I lived in Nashville for five years back in the 1970s. I wasn't a fan of country music back then and it's barely tolerable to me now.
Thanks for the link! My TV hasn't been connected to cable for a few years now and I was wondering how I might see this one - or at least sample an episode or two.Available for free streaming here....
https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music
I'll watch almost anything that Ken Burns makes.
A really good movie. I'm going to watch the extended cut of it that I bought from iTunes earlier this year.Robert - Yeah I saw Walk the Line over a decade ago around the time it hit Blu-Ray, but obviously I don't remember much about the film; mostly a few of the scenes with Witherspoon & Phoenix. I don't remember Elvis from the film at all. As far as Cash's background goes I was familiar with it from other sources, maybe interviews with Cash himself (?) I should probably watch the film again. I would agree that Cash's general persona probably helped him reach across cultural lines.
Patsy Cline definitely is a member of that group of artists who were taken far too soon.
- Walter.
I've not yet seen that episode. Do they discus Elvis being considered a country artist early in his career? IIRC the radio stations just didn't know quite how to classify his music. Both Cash and Elvis recorded for Sun Records in the early-mid 50s along with other up and coming country and rock acts.Excellent fourth episode. Once again, like the third episode, it is the relationships between the artists that supplied some of the most interesting content, at least for this viewer. Really strange, seeing a young, relatively clean cut Willie Nelson. Compared to his latter image, those photos of him from the early days should have been on the back of a milk carton somewhere.
Another episode that spotlights my own lack of knowledge on the subject in some rather obvious ways. I had no idea that Johnny Cash and Elvis ran in the same circles for a time. Really amusing seeing Cash mimic Elvis' swivel hips. I knew that Cash had come from a hard upbringing, but this episode brought that point home, and made the financial success that I associate with the Cash I watched on television in the '60s and '70s stand in marked contrast.
Enjoyed all of the segments tonight but particularly the ones with Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline. Patsy Cline - damn, what a magnificent voice.
Speaking of magnificent voices; I was a bit disappointed the episode teased us with just a snippet of Roy Orbison that was overshadowed by narration. Hopefully Orbison will get a little more coverage in an upcoming episode.
The episodes continue to excel and I can see myself picking this series up on Blu-Ray at some point.
- Walter.