[Dixielandjazz] origins of bluegrass, ol timey mountain music, etc

[David Richoux]

Just about any history of the Scottish in America will tell how the  
early (and later) waves of immigrants from Scotland and Northern  
Ireland landed in the southern states and almost immediately headed  
for the hills and mountains. (Mainly to get away from the "English"  
who settled mostly on the coast.) That is one reason there were (and  
still are?) so many 'stills in the hills ;-)

The music went with them.

There is a museum in Franklin, North Carolina that gets into this.
http://www.scottishtartans.org/

Dave (McKinney) Richoux

On Feb 27, 2007, at 10:35 AM, Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis  
wrote:

> Although I can't quote a source right now, musicologists usually  
> trace this
> music to England and Scotland and occasionally find a piece that is
> virtually unchanged.  Music brought over by early colonists was  
> preserved
> due to the isolation of these people and while radio did help break  
> that
> isolation I just can't picture those people rushing out to try jazz.