Do you know that  Western Music is composed by and about the people who settled and worked throughout the Western United States and Western Canada?
No i had no idea.  I guess I never really thought that much into it.
Western music celebrates the life of the cowboy on the open ranges and prairies of Western North America.
That makes sense.  I  am from Texas so you would think I would know a little more on this topic than I do.   WHat other interesting facts do you know about western music?
 Mexican folk music  also influenced the development of this genre.
Now that I would have never thought to be true. Mexican and Western seem nothing alike.
I know how you feel, It would also shock you to know that western music shares similar roots with Appalachian music 
Ok, now thats just odd.   Thats pretty interesting.   
the early cowboy bands were string bands supplemented occasionally with the harmonica.
I always wished I could play the harmonica like the old cowboys did.  I am fascinated by cowboys as well.  ANything else you know about the early cowboys?