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Country Music Timeline
String Band and Cowboy Years 1922-1933
Record Industry
Radio
Ralph Peer- A & R Man for OKeh and Victor
Frank Walker- A & R Man for Columbia
Eck Robertson- 1922
Henry Whitter- 1923
Fiddlin' John Carson- 1923
Riley Puckett- 1924
Samantha Bumgarner and Eva Davis
Ernest Thompson
Vernon Dalhart & Carson Robison
Uncle Dave Macon
Ernest Stoneman
Roba Stanley
Kelly Harrell- 1925
The Hill Billies; Al Hopkins and His Buckle Buster
Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers
Carl T. Sprague
Gid Tanner and The Skillet Lickers- 1926
Otto Gray and his Cowboy Band
Burnett and Rutherford
Carolina Tar Heels- 1927
Earl Johnson and His Dixie Entertainers
Allen Brothers
The Carter Family
Jimmie Rodgers
Bradley Kincaid
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock- 1928
Jimmie Davis
Gene Autry
Cliff Carlisle/Bill Carlisle/Carlisle Brothers
Eli Oberstein- A & R Man for Bluebird
Delmore Brothers
Tex Ritter
Western Swing & Honky Tonk Years 1933-1948
Red Foley 1933
Light Crust Doughboys 1933
Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies 1934
Sons of the Pioneers/ Roy Rogers 1934
Ray Whitley 1934
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys 1935
J.E. Mainer/ Mainer’s Mountaineers 1935
Monroe Brothers: Bill Monroe; Charlie Monroe 1936
Blue Sky Boys 1936
Roy Acuff 1936
Ernest Tubb 1936
Al Dexter 1936
The Coon Creek Girls 1938
Ted Daffan’s Texans 1940
Edden Hammons; Hammons Family
Stamper Family- Hiram; Charlie; Art
Nathan Hicks; Frank Proffitt; Hicks Family
Roots, Old-time & Bluegrass Articles
Roots; Old-time; Folk; Bluegrass Books
Song Collectors; Ballad Baggers and such
Roots Recordings
Collected Works of Richard L. Matteson Jr.
Biographies of Informants and some Collectors A-B
Biographies of Informants and some Collectors C-D
Biographies of Informants and some Collectors E-F
Biographies of Informants and some Collectors G-H
Biographies of Informants & some Collectors I-J-K
Biographies of Informants and some Collectors L-M
Biographies of Informants & some Collectors N-O-P
Biographies of Informants & some Collectors Q-R-S
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Obray Ramsey (NC) 1913-1997 Performer banjo
Isabel Rawn (NC) 1885-1936 Collector Brown/Sharp
Belle Richards- (NH) 1881- informant Flanders
Almeida Riddle (AR) 1898-1986 informant Wolf
The Ritchie Family (Jean)- (KY) from 1757 to Balis
Jean Ritchie 1922-2015 (KY) performer, author
Shelton Family; Madison Co. NC; Sharp EFSSA
Biographies of Informants & some Collectors T-U-V
Biographies of Informants & Collectors W-X-Y-Z
Indian River Lagoon- Florida, USA
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