Art/Writing, cycling, walking, reading good books, movies, having fun, Wiggin' out, water-boarding friends, Advertising Animal-Related Athletics Art Art Therapy Business and Government Camping Creativity Computers Communications Counseling Cultures DanceEnvironment Fashion Film/Cinema Forensics Health Sciences Internet International Law and Politics Literature Marketing/Sales Music Therapy NaturePhotography Public Relations Publishing and Writing Recreation Science and Math Shopping Television and Media Travel Working Out Working with People Working with Children I probably enjoy traveling the most. I'm thinking about visiting the folling countries: Abkhazia – Republic of Abkhazia[3] Afghanistan – Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Akrotiri and Dhekelia – Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK overseas territory) Ã…land – Ã…land Islands (Autonomous province of Finland) Albania – Republic of Albania Algeria – People's Democratic Republic of Algeria American Samoa – Territory of American Samoa (US territory) Andorra – Principality of Andorra Angola – Republic of Angola Anguilla (UK overseas territory) Antigua and Barbuda Argentina – Argentine Republic[9] Armenia – Republic of Armenia Aruba (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Ascension Island (Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena) Australia – Commonwealth of Australia Austria – Republic of Austria Azerbaijan – Republic of Azerbaijan[10] Bahamas, The – Commonwealth of The Bahamas Bahrain – Kingdom of Bahrain Bangladesh – People's Republic of Bangladesh Barbados Belarus – Republic of Belarus Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium Belize Benin – Republic of Benin Bermuda (UK overseas territory) Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan Bolivia – Republic of Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina[11] Botswana – Republic of Botswana Brazil – Federative Republic of Brazil Brunei – Negara Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria – Republic of Bulgaria Burkina Faso See Myanmar for Burma Burundi – Republic of Burundi Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia Cameroon – Republic of Cameroon Canada[12] Cape Verde – Republic of Cape Verde Cayman Islands (UK overseas territory) Central African Republic[13] Chad – Republic of Chad Chile – Republic of Chile China – People's Republic of China[14] See Taiwan for the Republic of China Christmas Island – Territory of Christmas Island (Australian overseas territory) Cocos (Keeling) Islands – Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian overseas territory) Colombia – Republic of Colombia Comoros – Union of the Comoros Congo – Democratic Republic of the Congo[15] Congo – Republic of the Congo[16] Cook Islands (Associated state of New Zealand) Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire – Republic of Côte d'Ivoire Croatia – Republic of Croatia Cuba – Republic of Cuba Cyprus – Republic of Cyprus[17] Czech Republic[18] Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark See Akrotiri and Dhekelia for Dhekelia Djibouti – Republic of Djibouti Dominica – Commonwealth of Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador Egypt – Arab Republic of Egypt El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador Equatorial Guinea – Republic of Equatorial Guinea Eritrea – State of Eritrea Estonia – Republic of Estonia Ethiopia – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Falkland Islands (UK overseas territory)[19] Faroe Islands (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark) Fiji – Republic of the Fiji Islands Finland – Republic of Finland France – French Republic French Polynesia (French overseas collectivity) Gabon – Gabonese Republic Gambia, The – Republic of The Gambia Georgia[20] Germany – Federal Republic of Germany Ghana – Republic of Ghana Gibraltar (UK overseas territory) Greece – Hellenic Republic Greenland (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark) Grenada Guam – Territory of Guam (US organized territory) Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala Guernsey – Bailiwick of Guernsey (British Crown dependency)[21] Guinea – Republic of Guinea Guinea-Bissau – Republic of Guinea-Bissau Guyana – Co-operative Republic of Guyana Haiti – Republic of Haiti Honduras – Republic of Honduras Hong Kong – Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)[22] Hungary – Republic of Hungary I Iceland – Republic of Iceland India – Republic of India Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia Iran – Islamic Republic of Iran Iraq – Republic of Iraq Ireland - Republic of Ireland[23] Isle of Man (British Crown dependency) Israel – State of Israel Italy – Italian Republic See Côte d'Ivoire for Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jersey – Bailiwick of Jersey (British Crown dependency) Jordan – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Kazakhstan – Republic of Kazakhstan Kenya – Republic of Kenya Kiribati – Republic of Kiribati Korea, North – Democratic People's Republic of Korea[24] Korea, South – Republic of Korea[25] Kuwait – State of Kuwait Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz Republic[26] Laos – Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia – Republic of Latvia Lebanon – Republic of Lebanon Lesotho – Kingdom of Lesotho Liberia – Republic of Liberia Libya – Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein Lithuania – Republic of Lithuania Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Macao – Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)[27] Macedonia – Republic of Macedonia[28] Madagascar – Republic of Madagascar Malawi – Republic of Malawi Malaysia Maldives – Republic of Maldives Mali – Republic of Mali Malta – Republic of Malta Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Islands Mauritania – Islamic Republic of Mauritania Mauritius – Republic of Mauritius Mayotte – Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (French overseas collectivity) Mexico – United Mexican States Micronesia – Federated States of Micronesia Moldova – Republic of Moldova[29] Monaco – Principality of Monaco Mongolia Montenegro – Republic of Montenegro Montserrat (UK overseas territory) Morocco – Kingdom of Morocco[30] Mozambique – Republic of Mozambique Myanmar – Union of Myanmar Nagorno-Karabakh – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic[4] Namibia – Republic of Namibia Nauru – Republic of Nauru Nepal – State of Nepal Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands[31] Netherlands Antilles (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands) New Caledonia – Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (French community sui generis) New Zealand Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua Niger – Republic of Niger Nigeria – Federal Republic of Nigeria Niue (Associated state of New Zealand) Norfolk Island – Territory of Norfolk Island (Australian overseas territory) Northern Cyprus – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus[2] Northern Mariana Islands – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US commonwealth) See Korea, North for North Korea Norway – Kingdom of Norway Oman – Sultanate of Oman Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan Palau – Republic of Palau Palestine – proposed State of Palestine[32] Panama – Republic of Panama Papua New Guinea – Independent State of Papua New Guinea Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay See China for the People's Republic of China Peru – Republic of Peru Philippines – Republic of the Philippines Pitcairn Islands – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (UK overseas territory) Poland – Republic of Poland Portugal – Portuguese Republic See Transnistria for Pridnestrovie Puerto Rico – Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (US commonwealth) Qatar – State of Qatar Romania Russia – Russian Federation Rwanda – Republic of Rwanda Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic [33] Saint-Barthélemy – Collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy (French overseas collectivity) Saint Helena (UK overseas territory) Saint Kitts and Nevis – Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin – Collectivity of Saint Martin (French overseas collectivity) Saint Pierre and Miquelon – Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French overseas collectivity) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa – Independent State of Samoa San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino São Tomé and PrÃncipe – Democratic Republic of São Tomé and PrÃncipe Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Senegal – Republic of Senegal Serbia – Republic of Serbia[34] Seychelles – Republic of Seychelles Sierra Leone – Republic of Sierra Leone Singapore – Republic of Singapore Slovakia – Slovak Republic Slovenia – Republic of Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia[35] Somaliland – Republic of Somaliland[6] South Africa – Republic of South Africa See Korea, South for South Korea South Ossetia – Republic of South Ossetia[7] Spain – Kingdom of Spain Sri Lanka – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Sudan – Republic of the Sudan Suriname – Republic of Suriname Svalbard (Territory of Norway)[36] Swaziland – Kingdom of Swaziland Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden Switzerland – Swiss Confederation Syria – Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan – Republic of China[37] See China for the People's Republic of China Tajikistan – Republic of Tajikistan Tanzania – United Republic of Tanzania Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand See East Timor for Timor-Leste Togo – Togolese Republic Tokelau (Overseas territory of New Zealand) Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga Transnistria - Transnistrian Moldovan Republic[5] Trinidad and Tobago – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Tristan da Cunha (Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena) Tunisia – Tunisian Republic Turkey – Republic of Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands (UK overseas territory) Tuvalu Uganda – Republic of Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States – United States of America Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay Uzbekistan – Republic of Uzbekistan Vanuatu – Republic of Vanuatu Vatican City – State of the Vatican City[38] Venezuela – Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Vietnam – Socialist Republic of Vietnam Virgin Islands, British – British Virgin Islands (UK overseas territory) Virgin Islands, United States – United States Virgin Islands (US organized territory) Wallis and Futuna – Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (French overseas collectivity) See Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic for Western Sahara Yemen – Republic of Yemen Zambia – Republic of Zambia Zimbabwe – Republic of Zimbabwe
I'd like to meet various mascots - Piggly Wiggly, creative sports mascots like Buckingham U. Badger (who I've met once), giant hot dog mascots, etc... 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The Calculatorz, Computard, Southern Gentlemen's Club, Pete Meriwether, Jazz, Blues, slop-rock, hillbilly music, classic rock. I like a little from all genres. I guess I know a little bit about country. Subgenres Country music is a catch-all category that embraces several different music genres. Each style is unique in its execution, use of rhythms, and its chord structures. Country music subgenres include:Nashville sound (the pop-like music very popular in the 1960s); bluegrass, a fast mandolin, banjo, and fiddle-based music popularized by Bill Monroe and by Flatt and Scruggs; Western, which encompasses traditional Western cowboy campfire ballads and Hollywood cowboy music made famous by Roy Rogers, The Sons of the Pioneers, and Gene Autry; Western swing, a sophisticated dance music popularized by Bob Wills; the Bakersfield sound which used the new Fender Telecaster guitars, a big drum beat, and dance style music that would catch your attention like "a freight train running" (Buck Owens) (popularized by Buck Owens and Merle Haggard); outlaw country made famous in the 1970s by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, David Allan Coe, Jerry Jeff Walker, Mickey Newbury, Kris Kristofferson and Hank Williams, Jr.; Cajun and zydeco; honky tonk; Old-time music; rockabilly; neotraditional country.Early history Immigrants to the Southern Appalachian Mountains of North America brought the music and instruments of the Old World along with them for nearly 300 years. The Irish fiddle, the German derived dulcimer, the Italian mandolin, the Spanish guitar, and the African banjo[4] were the most common musical instruments. The interactions among musicians from different ethnic groups produced music unique to this region of North America. Appalachian string bands of the early 20th century primarliy consisted of the fiddle, guitar, and banjo.[5] This early country music along with early recorded country music is often referred to as Old-time music.Throughout the nineteenth century, several immigrant groups from Central Europe and the British Isles moved to Texas. These groups interacted with the Spanish, Mexican, Native American, and U.S. communities that were already established in Texas. As a result of this cohabitation and extended contact, Texas has developed unique cultural traits that are rooted in the culture of all of its founding communities. The settlers from the area now known as Germany and the Czech Republic established large dance halls in Texas where farmers and townspeople from neighboring communities could gather, dance, and spend a night enjoying each other’s company. The music at these halls, brought from Europe, included the waltz and the polka, played on an accordion, an instrument invented in Italy, which was loud enough to fill the entire dance hall. [3]Early recorded history Columbia Records began issuing records with "hillbilly" music (series 15000D "Old Familiar Tunes") as early as 1924.