Country Music: A Ken Burns Film (PBS)

Series Pass for me
Probably start binge-watching it in a few days but from the previews it looks really good.

I'm not a country music fan, but I am a history and Ken Burns fan so I recorded it last night and watched it this afternoon. Verdict: I'm in for the series.

Of what I seen so far, It is pure Ken Burns. The man and his team do not half ass anything.

I really like the show. I am impressed with the quality of some of the old B&W stills and videos.

Such great stories and storytelling. Can't wait for tonight's episode.

About 2/3 of the way through the first episode they showed a picture of Duane Allman, with his daughter talking about how her mother told her that Duane had learned to play scratch guitar from one of the Carters.

After that I was all in.

RIP Duane, and also Gregg.

SMK

Watching and learning, enjoying. This show must have been in production for years because Merle Haggard, who is featured prominently commenting, died in April 2016.

Wacojoe said:

Watching and learning, enjoying. This show must have been in production for years because Merle Haggard, who is featured prominently commenting, died in April 2016.

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Over 10 years.

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^^^

Ken Burns is da man. His body of work is one of the definitive explorations of Americana. Wonder what he'll follow this up with?

A really nice vacation, I hope. Dude deserves it. So nice to see him sticking with PBS.

archiguy said:

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Ken Burns is da man. His body of work is one of the definitive explorations of Americana. Wonder what he'll follow this up with?

A really nice vacation, I hope. Dude deserves it. So nice to see him sticking with PBS.

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The country music history is pretty much 100% American. Would love to see a "Rock History" film by Ken Burns. But maybe half of that early history is British? Wouldn't seem like a Ken Burns film with all the British influence. I liken him with Stephen King. Two experts at their craft, and seem to care less about all the Hollywood bs and what people think.

For years I have heard artists reference the Carter family and finally they are getting their full due.

Garrett Adams said:

For years I have heard artists reference the Carter family and finally they are getting their full due.

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Kind of like how rock-n-roll ripped off the old Southern bluesmen. Their due is way overdue also.

Like many, I never got into country music that much, but I'm really enjoying this series. I very much like the bios of all of the main players.

I wanted to hear more of the music that they have at the opening of each show, the short segment where they pass the banjo to the next singer, so I did some research. To my surprise, the song originated with Bob Dylan, he wrote it when he was making the movie “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid”, but he did nothing with it. 25 years later, Ketch Secor of “Old Crow Medicine Show” picked it up, added a few verses, and it became a country hit, “Wagon Wheel.”

Here is a music video of my favorite version, by Darius Rucker. The rural lookin' white folks helping him in the video are the “Duck Dynasty” family!!:

Just finished the series. Found out it was available on xfinty on demand the whole time. What a series and appropriate ending. I was fascinated by the early years, but really related to episodes 5-8. That's the era I grew up in. I grew up listening to country music, left the genre in the 70's-90's and finally came back in the 2010's. I recently saw Roseanne Cash. This really solidified what she talked about during her performance.


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I'm not a big fan of country music. But, I watched this entire series and I was "blown away". All of the interviews, details, backgrounds, etc. were just astounding! Burns and his crew should get multiple Emmy's for this documentary. It is hard for me to imagine all the work that went into making this documentary. A job well done, indeed! Does anybody have an idea when this will come out on BD?

I caught the last few episodes and found it rather enjoyable especially when they featured lessor known artists. Although for me it started to get somewhat repetitive with one artist after another influencing another without really "digging" into the artists themselves.

karlsch said:

Like many, I never got into country music that much, but I'm really enjoying this series. I very much like the bios of all of the main players.

I wanted to hear more of the music that they have at the opening of each show, the short segment where they pass the banjo to the next singer, so I did some research. To my surprise, the song originated with Bob Dylan, he wrote it when he was making the movie “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid”, but he did nothing with it. 25 years later, Ketch Secor of “Old Crow Medicine Show” picked it up, added a few verses, and it became a country hit, “Wagon Wheel.”

Here is a link of my favorite version: Why Do People Hate Country Music? - MusicProfy. The rural lookin' white folks helping him in the video are the “Duck Dynasty” family!!:

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Sorry for replying on bit old thread but can someone pls explain me with the logic that why some people hate country music? I've asked several times from these but nobody replied me with the logic to this instead of lame explanation. Some say it sounds old-fashioned, or that it’s music for old people.
But this isn’t really fair.

How one can stop hating country music? Is there any suggestions for it?

poiuyt3 said:

Sorry for replying on bit old thread but can someone pls explain me with the logic that why some people hate country music? I've asked several times from these but nobody replied me with the logic to this instead of lame explanation. Some say it sounds old-fashioned, or that it’s music for old people.
But this isn’t really fair.

How one can stop hating country music? Is there any suggestions for it?

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Why waste your time? People have different tastes. If you think Country gets a bad rap, I don't think there's much you can do about it. I doubt you're gonna change other people's taste in music at any scale though. All that said, I bet some folks would be surprised at how good some of the newer stuff is. Still, you're spitting into the wind here ...