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	Encyclopedia: Scrumpy and Western
		Scrumpy and Western refers humorously to music from England's West Country that fuses comical folk-style songs, often full of double entendre, with affectionate parodies of more mainstream musical genres, all delivered in the local accent.
		Combine Harvester itself was a reworded version of Melanie's Brand New Key and other songs borrowed the style and made fun of the themes of Country and Western and other US and British popular music.
		Other artists whose music is at least partly Scrumpy and Western in flavour include The Yetties from Dorset, Fred Wedlock, the Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra, The Yokels from Wiltshire, and The Plonkers from Hampshire.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Scrumpy-and-Western (279 words)

	Country music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Country music, traditionally known as Country and Western music, is a popular musical form developed in the Southern states of the USA, with roots in traditional folk music, spiritualss and the blues.
		Even today the variety of country music is not usually well-reflected in radio airplay and the popular perception of country music is still influenced by the maudlin ballads and whining steel guitars that many people still associate with the genre.
		The vanilla flavoured sounds that emanated from Nashville under the influence of Chet Atkins, and his fellow producers, led to a reaction among musicians outside Nashville who saw that there was more to the genre than, "the same old tunes, fiddle and guitar..." (Waylon Jennings).
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/co/country_music.html (1409 words)

	Scrumpy and Western -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Scrumpy and Western -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The name refers to the ubiquitous strong (A beverage made from juice pressed from apples) cider ("hard cider" for Americans) often required for the performers to give of their best.
		This gained notoriety when the BBC refused to play its (additional info and facts about B-side) B-side song, Twice Daily, due to concern about the unseemly subject matter (a (additional info and facts about shotgun wedding) shotgun wedding).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/S/Sc/Scrumpy_and_Western.htm (169 words)

	Country music Article, Countrymusic Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Country music, traditionally known as Country and Western music, is a popular musical form developed in the Southern United States, with roots in traditional folkmusic, spirituals and the blues.
		Even today the variety of country music is not usuallywell-reflected in radio airplay and the popular perception of country music is still influenced by the maudlin ballads andwhining steel guitars that many people still associate with the genre.
		The vanilla-flavoured sounds that emanated from Nashville under the influence of Chet Atkins, and his fellow producers, led toa reaction among musicians outside Nashville who saw that there was more to the genre than, "the same old tunes, fiddle andguitar..." (Waylon Jennings).
	www.anoca.org /sound/nashville/country_music.html (1461 words)

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