[6] A year earlier on June 14, 1923 Fiddlin' John Carson recorded "Little Log Cabin in the Lane" for Okeh Records.[7] Vernon Dalhart was the first country singer to have a nationwide hit in May of that same year with "The Wreck of Old '97".[8][9] Other important early recording artists were Riley Puckett, Don Richardson, Fiddlin' John Carson, Al Hopkins, Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers and The Skillet Lickers.[10] The steel guitar entered country music as early as 1922, when Jimmie Tarlton met famed Hawaiian guitarist Frank Ferera on the West Coast.[11]The origins of modern country music can be traced to two seminal influences and a remarkable coincidence. Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family are widely considered to be the founders of country music, and their songs were first captured at a historic recording session in Bristol, Tennessee/Bristol, Virginia on August 1, 1927, where Ralph Peer was the talent scout and sound recordist.[12]Rodgers fused hillbilly country, gospel, jazz, blues, pop, cowboy, and folk; and many of his best songs were his compositions, including “Blue Yodel†(Victor 21142 [4]), which sold over a million records and established Rodgers as the premier singer of early country music. [5] [13]Beginning in 1927, and for the next 17 years the Carters recorded some 300 old-time ballads, traditional tunes, country songs, and Gospel hymns, all representative of America's southeastern folklore and heritage. [6]Singing Cowboys, Western Swing, and Hillbilly Boogie During the 1930s and 1940s Cowboy songs, or “Western musicâ€, which had been recorded since the 1920s, were popularized by films made in Hollywood. Some of the popular singing cowboys from the era were, Gene Autry, the Sons of the Pioneers, and Roy Rogers. [7]Another “country†musician from the Lower Great Plains had become very popular as the leader of a “hot string bandâ€, and who also appeared in Hollywood Westerns was Bob Wills. His mix of “country†and jazz, which started out as dance hall music, would become known as Western Swing. Spade Cooley and Tex Williams also had very popluar bands and appeared in films. At the height of its popularity, Western Swing rivaled the popularity of other big band jazz.Country musicians began playing boogie in 1939, shortly after it had been played at Carnegie Hall, when Johnny Barfield recorded "Boogie Woogie". The trickle of what was initially called Hillbilly Boogie, or Okie Boogie (later to be renamed Country Boogie), became a flood beginning around late 1945. One notable country boogie from this period was the Delmore Brothers' "Freight Train Boogie", considered to be part of the combined evolution of country music and blues towards rockabilly. In 1948 Arthur Smith achieved Top 10 US country chart success with his MGM Records recordings of "Guitar Boogie" and "Banjo Boogie", with the former crossing over to the US pop charts. [8] The Hillbilly Boogie period lasted into the 1950s, and remains as one of many subgenres of country into the 21st century.Honky Tonk Perhaps no other style of country music has had a greater influence on today's artists than the style known as Honky Tonk. Honky Tonk music embodied the spirit of dancing and drinking, and of loving and then losing the one you love. Its greatest practitioners owe their singing style to Jimmie Rodgers and much of the music to the steel guitar and drums of Bob Wills and Western Swing [14].Hank Williams Jimmie Rodgers is a major foundation stone in the structure of country music, but the most influential artist who was influenced by Rogers is undoubtedly Hank Williams, Sr. During the years 1949 through 1953, Williams had 7 songs in Billboard's annual Top 5 Country singles, and of the 66 songs recorded under his own name, an astonishing 37 were hits.[15] His songs have been not only been covered by many country artists, they have also been recorded by jazz, pop, and rhythm and blues. Examples of those who reintrepreted his songs are: Tony Bennett (1951), Bob Dylan, jazz diva Norah Jones, crooner Perry Como, R&B star Dinah Washington, and British punk band, The The.[16] Songs such as "Cold, Cold Heart" and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" have long been pop standards.Williams had two personas: as Hank Williams he was a singer-songwriter and entertainer; as Luke the Drifter, he was a songwriting crusader. The complexity of his character was reflected in the introspective songs he wrote about heartbreak, happiness and love such as I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry and Your Cheating Heart; and more upbeat numbers about Cajun life ("Jambalaya") or cigar store Indians ("Kaw-Liga").Lefty Frizzell Acquiring the nickname 'Lefty' after disposing of several opponents with his left hand during an unsuccessful attempt to become a Golden Gloves boxing champion, the Corsicana, Texas-born (1928) singer-songwriter-guitarist began life as William Orville Frizzell.A childhood performer, at 17 he could be found playing the honky-tonks and dives of Dallas and Waco, molding his early, Jimmie Rodgers-stylings to his environment, thus creating a sound that was very much his own. In 1950, Frizzell exploded onto the charts with, "If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time", claiming a chart position for some 20 weeks.[17].In the history of Country Music, a direct line can be drawn from Jimmie Rodgers to Lefty Frizzell to Merle Haggard to George Strait. Their styles and themes are similar but each has added something new to the genre.The 1950s and 1960s By the late 1940's, Nashville began to slowly integrate the popular big band jazz and swing sounds of top 40 radio with the honky tonk storytelling of country pioneers. Between 1947 and 1949, country crooner Eddy Arnold placed a total of 8 songs in the top 10.[18][19]The countrypolitan sound of Nashville Beginning in the mid 50's, and reaching its peak during the early 1960s, the "Nashville Sound" turned country music into a multimillion-dollar industry centered on Nashville, Tennessee. Under the direction of producers such as Chet Atkins, Owen Bradley, and later Billy Sherrill, the "Nashville sound" brought country music to a diverse audience and helped revive country as it emerged from a commercially fallow period.[20] This sound was notable for borrowing from 1950s pop stylings: a prominent and 'smooth' vocal, backed by a string section and vocal chorus. Instrumental soloing was de-emphasised in favor of trademark 'licks'. Leading artists in this genre included Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, and later Tammy Wynette and Charlie Rich. The "slip note" piano style of session musician Floyd Cramer was an important component of this style.Rockabilly 1956 could be called the year of rockabilly in country music. The number 2, 3, and 4 songs on Billboard's charts for that year are: Elvis Presley "Heartbreak Hotel", Johnny Cash "I Walk the Line", and Carl Perkins "Blue Suede Shoes".