The fiddle and banjo tunes of hillbilly (or old time
) music in the early 20th century were the roots from which country music grew. Originating in the vast Appalachian Mountain regions of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina,
hillbilly music
al traditions were handed down from family to family. Recording companies did not pick up on these rural indigenous sounds until the 1920s. Some of the earliest hillbilly recordings were by Appalachian-based fiddle-driven string bands...
