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Politics and Music: Class Meetings
Professor Courtney Brown
Meeting #9: Country Music I
LECTURE NOTES
SELECTIONS played in class:
Elton Britt - "There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere"
Lee Greenwood - "God Bless the U.S.A."
Tanya Tucker - "I Believe the South is Gonna Rise Again"
Willy Nelson - "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys"
Johnny Cash - "Folsom Prison Blues"
QUESTIONS: What connections do you see between the classical
style nationalist composers and the performers of country music?
What are the elements of the country style that you can identify
as essential for using the music to convey political concepts?
How does country music compare with patriotic music?