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PBS: Country Music

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Anyone watching the Ken Burns "Country Music" documentary on PBS this week?

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"Once Hank got started a naked woman could ride an African elephant behind him and no one would ever see it."

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Another great quote from tonight's episode.

 

"Nobody can hold a grudge like a hillbilly"

-Marty Stuart talking about the riff between Bill Monroe & other bluegrass bands, especially Flatt & Scruggs and the Stanley Brothers.

How about Hank’s buddy Jimmy Key telling him Lovesick Blues “ain’t worth a damn. It won’t sell ten copies”.

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How about Hank’s buddy Jimmy Key telling him Lovesick Blues “ain’t worth a damn. It won’t sell ten copies”.

 

Kinda like George Jones saying that, "He stopped loving her today, wouldn't sell because it was too dang sad."

Kinda like George Jones saying that, "He stopped loving her today, wouldn't sell because it was too dang sad."

 

I tell that story all the time to people. Of course, I have to tell it in my best George Jones voice.

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Tonight's episode covered 68-72 and was a strong episode, especially with some of the groundwork that has been laid in previous episodes.

 

I'm not 100% sure of the other three, but Mother Maybelle Carter deserves to be on the country music Mt Rushmore. From her inventive guitar playing to what she and family did to build country music on their backs. Her influence and that of The Carter Family may never truly be out of real country music.

Anybody watching tonight. On Dish network, both 48 and 54 are showing a yellow screen.

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Just finished the series On-Demand. For me personally it ended perfectly, actually exactly as I would have scripted it.

 

Last episode tugs at the old heart a few times.

I haven’t been able to see all of it but what I’ve seen is fantastic. Ken Burns has documentaries down to a fine art.

It would only be fitting if they ended the final episode by playing George Strait and Allan Jackson’s “Murder On Music Row”.

 

I suppose all music genres evolve over the years and country sure is at the top of the list. The country music awards shows these days are almost indistinguishable between rock & roll awards shows.

I haven’t been able to see all of it but what I’ve seen is fantastic. Ken Burns has documentaries down to a fine art.

In the immortal words of Carly Simon - nobody does it better.

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