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I am not sure how many of you have had the opportunity to follow Ken Burns new documentary "Country Muisc". Each of the two hour episodes has been very informative and entertaining especially the 4th which I watched last evening. This last episode covered the 10 year period from circa 1953 to 1963 which includes the birth of Rock-a-billy and its offshoot Rock and Roll. Even though I learned so much from the first six hours I was much more familiar as they talked about artists such as Elvis, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins, Everly Brothers. Ray Charles , Sam Phillips, and Chet Atkins.
I never paid much attention to all of variations of the music that falls under the Country genre and how they came to be. Off the top of my head a few are: Hillbilly, Rock-a-billy, Texas Swing, Bakersfield sound, the Nashville Sound, Western, Bluegrass, and many more.
We all know about those handful of 50,000 watt clear channel stations that we could pull in from great distances at night. I learned about the 500,000 watt station built just across the Texas border in Mexico that beamed it signal half way across the country and helped propel the genre.
Although it focuses on Country the back and forth influences of other genre are touched upon.
You should be able to search for the first four episodes from PBS to record. The last four episodes are set to run from the 22nd to the 25th.
It must have taken Ken Burns several years to make this documentary as a few of the artist interviewed have since passed away.
I never paid much attention to all of variations of the music that falls under the Country genre and how they came to be. Off the top of my head a few are: Hillbilly, Rock-a-billy, Texas Swing, Bakersfield sound, the Nashville Sound, Western, Bluegrass, and many more.
We all know about those handful of 50,000 watt clear channel stations that we could pull in from great distances at night. I learned about the 500,000 watt station built just across the Texas border in Mexico that beamed it signal half way across the country and helped propel the genre.
Although it focuses on Country the back and forth influences of other genre are touched upon.
You should be able to search for the first four episodes from PBS to record. The last four episodes are set to run from the 22nd to the 25th.
It must have taken Ken Burns several years to make this documentary as a few of the artist interviewed have since passed away.