hillbilly
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Stewart didn’t go for polyester suits or arenas, preferring the rough and rowdy “skull orchards” around Fort Pierce where he could alternate between hillbilly rock and progressive bluegrass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
However, Vance has also described himself as a "Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart" in the past, with his ancestors having moved to the Appalachian region in the US more than three centuries ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
The music he made came from Mexico, and it came from Los Angeles, where 1940s Spanish-language swing tunes, Black doo-wop sounds and hillbilly guitar-plucking were mashed together in a molcajete y tejolote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025
He’s a hillbilly, an elegist, and a Yale Law School graduate.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2025
Dad did an imitation of a hillbilly accent.
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
"It's cool there's a spot for hillbillies like me," says Top.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Others accepted Vance but don’t like him, mainly because his book criticizes hillbillies for their “bad choices” and flawed culture and celebrates his own desperate escape out of it.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
“Of course you know we hillbillies need MusiCares too,” Parton said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2019
Li’l Abner Musical Theatre West offers a staged reading of this musical adaptation of the Al Capp comics about the lives of hillbillies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2016
With just 10 days left, few self-described hillbillies in southwest Virginia are undecided.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2012
