Country And Western Conventions.

Country and Western music is a mix between tradition and popular US musicals and traditionally found within South America and Canadian Maritimes that came around rapidly in the 1920s. 
- It takes inspiration from the wild west of America.
- As it has evolved it has become more and more stereotypical of what people expect.
- Usually features buildings such as old saloons and barns this relates back to the cowboy era and barn dances.
- Artists usually wear stereotypical clothing such as cowboy hats, checked shirts, cowboy boots and can sometimes have the artist dressed as bandits.
- They use American flags which could reflects to patriotism associated with America.
- The instruments used are normally acoustic such as acoustic guitars, banjos and violins which are seen as quite lively instruments which reflects back to the energetic music associated with the genre.

These are all stereotypical views on the wild west, especially John Wayne and Clint Eastwood who are seen as the original stereotypical cowboys.