1. Describe the terms “race music” and “hillbilly music.” When were they used?
2. What are some important common features between race music and hillbilly music?
3. How were race records marketed?
4. Who was the first to apply the catchphrase “race music” to African American music from the South?
5. How did classic blues differ from country blues?
6. What are the common musical features of the twelve-bar blues?
7. Who called himself the “Father of the Blues”?
8. How did the East Texas style of bluesman Blind Lemon Jefferson differ from the Mississippi Delta style of bluesman Charley Patton?
9. Why was radio more influential in the development of hillbilly music than of race music?