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Who was the founder of Motown

Berry Gordy Jr.

What instruments is Alison Krauss known for playing

She is known for playing the fiddle.

Bluegrass had a big increase in popularity when a famed 1960s TV show featured a bluegrass theme song who wrote and performed the song

The show was probably, "The Beverly Hillbillies," and the theme song was performed by "Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the Foggy Mt. Boys."

Which of these instruments is not among the big five of bluegrass instruments

Banjo

Who came first in the history of bluegrass

Bluegrass as a style developed during the mid-1940s. Because of war rationing, recording was limited during that time, and it would be most accurate to say that bluegrass was played some time after World War II, but no earlier.

As with any musical genre, no one person can claim to have "invented" it. Rather, bluegrass is an amalgam of old-time music, country, ragtime and jazz. Nevertheless, bluegrass's beginnings can be traced to one band. Today Bill Monroe is referred to as the "founding father" of bluegrass music; the bluegrass style was named for his band, the Blue Grass Boys, formed in 1939.

What was The Anthology of American Folk Music

A collection of old recordings that inspired the second folk-music boom.

Two musicians joined Bill Monroes band in 1945 and had a major impact on the bands sound Who were they

Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt

What part of the United States is the Appalachian mountains located

(Apex) - Close to the Atlantic Coast

Folk music bluegrass music and country music all grew out of the traditional music of the mountain region

Appalachian

Who came first in the swimming Olympics

USA came first Australia came second

Which statement of traditional African American songs is correct

The songs were connected to life and daily functions.

Which one of these is not a characteristic of folk music

Folk music was invented in the 1930s by Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger.

Chuck Berry played the

Chuck Berry played the electric guitar and he also sang.

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