Thursday Night Music Series: Putting the West in Country and Western

300 South Chandler Village Drive,Chandler AZ 85226

07 April, 2022

Description

Join us for a night at the Museum, and find out how Chandler and the Valley helped create modern country music! When the Dust Bowl pushed a wave of migrants toward Chandler, music came with them. Travelers who settled down pulled family and friends out West over the decades, each new wave bringing more music in its wake. The Valley became a top destination for artists to play, or even stay: a place far from Nashville where they could blend traditions and create their own styles. Listen in while local historian William Holly reveals how patterns of migration led to a new kind of music, as artists from Buck Owens to Waylon Jennings put Chandler and the Valley on the country music map. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, courtesy of Library of Congress.