National Country Music Day

The Country Music Deejay Association started National Country Music Day in the ‘50s to honor the father of country music, Jimmie Rodgers and it is always held on July 4th. 

Country music grew out of Appalachian folk music and expanded with radio play time in the 1920's and now has many subgenres and crossovers into other musical traditions. 

If you like to catch the sunset from your truck bed after a hard day’s work, you might be a country fan. National Country Music Day celebrates country for its straight shootin’ and hometown flavor, not to mention that patriotic twang.