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| | Western Swing Encyclopedia Articles @ Zosted.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | It is dance music with an up-tempo beat and a decidedly Southwestern United States regional flavor. |
 | | It consists of an eclectic combination of country, cowboy, polka, Mexican, and folk music, blended with a jazzy "swing", with a tip of the hat to New Orleans jazz and Delta blues, and played by a hot string band often augmented with drums, saxophones, pianos and, notably, the steel guitar. |
 | | Music and dance in Texas, Oklahoma, and the Southwest. |
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