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The final painting by Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975), The Sources of Country Music. Pictured are hymnody, Appalachian fiddle and dulcimer, black banjo and song, cowboy guitar — as well as less direct inspirations: church, train, Mississippi riverboat, and moonshine. Benton painted it for the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. Courtesy of Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.