Country Western Music

Country western music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. Country western music is a mixture of music from all of these places. In the American West, cowboys had to take care of the cattle. They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle were nervous and sometimes ran away. A cowboy's life was lonely and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert with the cattle, he drank strong coffee with lots of caffeine to stay awake at night. He also sang music to the cattle to calm them. He sang about the stars and the moon, about his family and his friends. The caattle listened to the cowboy and went to sleep.

They did not run away if he sang beautiful, peaceful music. The cowboys also sang music when they traveled to town to relax and have a good time. Sometimes they played either guitar or harmonicas. Later, they used violins and other instruments. In the American South, many people came from Ireland, Scotland, and England. Other people came from French Canada. They enjoyed their own kind of music. They used guitars, violins, and harmonicas, too. They also added instruments from their homes, like bottles, cans, and spoons. When they visited their friends and families on holidays like Thanksgiving, they usually sang and played country music.

Country western music describes life. It talks about love, jobs, home, and money. It talks about friends and enimies, trucks and highways, farms and crops. People in many parts of the world like country western music because everyone knows something about these ideas. Also, many country western fans wear western clothes and dance together to country western music. Many bands all over the world now perform country western music. Country western music fans enjoy Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn, and Randy Travis.