The Wronglers

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Terminology has distinct limitations in the world of traditional music.  While useful for reference and classification, it is often imprecise, arbitrary, and overlapping, with jargon that changes continually over time.  Consider, for example, this set of spirited and expertly-performed songs by The Wronglers and Jimmie Dale Gilmore.  Is it old-time country?  Bluegrass?  String-band music?    Some of these songs are also prevalent in such other genres as western swing, proto-rockabilly, and folk revivalism.  Some are rooted in African-American blues. And others date back  –  at least in terms of melody  –   to an indigenous British repertoire from many centuries past.