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Introduction

"I'm a rolling stone, all alone and lost," - Lost Highway, Hank Williams Senior, 1949

The Great Depression didn't just reshape the American economy - it fundamentally rebuilt the music industry from the ground up. When traditional revenue streams…

The Foundation of the Modern Music Industry: 1900-1940 (End of the Great Depression)

Introduction

In this essay, we will be examining what drove the music industry from 1900 through the Great Depression (which officially ended 1939-1940, though some sources cite…