When Country Was Born

A song about the birth of country music. Maybe you don't know that country music was born between aug. 1-4 in 1927. That was when Ralph Peer travelled from New York to Bristol in Virginia to record hillbilly musicians. He was not succesful at first. He wanted to have singers, but most musicians played instrumentals. Finally Jimmie Rodgers came and soon after the Carter Family showed up and were recorded. Jimmie had troubles at this time. He arrived to Bristol with his band - the Jimmie Rodgers Entertainers, but the fired Jimmie and auditioned without him. Jimmie had to perform by himself, but 6 months later he was the first superstar in country music.