"Country Music Approaches the Mainstream"

This article explains the spread of country music to Europe and Asia. It wasn't a surprise that country music succeeded through the radio and broadcast in many stations. Brackett mentions some of the most popular performers did not stay at fancy hotels, instead most of them would earn hundreds of thousands of dollars would eat simple meals and sleep in their cars. Most of the Opry stars would go to one engagement after another, there was never any rest time. Their audiences ranged from dressing formal to casual mothers nursing their babies. The key ingredient was because of their simplicity with life, their lyrics represent the common lives of people. That allowed country music to sweep the world because the world is made up of common people. Hillbilly singers put their emotions and expressions out there when they're singing. Their lives had been rough and so, many people appreciate and know that hillbillies really understand what they're singing.