Welcome to our "Ideas" section. This is where we throw anything that doesn't fit in other sections of our website. If we find a spare kitchen sink, this is the place for it.

We are especially interested in early forms of commercial American country music -- the transition from what most people would call "folk music" from the back porch to the vaudeville stage, radio, and phonograph records.  We believe that the growth of technology has played a big part in influencing this movement.   Microphones, for example, enabled singers to develop a so-called "crooning" style and still be heard when singing with bands.

This is a work in progress. We'll be adding thoughts to this page as time allows, but would also like to request input from any readers here with the thought of sharing some of these ideas, just for the fun of it.
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