[21] Cash and Presley would place songs in the top 5 in 1958 with #3 Guess Things Happen That Way/Come In, Stranger by Cash, and #5 by Presley Don't/I Beg Of You.[22]What is now most commonly referred to as rockabilly was most popular with country music fans in the 1950s, and was recorded and performed by country musicians. Within a few years many rockabilly musicians returned to a more mainstrean style, or had defined their own unique style.By the end of the decade, backlash as well as traditional artists such as Ray Price, Marty Robbins, and Johnny Horton began to shift the industry away from the Rock n' Roll influences of the mid-50's.Bakersfield Sound Located 112 miles (180 km) north north west of Los Angeles, Bakersfield, California gave rise to the one of the next genres of country music. The Bakersfield Sound grew out of hardcore honky tonk, adding elements of Western swing. One time West Coast residents Bob Wills and Lefty Frizzell influenced the leading proponents of this sound. The Bakersfield Sound relied on electric instruments and amplification more than other subgenres of country, giving the music hard, driving, edgy flavor. [9]By 1966 the sharp, Telecaster driven, no-frills, music with an unadorned drive was known as the Bakersfield Sound . The leading practitioners of this style were Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Tommy Collins, and Wynn Stewart, each of whom had his own style. [10]Changing instrumentation in the mid 20th centuryDrums Drums were scorned by early country musicians as being "too loud" and "not pure", but by 1935 Western Swing big band leader Bob Wills had added drums to the Texas Playboys. In the mid 1940s, The Grand Ole Opry did not want the Playboys’ drummer to appear on stage. Although drums were commonly used by rockabilly groups by 1955, the less-conservative-than-the-Grand Ole Opry Louisiana Hayride kept their infrequently used drummer back stage as late as 1956. By the early 1960s, however, it was rare that a country band didn't have a drummer. [11]Electric guitar Bob Wills was one of the first “country†musicians known to have added an electric guitar to his band. The year was 1938. [12]. A decade later (1948) Arthur Smith achieved Top 10 US country chart success with his MGM Records recording of "Guitar Boogie", which crossed over to the US pop chart, introducing many people to the potential of the electric guitar. For several decades Nashville session players preferred the warm tones of the Gibson and Gretsch archtop electrics, but a “hot†Fender style, utilizing guitars which became available beginning in the early 1950s, eventually prevailed as the signature guitar sound of country. [13][14]Not Nashville In 1962 Ray Charles surprised the pop world by turning his attention to country & western music, topping the charts and rating # 3 for the year on BillBoard’s pop chart[23] with the "I Can't Stop Loving You" single, and recording the hugely popular album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.Outlaw Country Derived from the traditional and Honky tonk sounds of the late 50's and 60's, including Ray Price (whose band, the "Cherokee Cowboys", included Willie Nelson and Roger Miller) and mixed with the anger of an alienated subculture of the nation during the period, outlaw country revolutionized the genre of Country music."After I left Nashville (the early 70s), I wanted to relax and play the music that I wanted to play, and just stay around Texas, maybe Oklahoma. Waylon and I had that outlaw image going, and when it caught on at colleges and we started selling records, we were O.K. The whole outlaw thing, it had nothing to do with the music, it was something that got written in an article, and the young people said, 'Well, that's pretty cool.' And started listening." (Willie Nelson)[24]The term "Outlaw Country" is traditionally associated with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Billy Joe Shaver, and was encapsulated in the 1976 record Wanted: The Outlaws!.Country Rock The late 1960's in American music produced a unique blend as a result of traditionalist backlash within separate genres. In the aftermath of the British Invasion, many desired a return to the "old values" of Rock n' Roll. At the same time there was a lack of enthusiasm in the Country sector for Nashville produced music. What resulted was a crossbred genre known as Country Rock.Early innovators in this new style of music included Rock n' Roll icon band The Byrds (while Gram Parsons was the front man) and its spin-off The Flying Burrito Brothers, Commander Cody, and The Eagles.Subsequent to the initial blending of the two polar opposite genres, other offspring soon resulted, including Southern Rock and Heartland Rock.In the decades that followed, artists such as Alabama and Linda Ronstadt moved Country further towards rock influence.Country-Pop Country Pop or soft pop, with roots in both the countrypolitan sound and in soft rock, is a subgenre of country music that first emerged in the 1970s. Although the term first referred to country music songs and artists that crossed over to top 40 radio, country pop acts are now more likely to cross over to adult contemporary.Country pop found its first widespread acceptance during the 1970s. It started with Pop music singers, like Glen Campbell, John Denver, Olivia Newton-John, and Anne Murray having hits on the Country charts. Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" was among one of the biggest crossover hits in Country music history. These Pop-oriented singers thought that they could gain higher record sales and a larger audience if they crossed over into the Country world.In 1974 Olivia Newton-John, an Australian pop singer, won the "Best Female Country Vocal Performance" as well as the Country Music Association's most coveted award for females, "Female Vocalist of the Year". In the same year, a group of artists, troubled by this trend, formed the short - lived Association of Country Entertainers. The debate raged into 1975, and reached its apex at that year's Country Music Association Awards when reigning Entertainer of the Year, Charlie Rich (who himself had a series of crossover hits), presented the award to his successor, John Denver. As he read Denver's name, Rich set fire to the envelope with a cigarette lighter. The action was taken as a protest against the increasing pop style in country music.The Urban Cowboy Effect The most infamous era in country music was in the early '80s. Influenced by both Country Rock and Country Pop, the Urban Cowboy movement led country music further away from its traditional roots. Country's move toward pop culture was popularized by John Travolta's Urban Cowboy and spurred on by Dolly Parton's movie 9 to 5. Some older artists from the 1960s and 1970s converted their sound to country pop or countrypolitan, such as Faron Young, Dolly Parton, Dottie West, and Ray Price.By