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MUS 110CL Module 4 Study Guide Music Playlist MUS 110CL Module 4 Study Guide Music Playlist America’s Musical Landscape CD #2 Track 12: “Blue Yodel no. 9” Track 13: “The Ballad of Casey Jones” Track 14: “Earl’s Breakdown” Click here for the Module 4 Playlist (using Spotify). If you prefer, you can legally acquire this music by using iTunes, Zune, or any other legitimate music source. “The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane” by Fiddlin John Carson “Soldier’s Joy” by Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers “Wildwood Flower” by The Carter Family “Waiting for a Train” by Jimmie Rodgers “Cool Water” by Sons Of The Pioneers “San Antonio Rose” by Bob Wills “Walkin' the Floor over You” by Ernest Tubb “Up Against The Wall, Redneck Mother” by Jerry Jeff Walker "Lovesick Blues" by Hank Williams “Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)” by Loretta Lynn “Faded Love” by Patsy Cline “Redneck Woman” by Gretchen Wilson “It's Mighty Dark to Travel” by Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys “Hurt" by Johnny Cash “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue” by Toby Keith “Not Ready To Make Nice” by Dixie Chicks Key Terms Child Ballads Broadsides Class Consciousness Race Records Rube Costumes Barn-dance Music National Barn Dance (NBD) Grand Ole Opry Singing cowboys Acuff-Rose Publishing Nashville Sound Bluegrass Composers/Musicians Fiddlin’ John Carson The Carter Family Jimmie Rodgers Gene Autry Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys Ernest Tubb Willie Nelson Waylon Jennings Hank Williams Loretta Lynn Patsy Cline Bill Monroe Garth Brooks Johnny Cash Genres Railroad or Hobo Music Event Songs Prison Songs Cowboy Music Western Swing Honky Tonk Bluegrass Outlaw Country or Redneck Rock Progressive Country Patriotic Country .
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