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WesternSwing

Features significant influences from jazz and swing. Melodies are often swung, and saxophones and trumpets are added to the traditional early country lineup of drums, string bass, fiddle, guitar, and pedal steel guitar. The style proliferated in the American West and South from the late 1920s through the mid 1940s. Major Western Swing musicians include Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys and Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys.

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Parents	CountryMusic	Characterized by the use of guitar and twangy vocals. Instrumentation traditionally includes any of drums, bass, banjo, fiddle, harmonica, electric organ, or steel guitar, though much modern music makes heavier use of pop and rock instrumentation. Originated in the southern United States in the 1920s and influenced by southern folk music tradition, including blues and descendant styles of Scottish, Irish, and English folk traditions.
Belongs to AVS	avs:SubGenre	A Type of SubGenre.

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