In the 1920s, record companies came to the mountains "seeking talent," for they had found a considerable market for recordings by rural musicians. In most cases the companies recorded the best-known entertainers in the communities — men and women who performed at dances, church functions, house parties, and similar occasions. They found some professional minstrels, men (often blind—such performers were common in the South because music provided one of the few means of support for the sightless or
handicapped) who traveled from community to community singing on the streets or renting halls, selling songbooks or broadsides of their own compositions. A few of these "hillbillies" were show-business veterans from minstrel shows, medicine shows, and vaudeville.
Within two decades, the combined effects of radio and records transformed this kind of entertainment into a national business dominated by full-time professionals. Bluegrass music reflects this transition from local folk music to national popular culture. It is firmly anchored in the musical traditions of the mountains, with emphasis upon story-
songs, harmony singing, and close instrumental interplay; but it is also part of the professional country-music system, in which bands are led by stars who strive to advance their careers through commercial hits. -- Excerpt from the liner notes
Hills and Home: Thirty Years of Bluegrass
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