Ken Burns Country Music PBS

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He is in the last episode, 8.

We just finished watching the series on Hulu over this past week. For people that don’t like Country Music, you probably still won’t like it. 😉

But for those of you that like it, it is a fantastic series. The thread that runs through all of country music, old and new is explored. I have found “new” people I will search for and listen to. And learned a lot of interesting things about singers and the songs.

I was pretty much in tears for most of the last episode. It was like visiting family, and remembering why we loved them.
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Y’all are making me really want to watch this series, but there’s tough competition for a small amount of TV time around here and I think I’m the only one in the family who is even vaguely interested. I started the first episode, but haven’t finished it yet. Maybe I’ll have to lock myself in my room and watch it on the computer.
 
I understand about being in tears watching this. Every episode, not just the last. It really connected with me on an emotional level. I grew up listening to this music introduced by my late father. I posted earlier in the thread after the first episode: “The Civil War and Baseball were my two favorites by him. The current Country Music one will most likely be right behind these two. I can’t see it topping those two for me.” After watching every episode I might have spoken too soon. The Country Music documentary just might be my favorite.
 
I appreciated the tribute to Bill Monroe and bluegrass music. My dad instilled in us the love for bluegrass. He traveled to festivals and met his favorite Bill Monroe many times. We have a picture of my daughter with Bill - she was about four years old at time.
 
Great story. Did you or he ever go to the Bean Blossom Indiana festival? I have a CD from that festival from 1973 featuring Bill Monroe and other performers.
 
Okay, there were other times I got teary. But I just didn’t want to admit what how sentimental I sometimes can be. 😉
 
My mom and dad did every year - he passed away two years ago. At the end of dad’s funeral, we played Rocky Top (The Osbourne Brothers) It was a Baptist funeral and dad was from TN. The minister, after the song, said, “well I can guarantee that’s the first time a moonshine still was ever mentioned in this church!”
 
I’ve watch two parts so far. I’m not a country music fan but still appreciate good music and the history was fascinating.

one of my favorite movies is O Brother Where Art Thou, so much of the music makes sense now.
 
I’m not the biggest county music fan but so far I’m loving it!

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I honestly think this show will result in yet another rebirth of traditional country. I think there are musicians out there that are hearing “the good stuff” for the first time. And in a few years, they will be out peddling their talents in Nashville, Memphis, or Austin.

Hey, a girl can dream, can’t she? 😉
 
Nashvillian here! The first 3 episodes were good. The last episodes were ‘meh’. The early history of ‘country music’ were great. I wish Burns had focused in on what Dolly Parton said about the music stories that were brought from European ancestors. He did do a good job on the history of the banjo, however, that instrument is rarely used in modern country music.

Burns really didn’t give a lot of history about Minnie Pearl (Sarah Cannon). She was a regular at the Opry and was usually given a couple spots while the stagehands moved instruments or whatnot. She was a wonderful humorist and a Nashville icon.

It was enjoyable to me seeing all the older pictures of Nashville before the NFL & NHL invaded and we became a hipster paradise. The landscape of country music in Nashville has changed dramatically. Most of the music is recorded in home studios either to the north or south of Music Row. Those older music studios are being torn down and hipster condos being put up. If you can’t tell - I’m a bit salty about that! The music row neighborhood had some beautiful old homes that just needed TLC instead of a wrecking ball.

There are still some great venues with great music available. The Bluebird Cafe is still open. Some others are listening rooms south or north of town and even to the east. Downtown Nashville is just a mess of commercialized honky tonks with bachelorette parties every weekend.
 
Was it just me or did ‘they’ blame the death of country music on Bill Clinton and Garth Brooks?
 
I watched the last three episodes last Sunday, and I enjoyed it. I never was a big fan of country music, but I knew about many of the artists and songs, especially those that crossed over to the pop charts. Growing up in Los Angeles, I remember hearing ads for the Palomino Club on the radio, which was a famous west coast venue for country music, and hearing it mentioned several times during the documentary brought back memories.
 
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