the mid-80s, however, fans of more traditional country music were growing restless. What resulted was a return to the roots of Country Music, and a sigh of relief from traditional listeners.Neotraditional Country After the dismal failure of the Urban Cowboy era, a generation of "new traditionalists" -- George Strait, Ricky Skaggs, the Judds, Randy Travis, and Ricky Van Shelton -- brought country out of its post-Urban Cowboy doldrums by reminding young audiences what made the music great in the first place.Ricky Skaggs In the mid-1980s Ricky Skaggs, a picking prodigy who took his inspiration from Bill Monroe and Ralph Stanley (Skaggs was a Clinch Mountain Boy as a teen), began making music that he believed brought country back to its roots. With Skaggs's release of "Waitin’ for the Sun to Shine" in 1981, he reached the top of the country charts, a place he frequently stayed during most of the 80's, and made a statement that "true country music" was back.Other developments The two strands of country music have continued to develop since 1990s. The Jimmie Rodgers influence can be seen in a pronounced "working man" image promoted by singers like Brooks & Dunn and Garth Brooks. On the Carter Family side, singers like Iris DeMent and Nanci Griffith have written on more traditional "folk" themes, albeit with a contemporary point of view.In the mid 1990s country western music was influenced by the popularity of line dancing. This influence was so great that Chet Atkins was quoted as saying "The music has gotten pretty bad, I think. It's all that damn line dancing."[25] By the end of the decade, however, at least one line dance choreographer complained that good country line dance music was no longer being released.In the 1990s a new form of country music emerged, called by some alternative country, neotraditional, or "insurgent country." Performed by generally younger musicians and inspired by traditional country performers and the country reactionaries, it shunned the Nashville-dominated sound of mainstream country.One infrequent, but consistent theme in country music is that of proud, stubborn independence. "Country Boy Can Survive"[26] and "Copperhead Road"[27] are two of the more serious songs along those lines; while "Some Girls Do"[28] and "Redneck Woman"[29] are more light-hearted variations on the theme.There are at least three U.S. cable networks devoted to the genre: CMT (owned by Viacom), CMT Pure Country (also owned by Viacom), and GAC (owned by The E. W. Scripps Company). The original American country music video cable channel was TNN (The Nashville Network). The channel was launched in the early 1980s. In 2000, the channel was renamed and reformated to TNN (The National Network), which was a general interest network to compete with USA Network, TNT, and Superstations, such as TBS and WGN. Subsequently, The National Network became SpikeTV, the first network for men.Performers Main article: List of country music performers Main article: List of Country performers by eraTelevision and radio shows of note (Listed Alphabetically) Austin City Limits, PBS goes country The Beverly Hillbillies, legendary situation comedy series that featured a country theme song and frequent appearances, by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, 1969 - 1972 Grand Ole Opry, broadcasting on WSM from Nashville since 1925 now on GAC Hee Haw, featuring Buck Owens and Roy Clark and a pack of droll, cornball comedians, notably Junior Samples. Other artist of note, Archie Campbell, writer and on-air talent. The Johnny Cash Show (1969-1971) on ABC Networks Lost Highway, a significant BBC documentary on the History of Country Music Louisiana Hayride, featured Hank Williams in his early years Nashville Star country music talent show that has produced such stars as Miranda Lambert, Buddy Jewel, George Canyon, and Chris Young Pop! Goes the Country, a weekly syndicated country music variety television series, hosted by Ralph Emery, running between 1974 and 1982. The Porter Wagoner Show, aired from 1960 to 1979 and featured a young Dolly Parton and Mel Tillis. That Good Ole Nashville Music, 1970 - 1985 Nashville Now, hosted live by Ralph Emery, it was the cornerstone nightly program for The Nashville Network from 1983 through 1993. Featured muppet co-host, Shotgun Red. The Statler Brothers Show, the highest rated show on The Nashville Network from 1991 until its last episode in 1998. The Wilburn Brothers Show, long running syndicated country variety television series, hosted by The Wilburn Brothers, running between 1963 and 1974. Launched the career of Loretta Lynn.See also Academy of Country Music Country Music Association WSM Radio Country Music Hall of Fame Great American Country List of country genres Country and Western dance Tejano: Country music performed in Spanish to a Polka beat Western music (North America) Southern CultureFurther reading In The Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music, Nicholas Dawidoff, Vintage Books, 1998, ISBN 0-375-70082-X Are You Ready for the Country: Elvis, Dylan, Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock, Peter Dogget, Penguin Books, 2001, ISBN 0-14-026108-7 Roadkill on the Three-Chord Highway, Colin Escott, Routledge, 2002, ISBN 0-415-93783-3 Guitars & Cadillacs, Sabine Keevil, Thinking Dog Publishing, 2002, ISBN 0-9689973-0-9 Country Music USA, Bill C. Malone, University of Texas Press, 1985, ISBN 0-292-71096-8, 2nd Rev ed, 2002, ISBN 0-292-75262-8 Don't Get Above Your Raisin': Country Music and the Southern Working Class (Music in American Life), Bill C. Malone, University of Illinois Press, 2002, ISBN 0-252-02678-0. I also dig jazz: [edit] Overview Trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong, a well-known jazz musicianJazz has roots in a variety of American music traditions, including spirituals, blues, ragtime, religious hymns, hillbilly music, marching band music, and other popular musics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After originating in and around New Orleans near the beginning of the 20th century, jazz styles spread in the 1920s, influencing other musical styles. The origins of the word jazz are uncertain. The word is rooted in American slang, and various derivations have been suggested. Jazz was not applied to jazz music until about 1915, in Chicago. Earl Hines, born in 1903 and later to become a celebrated "jazz" musician, used to claim that he was "playing piano before the word "Jazz" was even invented". For the origin and history of the word jazz, see Jazz (word).The instruments used in marching bands and dance band music at the turn of century became the basic instruments of jazz: brass, reeds, and drums, using the Western 12-tone scale. Small bands of musicians, many of whom came from the jazz funeral procession tradition of New Orleans, played a seminal role in the articulation and dissemination of early jazz, traveling in the West, South, and to northern cities.The rapid growth of public schooling in the postbellum produced more formally trained musicians. For example, Lorenzo Tio, Scott Joplin, and many other important musicians of the era were schooled in classical European musical forms. Joplin, the son of a former slave and a free-born woman of color, was largely self-taught until age 11, when he received lessons in the fundamentals of music theory. Musicians with formal music skills helped to preserve and disseminate the essentially improvisational musical styles of jazz.