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Ken Burns: Country Music
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PBS
Publication Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Roy & Helen Hall Memorial Library - DVD Nonfiction
DVD 781.642 COU
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DVD 781.642 COU
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Table of Contents
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Volume one : Episode one: The rub (beginnings-1933) : Musical melting pot ; Tuning in ; Fox chase ; Grand Ole Opry ; The road to Bristol ; Keep on the sunny side ; The singing brakeman ; The blue yodeler ; Wildwood flower ; TB blues
Episode two: Hard times (1933-1945) : The Maddox Brothers and Rose ; Turn your radio on ; Number one cowboy ; I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes ; Take me back to Tulsa ; A good-natured riot ; Wabash Cannonball ; the Blue Grass Boys ; They'll love you right back ; Back in the saddle ; Smoke on the water
Episode three: The hillbilly Shakespeare (1945-1953) : Walking the floor over you ; Move it on over ; I'll hold you in my heart ; Bluegrass breakdown ; Step it up and go ; Country boy ; Lovesick blues ; Country and western ; Mother Maybelle ; I saw the light ; Honky tonk angels ; I'm so lonesome I could cry
Episode four: I can't stop loving you (1953-1963) : J.R. ; Hillbilly cat ; Rockabillies ; It's all intertwined ; Music row ; Walkin' after midnight ; Long black veil ; Folsom Prison blues ; Tootsies ; The Nashville sound ; Honky tonk girl ; Modern sounds ; Ring of fire ; Sweet dreams.
Volume two : Episode five: The sons and daughters of America (1964-1968) : I've been everywhere ; I walk the line ; King of the road ; The A-Team ; Music City ; Act naturally ; Woman enough ; Pride ; Mama tried ; Just because I'm a woman ; Ode to Billie Joe ; If they freed me from this prison
Episode six: Will the circle be unbroken? (1968-1972) : So old it was new ; Possum ; Stand by your man ; A boy named Sue ; You ain't going nowhere ; Freedom's just another word ; Nashville skyline ; Sunday morning coming down ; Hee haw ; My son ; The man in black ; My own peculiar way ; Why me, Lord? ; A better world awaiting
Episode seven: Are you sure Hank done it this way? (1973-1983) : Goodbye, dear ole Ryman ; I will always love you ; We're gonna hold on ; Countrypolitan ; Texas cooking ; The same thing, just in different languages ; Hillbilly central ; Ancient tones ; Red headed stranger ; If I could only win your love ; Outlaws ; Family tradition ; Seven year ache ; Simple country girl ; Gold albums ; No Show Jones ; Pancho and Lefty
Episode eight: Don't get above your raisin' (1984-1996) : I don't know why you don't want me ; Uncle Pen ; Amarillo by morning ; Why not me ; Guitars, Cadillacs, and hillbilly music ; The bluebird ; Sweet Pea ; Friends in love places ; Love them and they'll love you back ; Blue moon of Kentucky ; I still miss someone.
From the eVideo
American Society and Music (6:01); Maddox Brothers and Rose (6:39); Radio Programs (5:29); Orvin Grover Autry (4:36); Singing Cowboys and Cowgirls (8:13); Carter Family (6:45); Border Blaster Station (6:37); Music of America (3:16); Bob Wills (7:00); Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (5:43); Grand Ole Opry (7:24); Roy Acuff (6:33); Monroe Brothers (7:59); Minnie Pearl (6:48); Broadcasting War (7:14); War and Music (8:22); Life After Service (5:14); Credits: Hard Times (1933 –1945) (3:08);
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American Folk Music (5:55); Fiddlin' John Carson (3:32); Ralph Peer (4:55); Old World Music (3:08); Religious Music and Revivals (3:40); Musical Instruments (5:33); Stephen Foster (2:41); Southern Music (5:14); Music and Commerce (8:22); DeFord Bailey (3:56); Saturday Night Shows (3:24); Jazz Age (4:56); Victor Talking Machine Recording Station (4:05); Carter Family (7:30); Jimmie Rodgers (9:01); "Blue Yodel" (5:17); Rodgers' Music Tour (5:14); Carter Family Music (6:38); Great Depression (3:14); Rodgers' Music Resonates (6:23); Rodgers' Death and Legacy (5:59); Credits: The Rub (Beginnings –1933) (3:04);
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"Will the Circle Be Unbroken" (2:47); Social Challenges (3:14); Old Time Music (5:46); George Jones (6:58); Tammy Wynette (4:59); Wynette's Popularity (5:10); Hokum Songs (4:05); Bob Dylan (3:23); The Byrds (3:30); Kris Kristofferson (6:01); Kristofferson's Success (6:14); Johnny Cash (5:59); "Girl From The North Country" (3:33); Nashville Songwriter (9:22); Country Music Programs (4:35); Music and Politics (4:20); Protesting Vietnam (8:12); Willie Nelson (6:16); Music and Faith (3:22); Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (9:36); Credits: Will the Circle Be Unbroken (1968-1972) (4:06);
