Ken Burns "Country Music" mini series was truly remarkable - esp. the earlier episodes

[NRaleighLiberal]

True confession - I've never really been a fan of country music - but my wife and I were looking for our next binge, and it was time to flip our streaming service - we went through much of what we wanted to watch on HBO, so we upped for PBS Passport.

It is of course Ken Burns - Peter Coyote's gravelly voice narrating, lots of slow pans of black and white pictures, the calm background music. But we learned so much, and developed such an appreciation for the stories, background, talent and creativity.

For us, the standouts were the Carter family, Hank Williams (I had no idea that so many of his songs were so enduring, and that he did all he did in such a short amount of time), Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, all of the various early bluegrass players, Merle Haggard....but the long career and amazing influence of Johnny Cash was really eye opening.

I've started listening to his catalog backwards on my Alexa (most recent releases first) - his rendition of the Nine Inch Nails song "Hurt" is just crushing in emotional impact. The video is beautiful and heartbreaking - I posted it below.

[redstateblues]

1. I loved it!

[El Supremo]

2. The main point of this series was that...

Rock, Folk and Country are really the same thing.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. Throw some of jazz into that as well

Some early seeds were planted and germinated in all sorts of creative ways

[Tumbulu]

4. I really loved it too,

And thanks for sharing that video

[lpbk2713]

5. You might like this as much as I do ...

https://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us/ken-burns/storytelling-with-ken-burns-country-music.html#fbid=L1A3_pog5mM


Play the video at the top of the screen while you read the rest of the page.

And Ken Burns is a masterful story teller.

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. thanks - I will check that out.