Western legends John Wayne and Roy Rogers only made one movie together with a 1940 Civil War classic called Dark Command.

It would be difficult to identify popularized regional music of any stripe that hadn’t begun in some lively, compact scene where music makers exchanged ideas and found a responsive, enduring audience ...

A historical overview -- Old-time music -- Bluegrass -- Depression era radio -- Singing cowboys -- Western swing -- Country music, 1940s -- Honky-tonk music ...