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You might not have noticed that the last country music radio station in Los Angeles has switched to another format, leaving the city with nothing on the airwaves for good old boys. I'm sure this reflects changes in the city's ethnic makeup due to immigration as well as the preference of younger people for acid rock, hip hop, rap and whatever else passes for music these days. Actually it was immigration that fueled the west coast's country/western craze in the first place. Immigrants from other parts of the country poured into California at the end of World War II, bringing with them a fondness for what we used to call cowboy or hillbilly music. I came from Iowa where we grew up savoring the sophisticated sounds of dance bands led by “serious” musicians such as Benny Goodman and Vaughn Monroe. We laughed at primitive hillbilly performers who, as we used to joke, “sang through their noses by ear.” After arriving in California, I soon developed a taste...
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