Chico Schwall's American Roots will showcase a number of styles representative of this wonderful evolution, from 18th century European fiddle music, African American dance music, and 19th century popular song, to Hillbilly string bands, the Carter Family, early jug bands, Hawai'ian music (& steel guitar) and regional styles that were heard-beyond-their-regions-for-the-first-time fueled an explosion of music, which in turn spawned "country music," bluegrass (Don Reno, Flatt & Scruggs, et al), Newgrass (John Hartford, David Grisman, et al.) and tried its hand at ragtime, jazz, comedy and everything else in its path.