Scary Hillbilly Towns? (live, best, state, better)

[CookieSkoon]

Originally Posted by keystone2001

Scotland Highlands, origin of all hillbillies.. then to lowland scotland , north england , glasgopw, edinburgh, and ulster ,, where ulster scots or scots irish went to appalachia and later west to all points in between....

hillbillies not to be confused with rural germans.. pennsylvania dutch..much of texas..country music is from rural german;;; bluegrass , banjo and mt.dew is hillbillie...

watch Benny Hill Show half the skits are about hillbillies..

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I'm scots-Irish. I love bluegrass. I've had the real Mountain dew, and I love the soda to boot. Banjo is my favorite stringed instrument. I grew up extremely poor, very rural, and in the Appalachian foothills in upstate New York.

Am I a hillbilly?

[keystone2001]

Originally Posted by CookieSkoon

I'm scots-Irish. I love bluegrass. I've had the real Mountain dew, and I love the soda to boot. Banjo is my favorite stringed instrument. I grew up extremely poor, very rural, and in the Appalachian foothills in upstate New York.

Am I a hillbilly?

yes

[CookieSkoon]

Originally Posted by keystone2001

yes

Good to know!

[us2indaup]

"Scary" hillbillies? Are you kidding me? If you're lost or in trouble in a small mountain town, anyone you meet - anyone - will go out of their way to help you in any way they can. Who cares if they have a gun rack in their truck? I'm not from the south, but I'm offended by the whole concept of "scary" hillbillies. You're mixing up Southern Mountaineers (what most people refer to as hillbillies) with rednecks. They're not the same thing, by any stretch of imagination.

[HC1980]

Any town where the banjo is played.

[Southlander]

Originally Posted by HC1980

Any town where the banjo is played.

Bless your heart, you'd better stay out of New Orleans. Banjo is a major element of early jazz music.

[CookieSkoon]

Originally Posted by HC1980

Any town where the banjo is played.

So Toronto, Canada counts then? XD

[tallydude02]

Originally Posted by HC1980

Any town where the banjo is played.

Then I guess northern New England must be hillbilly country then.

There are all kinds of bluegrass, fiddling, banjo playing festivals and events in VT, NH, and ME. While we were in Maine, we attended this festival:

Saddleback Maine, host of the Saddleback Mountain Bluegrass Festival in the Rangeley Lakes Region

[CookieSkoon]

Originally Posted by tallydude02

Then I guess northern New England must be hillbilly country then.

There are all kinds of bluegrass, fiddling, banjo playing festivals and events in VT, NH, and ME. While we were in Maine, we attended this festival:

Saddleback Maine, host of the Saddleback Mountain Bluegrass Festival in the Rangeley Lakes Region

Same with NY and PA too.

[BVitamin]

Originally Posted by HC1980

Any town where the banjo is played.

Despite its negative connotations, I quite like the sounds of a banjo.