast for cowboys, truckers, and country music.
As a subgenre within L.A.’s better-publicized pop industry, the country and Americana community is characterized by a noteworthy level of mutual support and camaraderie. They congregate in a spiderweb of unassuming clubs around the city; here’s where you can get a feel for country in L.A.
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Johnny Rodriguez would become the first Mexican-American to be a major country music star.
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Explore the songs, stories and stars and history of a uniquely American art form.
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The late Ralph Stanley plays a banjo tune and describes his playing technique.
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Don Maddox, Jean Shepard, and Marty Stuart swap stories about the Maddox Brothers and Rose
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Betty Johnson discusses growing up in a family band of six.
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John McEuen discusses Earl Scruggs' innovations on the banjo.