[edit] Improvisation Reggie Workman, Pharoah Sanders, and Idris Muhammad, c. 1978While jazz may be difficult to define, improvisation is clearly one of its key elements.Improvisation styles have changed over time. Early folk blues music often was based around a call and response pattern, and improvisation would factor in the lyrics, the melody, or both. In Dixieland jazz, musicians take turns playing the melody while the others improvise countermelodies. In contrast to other musical styles (e.g. classical music), where performers try to play the piece exactly as the author envisioned it, the goal in jazz is often to create a new interpretation, changing the melody, harmonies, even the time signature. If classical music is the composer's medium, jazz places equal emphasis on the performer, 'adroitly weigh[ing] the respective claims of the composer and the improviser'.[1]By the Swing era, big bands played using arranged music: arrangements were either written or rehearsed (many early jazz musicians could not read written music.) Individual soloists, however, would perform improvised solos within these compositions. In bebop the focus shifted from the arrangement to improvisation over the form; musicians paid less attention to the composed melody, or "head," which was played at the beginning and the end of the tune's performance with improvised sections in between.Later styles of jazz such as modal jazz abandoned the strict notion of a chord progression, allowing the individual musicians to improvise more freely within the context of a given scale or mode (e.g., "So What" on the Miles Davis album Kind of Blue). The avant-garde and free jazz idioms permit, even call for, abandoning chords, scales, and rhythmic meters.When a pianist, guitarist or other chord-playing instrumentalist improvises an accompaniment while a soloist is playing, it is called comping (a contraction of the word "accompanying"). "Vamping" is a mode of comping that is usually restricted to a few repeating chords or bars, as opposed to comping on the chord structure of the entire composition. Most often, vamping is used as a simple way to extend the very beginning or end of a piece, or to set up a segue. In some modern jazz compositions where the underlying chords of the composition are particularly complex or fast moving, the composer or performer may create a set of "blowing changes," which is a simplified set of chords better suited for comping and solo improvisation.[edit] History[edit] 1890s-1910s Main article: Ragtime Jazz Baby, Cover of a 1919 American music sheet Shoe Tickler Rag, cover of the music sheet for a song from 1911 by Wilbur CampbellThe interaction between various ethnic music traditions had already been a part of mainstream popular music in the United States for generations, going back to the 19th century minstrel show tunes and the melodies of Stephen Foster. Public dance halls, clubs, and tea rooms opened in the cities. Black dances inspired by African dance moves, like the shimmy, turkey trot, buzzard lope, chicken scratch, monkey glide, and the bunny hug eventually were adopted by a white public. The cake walk, developed by slaves as a send-up of formal dress balls, became popular. White audiences saw these dances in vaudeville shows. The popular dance music of the time were blues-ragtime styles. Tin Pan Alley composers like Irving Berlin incorporated ragtime influences into their compositions. Bandleader Buddy Bolden's performances in New Orleans parades and dances are an early example of jazz-style improvisation. [2]Cakewalks, Coon Songs and the music of "Jig Bands" eventually evolved into Ragtime, c.1895 (timeline). One of the early Ragtime compositions was published by Ben Harney. The music was vibrant, enthusiastic and often extemporaneous. Early Ragtime music was in the format of marches, waltzes and other traditional song forms but the consistent characteristic was syncopation. Syncopated notes and rhythms became so popular with the public that sheet music publishers included the word "syncopated" in advertising. In 1899, a classically trained young pianist from Missouri named Scott Joplin published the first of many Ragtime compositions that would come to shape the music of a nation.[edit] Dixieland/New Orleans Jazz Main article: Dixieland On The Mississippi, music sheet cover for a 1912 songA number of regional styles contributed to the development of jazz. In the New Orleans, Louisiana area an early style of jazz called "Dixieland" developed. New Orleans had long been a regional music center. In addition to the slave population, New Orleans also had North America's largest community of free people of color. The New Orleans style used more intricate rhythmic improvisation than ragtime, and incorporated "blues" style elements including "bent" and "blue" notes, and using the European instruments in novel ways. The band which was credited with starting the jazz revolution was the Original Dixieland Jass Band, who arguably made the first recordings of jazz in April of 1917[1]; in mid 1917, the band respelled "Jass" as "Jazz."Key figures in the development of the new style were trumpeter Buddy Bolden and his band, who arranged blues tunes for brass instruments and improvised; Freddie Keppard, who was influenced by Bolden; Joe Oliver, whose style was bluesier than Bolden's; Kid Ory, a trombonist who refined the style; and Papa Jack Laine, who led a multi-ethnic band. In 1891 in Charleston, South Carolina, Reverend Daniel J. Jenkins, an African-American minister, established the Jenkins Orphanage, which included a variety of orphanage bands. The orphanage bands were trained to perform popular and religious music, and members such as William "Cat" Anderson, Gus Aiken, and Jabbo Smith went on to play with jazz bandleaders like Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton and Count Basie. That's How Dixie Was born, music sheet cover for a 1936 songIn the northeastern United States, a "hot" style of playing ragtime developed, characterized by rollicking rhythms, without the bluesy influence of the southern styles. The music had collective improvised solos, around a melodic structure, that ideally built to a climax, supported by a rhythm section of drums, bass, banjo or guitar. The solo piano version of the northeast style was typified by Eubie Blake. "Stride" piano playing, in which the right hand plays the melody, while the left hand provides the rhythm and bassline, was developed by James P. Johnson. Johnson influenced later pianists like Fats Waller and Willie Smith. Recordings spread the "Hot" new sound across the country. James Reese Europe was a prominent orchestra leader. Tim Brymn performed with a northeastern "hot" style.In Chicago in the early 1910s, saxophones vigorously "ragged" a melody over a dance band rhythm section, blending New Orleans styles and creating a new "Chicago Jazz" sound. Chicago was the breeding ground for many young, inventive players. Characterized by harmonic, innovative arrangements and a high technical ability of the players, Chicago Style Jazz significantly furthered the improvised music of its day. Contributions from dynamic players like Benny Goodman, Bud Freeman and Eddie Condon along with the creative grooves of Gene Krupa, helped to pioneer Jazz music from its infancy and inspire those who followed. Along the Mississippi from Memphis, Tennessee to St. Louis, Missouri, the "Father of the Blues," W.C. Handy popularized a less improvisation-based approach, in which improvisation was limited to short "fills" between phrases.
