Is it wrong to call yourself a hillbilly

[6stringer Pete]

I don’t see anything wrong with it. Although I’m not a real hillbilly, I’ve been kind of a hobo since I’ve been 18.

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The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete

It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete

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[GnLguy]

I grew up in southern Ohio, really close to the Ohio River.

Since we wasn’t from Kentucky or West Virginia, we were hill-williams instead of hillbillies.

I lived on 80 acres of woodlands, nearest neighbor was half mile away. Funny, when I go back to that region, it isn’t much different than a lot of places that I know of in Kentucky or West Virginia. I wouldn’t want to move back there but Lexington Ky and westward is a great place.

[Rickey]

Saw a reality show a while back about Hillbillies. He defined hillbilly as taking a hippie and a redneck and mixing them together. 🙂 Had a good laugh at that one. You should check out The Wild And Wonderful Whites of West Virginia

[Rickey]

Don’t know. Ever see Deliverance? Now those were some LIVE “take it in the backside” hillbillies. Now if you’re talking The Beverly Hillbillies, hell no, I’d swim in that ceee-ment pond with Ellie-May any day!

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