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Honky Tonks (2:18); Music After WWII (6:41); Ernest Tubb (6:01); Hank Williams (7:55); Grand Ole Opry (3:12); Eddie Arnold (4:37); Blue Grass Music (6:55); The Stanley Brothers (8:16); The Maddox Brothers and Rose (5:11); Little Jimmy Dickens (7:01); Williams' Success (9:56); Country & Western (3:07); Music City U.S.A. (8:31); Williams' Compositions (7:05); Williams' Career and Struggles (5:45); Honky Tonk Stars (5:16); Williams' Decline (8:37); Williams' Legacy (4:07); Credits: The Hillbilly Shakespeare (1945 –1953) (2:55);
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Marty Stuart (4:20); Defining Country Music (4:38); Ryman Auditorium (5:03); Opryland USA and Dolly Parton (9:58); "Mr. and Mrs. Country Music" (9:10); Countrypolitan (4:18); Guy Clark and Rodney Crowell (4:04); Townes Van Zandt (5:12); Johnny Rodriguez and Freddy Fender (4:06); Waylon Jennings (11:31); Bluegrass Music (5:35); Colliding Music Genres (7:23); Willie Nelson (9:43); Emmylou Harris (7:25); Outlaw Music (5:58); Hank Williams Jr. (4:41); "Hank Williams Jr. and Friends" (6:51); Rosanne Cash (5:20); Parton's Stardom (5:30); Crossover Music (2:09); George Jones (8:26); "Poncho and Lefty" (4:24); Credits: Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? (1973-1983) (3:49);
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Rodgers' Memorial (2:44); Segregated Music? (3:34); Johnny Cash (6:57); Elvis Presley (6:43); Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two (3:52); Rockabilly's Arrival (5:40); Rock-n-Roll Takes Precedence (5:07); The Everly Brothers (2:41); Music Row (4:40); Patsy Cline (4:00); Brenda Lee (3:58); Nostalgia and Country Music (5:45); Cash's Success (5:09); Songwriters (8:20); Country Music Association (3:57); Nashville Sound (3:30); Jean Shepard and Loretta Lynn (6:42); Cline and Lynn (5:33); Ray Charles (4:15); Cash's Career and Home Life (5:41); Deaths in the Music Industry (9:12); Credits: I Can’t Stop Loving You (1953 –1963) (3:02);
From the eVideo
Country Music (5:42); Johnny and Rosanne Cash (4:51); Ricky Skaggs (6:16); George Strait and Randy Travis (3:34); Reba McEntire (4:40); The Judds (7:18); Neotraditionalists and Dwight Yoakam (7:54); "Streets of Bakersfield" (4:03); "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (2:15); Steve Earle and Kathy Mattea (4:21); "Where've You Been" (5:28); Vince Gill (9:42); Garth Brooks (4:17); Brooks' Success (5:32); Trisha Yearwood (3:12); CMA Fan Fair (3:03); Country Music Industry (6:17); Bill Monroe (4:01); Family Reconciliation (3:20); Johnny Cash (10:23); American Voices (4:59); Credits: Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’ (1984 –1996) (3:08);
From the eVideo
Music and Society (4:52); Country Music Family (5:40); Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan (3:30); Plight of Native Americans (2:41); Cash's Struggles (4:07); Roger Miller (5:31); Music Row (6:27); Grand Ole Opry (5:49); Bakersfield Sound (8:35); Loretta Lynn (9:50); Charley Pride (11:28); Merle Haggard (9:42); Haggard's Popularity (4:23); Connie Smith (4:31); Jeannie Seely (2:48); Dolly Parton (5:36); Bobbie Gentry and Jeannie C. Riley (4:52); June Carter (3:40); Folsom Prison Concert (7:15); Credits: The Sons and Daughters Of America (1964 –1968) (3:05);
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Subjects
Subjects
Country music
Country music -- History and criticism
Documentary television programs
History
History and criticism
Internet videos
Music
Music -- History and criticism
Music and dance
Music theory
Music theory -- History -- 20th century
Nonfiction television programs
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Country music -- History and criticism
Documentary television programs
History
History and criticism
Internet videos
Music
Music -- History and criticism
Music and dance
Music theory
Music theory -- History -- 20th century
Nonfiction television programs
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Contributors
Burns, Ken,1953- television director, television producer
Coyote, Peter narrator
Duncan, Dayton screenwriter, television producer
Dunfey, Julie television producer
Ewers, Erik editor of moving image work
Coyote, Peter narrator
Duncan, Dayton screenwriter, television producer
Dunfey, Julie television producer
Ewers, Erik editor of moving image work
Florentine Films production company
Infobase film distributor
PBS (Firm)
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) publisher
Squires, Buddy director of photography
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) production company
Infobase film distributor
PBS (Firm)
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) publisher
Squires, Buddy director of photography
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) production company
ISBN
9781531709792
UPC
841887041546
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