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I only watch TV shows that star Anson Mount and the News Hour with Jim Lehrer.I also dig: Adam 12 Addams Family Adventures in Paradise Adventures of Robin Hood Adventures of Superman Airwolf Alfred Hitchcock Presents American Bandstand Amos N' Andy Andy Griffith Show Andy's Gang Art Linkletter Arthur Godfrey and Friends A-Team Avengers Baa Baa Black Sheep Bachelor Father Batman Ben Casey Beverly Hillbillies Bewitched Bourbon Street Beat Brady Bunch Burns and Allen Captain Kangaroo Car 54 Where Are You? Carol Burnett Show CBS News Checkmate Combat Danny Thomas Show Dark Shadows Defenders Dennis the Menace Dick Van Dyke Show Dinah Shore Chevy Show Ding Dong School Dobie Gillis Donna Reed Dr. Kildare Dragnet Ed Sullivan Show Father Knows Best F.B.I. Flintstones Flipper Flying Nun Flicka Fugitive George Gobel Show Get Smart Gidget Gilligan's Island Gomer Pyle Gray Ghost Green Hornet Hawaii Five-O Hawaiian Eye Highway Patrol Hogan's Heroes Honeymooners Howdy Doody I Dream of Jeannie I Love Lucy Invaders I Remember Mama Ironside I Spy It Takes a Thief I've Got a Secret Jack Benny Show Jackie Gleason Show Jetsons Lassie Lawrence Welk Show Leave It To Beaver MacGyver Magnum P.I. Make Room for Daddy Mama Man From U.N.C.L.E. Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Mayberry R.F.D. Meet the Press Miami Vice Mickey Mouse Club Milton Berle Mission Impossible Mod Squad Monkees Mr. Ed NBC News Ozzie and Harriet People Are Funny Perry Mason Peyton Place Price is Right Queen for a Day Red Skelton Show Robin Hood Route 66 See It Now Sky King Smilin' Ed O'Connell's Gang Star Trek Superman Surfside 6 Art Linkletter Ted Mack's Amateur Hour Today Show Tom Terrific Topper To Tell The Truth This is Your Life Twenty One What's My Line Your Hit Parade Your Show of Shows
I've read a ton of Russian lit, especially, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Pushkin, etc... I'm currently reading "The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton. And of course, my brother Joseph.I also dig: Ecological Design (Tenth Anniversary Edition) by Sim Van Der Ryn and Stuart Cowan New Perspectives on Computer Concept 9TH Edition by June Jamric Parsons Ugly's Electrical References 2005 by George Hart Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things by Cy Tymony 2005 Oregon Residential Specialty Code by International Code Council Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks by Arthur Benjamin and Michael Shermer Ipv6 Essentials by Silvia Hagen 2007 Oregon Structural Specialty Code by Icc 5102l07 Excel Pocket Guide by Curtis Frye Sneaking a Look at God's Cards: Unraveling the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics by Giancarlo Ghirardi Huey: Spirit of the Panther by David Hilliard Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama I Have a Dream - 40th Anniversary Edition: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World by Martin Luther King The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans by John Bailey Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon Bone Black #1: Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
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Son of Hera. ??,, (H,,ra) Hera Goddess of marriage, family, motherhood and queen of the gods. Zeus' jealous wife. ,,?µ?? (H,,rm,,s) Hermes God of travel, thieves, and commerce. Messenger of the gods.He showed the way for the dead souls to Hades's realm. ,,,,,,?,, (Hestia) Hestia Goddess of the hearth and domestic life. Eventually gave her place to Dionysus. ,,?,,,,?,,,,? (Poseid,,n) Poseidon God of the sea, horses and earthquakes. Brother of Hades and Zeus and father of Polyphemus ?,,?? (Zeus) Zeus King of the gods. God of thunder and lightning. Brother of Poseidon and Hades. Husband of Hera. Destroyed his father (Cronus) with a sickle. Ruler of the titans. Loves women and has various relationships throughout Greek mythology, an idea which was not as frowned upon in Hellenistic society as it is today.Primordial deities Greek name English name Description ,,?,,?? (Aith,,r) Aether God of the upper air. ???? (Khaos) Chaos Non-gendered deity of the nothingness from which all else sprang. ?????? (Khronos) Chronos God of eternal time. ??,,ß?? (Erebos) Erebus God of darkness and shadow. ???? (Eros) Eros God of love. ,,,,?,, (Gaia) Gaia Goddess of the Earth (Mother Earth). ?µ??,, (Émera) Hemera Goddess of daylight. ??? (Nux) Nyx Goddess of darkness/night. ,,??,,,,??? (Tartaros) Tartarus Lives in the pit of tartarus in the darkest deepest part of the underworld controlled by Hades. ???,,??? (Ouranos) Uranus God of the heavens (Father Sky).Titans Asteria Astraeus Atlas (?,,?,,?) Clymene (???µ???) Coeus Crius Cronus (Cronos) (C?????)(The father of Zeus) Dione (,,????) Epimetheus (Epithemeos) (,,,,?µ?,,,,??) Helios (Helius) (????? / ?????) Hyperion (?,,,,??,,?) Iapetus (?,,,,,,,,??) Leto (??,,?) Mnemosyne (???µ?,,???) Oceanus (Oceanos) (,,?,,,,???) Ophion Phoebe (,,??ß?) Prometheus (Prometheos) (,,??µ?,,,,??) Rhea (??,,) Tethys (,,?,,??) Theia (,,,,?,,) Themis jvhbngThe Hundred-Handed Ones (Hecatoncheires) Briareus (or Aegaeon) (?????,,,,?) Gyes CottusCyclopes Arges Brontes Steropes Polyphemus (,,???,,?µ??)River gods Achelous (,,?????? or ,,?,,???? in contemporary Greek) Acheron (,,???,,?) Acis Alpheus (,,?,,,,???) Asopus (,,,,,,,,??) Cladeus Eurotas (,,???,,,,?) Peneus (,,??,,???)Nymphs Adrasteia (,,,,??,,,,,,?,,) Clytie Crataeis Daphne (,,?,,??) Dryads (,,????-,,???,,,,? in plural) Hamadryads (,,µ,,,,????-,,µ,,,,???,,,,? in plural) Metope (?,,,,?,,?) Naiads (?,,??,,,,?) Cleochareia Nereids (?????,,,,?) Amphitrite (,,µ,,?,,??,,?) Arethusa (,,?,,,,??,,,,) Oceanids (,,?,,,,??,,,,?) Eidyia Oreads Echo (???)Giants Agrius Alcyoneus Aloadae Otus Orion (,,??,,?) Ephialtes (,,,,???,,??) Antaeus (,,?,,,,???) Argus (??,,??) Enceladus (,,,,???,,,,??) TityasAnemoi (the winds) Boreas (????,,?) Notus (??,,??) Eurus Zephyrus (??,,????)Other deities Achelois Achelous Acheron (,,???,,?) Adephagia Aeolus (Aiolos) (,,?????) Agdistis Alastor Alectrona Alexiares and Anicetus Amphitrite (,,µ,,?,,??,,?) Anakes Antheia Aphaea Aristaeus Asclepius (,,,,???,,???) Aspasia Astraea (,,,,,,?,,?,,) Ate Attis Bia Boreas (????,,?) Brizo Cabiri Caerus Calypso (?,,????) Ceto Charon Circe (?????) Cotys Cragus Cybele (??ß???) Dionysus (Dionysos) or Bacchus (,,????,,??) Dioscuri (,,??,,??????) Castor (??,,,,??) Polydeuces (,,???,,,,????) Doris (,,,,???) Efreisone (,,?,,??,,???) Eileithyia Elpis (,,?,,??) Enyalius Enyo Eos (???) Eosphorus The Erinyes, or "Furies" Eris (????) Eros (????) Eurynome, the god of Death. (,,?????µ?) Eurus (Euros) Glaucus Gorgons (,,??,,??,,?) Stheno Euryale Medusa (a mortal) (??,,??,,,,) Hades (?,,??) Hêbê (?ß?) Hecate (,,??,,?) Hêlios (?????) Heracles (??,,????) Hespera Horae (??,,?) Thallo (,,,,???) Auxo (,,???) Karpo (?,,?,,?) Eunomia (,,???µ?,,) Dike (,,???) Irene (,,?????) Hybris (?ß???) Hygieia (?,,,,?,,) Hypnos (?,,???) Iris (????) Moira (????,,) The three Moirae, or "Fates": (????,,?) Clotho (??,,,,?) Lachesis (???,,,,??) Atropos (?,,??,,??) Mania (?,,??,,) Metis (??,,??) Momus Morpheus (???,,?,,?) Muses (???,,,,?) Calliope (?,,????,,?) Clio (??,,??) Erato (,,?,,,,?) Euterpe (,,?,,??,,?) Melpomene (?,,?,,?µ???) Polyhymnia (,,???µ??,,) - (,,???µ??,,) Terpsichore (,,,,???????) Thalia (,,??,,?,,) Urania (???,,??,,) Nemesis (??µ,,,,??) Nereus (????,,?) Nike (????) Notus (??,,??) Pan (,,,,?) Perséphonê (,,,,?,,,,,,???) Peitho (,,,,?,,?) Pleiades (,,?,,??,,,,?) Alcyone (,,??????) Sterope (,,,,,,??,,?) Celaeno (?,,?,,???) Electra (????,,?,,) Maia (?,,?,,) Merope (?,,??,,?) Taygete (,,,,?,,?,,?) Phorcys (,,?????) Proteus (,,?,,,,,,??) Priapus (,,??,,,,??) Selene (,,,,????) Thanatos (,,??,,,,??) Thetis (,,?,,??) Triton (,,??,,,,?) Typhon (,,?,,??) Zephyrus (??,,????)MortalsA-B Abas Abderus Acacallis Acamas (,,??µ,,?) Acarnan (,,?,,????) Acastus Acestes Achaeus (,,?,,???) Achilles (Akhilleus) (,,????,,?? or ,,?????,,?) Acoetes Acrisius Actaeon (Aktaion) Actaeus Actor (??,,,,?) Admetus (?,,µ?,,??) Adonis (?,,,,???) Adrastus (?,,?,,,,,,??) Aeacus (Aiakos) (,,?,,???) Aeetes Aegeus (,,?,,,,??) Aegialeia (,,?,,?,,?,,?,,) Aegialeus Aegimius Aegina (,,?,,??,,) Aegisthus (,,?,,?,,,,??) Aegyptus (,,?,,?,,,,??) Aeneas (Aineas) (,,??,,?,,?) Aeolus (,,?????) Aepytus Aerope Aesacus Aeson (Aison) Aethalides Aethlius Aethra (,,?,,?,,) Aetolus (,,?,,,,???) Agamedes Agamemnon (,,,,,,µ?µ?,,?) Agapenor Agasthenes Agave Agelaus (Ageláos) Agenor (,,,,??,,?) Aglaea (,,,,?,,?,,) Agraulus Agrius Agron Ajax the great (Aîas the great) (,,?,,? ? ??,,,,?) Ajax the lesser (Aîas the lesser) (,,?,,? ? ??????) Alcaeus (Alkaios) (,,??,,???) Alcathous Alcestis (????,,,,??) Alcidice Alcimede Alcinous (,,??????? or ,,???????) Alcmaeon Alcmene (Alkmênê) (,,??µ???) Alcyone (,,????? or ,,??????) Aleus Almus Aloeus Alope Althaea (,,?,,,,?,,) Althaemenes Amarynceus Amphiaraus (,,µ,,???,,??) Amphictyon (,,µ,,??,,?,,?) Amphidamas (,,µ,,?,,?µ,,?) Amphilochus (,,µ,,?????? Amphimachus (,,µ,,?µ,,???) Amphinomus (AmphÃnomos) (,,µ,,???µ??) Amphion Amphinomus Amphithea (,,µ,,?,,?,,) Amphitryon (Amphitrion) (,,µ,,?,,??,,?) Amyclas (,,µ???,,?) Amycus Amymone Amyntor (,,µ??,,,,?) Amythaon Anaxagoras (,,?,,?,,,,??,,?) Anaxibia Anaxo Ancaeus Anchialus (,,,,??,,???) Anchises (,,,,??,,??) Andraemon Andreus Androgeus Andromache (,,?,,??µ???) Andromeda (,,?,,??µ?,,,,) Anius Antenor (,,?,,??,,?) Anticlea (Antiklia) Antigone (,,?,,?,,???) Antilochus (,,?,,??????) Antimachus (,,?,,?µ,,???) Antinous (Antinoös) Antion Antiope (,,?,,??,,?) Antiphates Antiphus Aphareus Apheidas Apis Apsyrtus Arachne (Arakhne) (,,?????) Arcas (,,????) Arcesius (Arkêsios) Arete Argea Argeius Argos (??,,??) Ariadne (,,???,,??) Arion (,,??,,?) Aristodemus (,,??,,,,?,,?µ??) Aristomachus (,,??,,,,?µ,,???) Arsinoe (,,?,,????) Asclepius (,,,,???,,???) Asius Assaracus Astacus Asterius Astyanax (,,,,,,???,,?) Astydameia (,,,,,,?,,?µ,,?,,) Astypalaea (,,,,,,?,,??,,?,,) Astyoche Atalanta (,,,,,,???,,?) Athamas (,,,,?µ,,?) Atreus (,,,,??,,?) Atymnius Auge Augeas (,,?,,,,?,,?) Autesion Autolycus Automedon (,,?,,?µ?,,,,?) Autonoe Bateia Battus Baucis Bellerophon Belus Bias Borus Briseis Briseus Britomartis Broteas Bunus Busiris Butes ByblisC-G Cadmus Caeneus (Caenis when female) Calchas Callidice Callirhoe Callisto Calyce Calydon Canace Canthus Capaneus Capys Car Carme Carnabon Cassandra Cassiopeia Castor Catreus Caunus Cebriones Cecrops Ceisus Celeus Cephalus Cepheus, King of Aethiopia Cepheus, King of Tegea Cerdo Cestrinus Ceyx Chalciope Chalcodon Chione Chiron Chloris Chryseis Chryses Chrysippus Chrysothemis Chthonius Cilix Cinyras Cleite Cleodaeus Cleopatra Clymene Clymenus Clytemnestra Clytius Codrus Comaetho Copreus Corcyra Corinthus Coronis Coronus Cranaus Creon Cresphontes Crete Cretheus Creusa Crisus Croesus Cychreus Cycnus Cylla Cynortas Cyparissus Cypselus Cytisorus Cyzicus Daedalion Daedalus Danae Danaus Dardanus Dascylus Deianeira Deimachus Deion Deiphobus Deiphontes Deipyle Demonassa Demonice Demophon Deucalion Dexamenus Dia Dictys Diomedes Diores Dioscuri (Castor and Polydeuces) Dirce Dius Dolius Dolon Dorus Dryope Echemus Echetus Echion Eetion Elatus (Élatos) Electra Electryon Eleius Elephenor Eleusis Elpenor Elymus (Elumos) Endeis Endymion Epaphus Epeius Epicasta Epidaurus Epopeus Erechtheus Erginus (Erginos) Erichthonius Eriphyle Eteocles Eumaeus (Eumaios) Eumelus Europa Eurotas Euryalus Euryclea (Eury..kleia) Eurylochus Eurymachus Eurypylus Eurystheus Eurytion Eurytus GanymedeH-L Haemon Hector (Hektor) Hecuba (Hekuba) Helen Helenus Helle Heracles (Heraklês) Hermaphroditus Hermione Hippocoon Hippodamia, wife of Pilops Hippodamia, wife of Pirithous Hippolyta Hippolytus Hippomedon Hylas Iambe Icarius Icarus Idomeneus Ino Io Iolaus Iole Iphicles Iphigenia Irus Ismene Ixion Jason Jocasta Labdacus Laërtês Laius Laodamas Laomedon Leda Lelex Lycaon Lycus BriscoeM-P Machaon Medea Medôn Medusa (the mortal gorgon) Melampus Melanthus Meleager Memnon Menelaus Menestheus Messene Midas Minos Munippus Myles Myrrha Myrtilus Narcissus Nausicaa Neleus Neoptolemus Nephele Nestor Niobe Nycteus Odysseus Oebalus Oedipus Oeneus Oenomaus Ogygus Oileus Olenus Orestes Orion Orpheus Oxyntes Pandion I Pandion II Pandarus Pandora Paris Parthenopeus Patroclus Peleus Pelias Pelopia Pelops Penélopê (Penelopeia) Peneus Penthesilea Pentheus Periphetes Perseus (Perseos) (,,,,?,,,,??, ,,,,?,,?,,?) Phegeus Philemon Philoctetes Phineas Phineus Phocus Phoenix (Phoinix) Phrixus Phyleus Pirithous Pittheus Podalirius Polites Polycaon Polydorus Polynices Polyxena Priam Procrustes Proetus Prosymnus Protesilaus Psyche Pterelaos Pygmalion Pylades Pyramus PyrrhaR-Z Rhadamanthys Rhesus Sarpedon Semele Sisyphus Sparta Sthenelus Tantalus Telamon Telemachus (Telémakhos, Telemachos) Telephus Teucer Theoclymenus Thersander Thersites Theseus (Theseos) Thisbe Thyestes Thymoetes Tithonus Tlepolemus Trophonius Tydeus Tyndareus Xuthus Zetes Zethus Zoo's