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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/27/19 07:09 PM
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I think that country music is, for me, what I personally think is country music. Probably most of ya’ll are the same. A lot of the folks that Burns included in the program, such as Glenn Campbell, were never (to me) country at all.
I think most of what we hear is best categorized as Popular or Pop Music these days. I’m not totally sure that much of anything out of Nashville is real country music. We just pick out the songs that we like, as we always did. The radio continues to play what they are told to play, just like it has always been. They just aren’t playing what we want, if it still even exists. And that’s why I’ve enjoyed what Burns has put together. All that’s good, but my wife now wants to run off with a young Merle Haggard.
One thing Burns minimized was what they used to call George Jones. He’d get drunk and not show up, and for a time he was referred to as “No Show Jones”.
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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/27/19 07:28 PM
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I think that country music is, for me, what I personally think is country music. Probably most of ya’ll are the same. A lot of the folks that Burns included in the program, such as Glenn Campbell, were never (to me) country at all.
I think most of what we hear is best categorized as Popular or Pop Music these days. I’m not totally sure that much of anything out of Nashville is real country music. We just pick out the songs that we like, as we always did. The radio continues to play what they are told to play, just like it has always been. They just aren’t playing what we want, if it still even exists. And that’s why I’ve enjoyed what Burns has put together. All that’s good, but my wife now wants to run off with a young Merle Haggard.
One thing Burns minimized was what they used to call George Jones. He’d get drunk and not show up, and for a time he was referred to as “No Show Jones”. All that was covered pretty extensively in two separate segments. Including the name and the reason for it. Along with footage of him getting arrested for drunk driving.
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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/27/19 08:30 PM
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The type of country music that most of us enjoy is being called Americana. I’m fine with that.
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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/27/19 08:46 PM
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Enjoyed the ones I have watched so far, need to catch up on the DVR
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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/28/19 07:48 PM
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I'm only about half in but everything I've seen has been excellent.
I know people that hate country music and even they are watching.
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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/28/19 08:47 PM
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Great documentary. I learned a lot of things I didn't know and was reminded of a lot of things I'd forgotten. I found it very interesting and entertaining and hated when it ended.
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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/28/19 09:59 PM
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Well...there ya go. Hell, even I like Merle.
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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/28/19 11:01 PM
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The series is filled with accounts where those who eventually made it big, never found it beyond them to take low-paying jobs just to get by.
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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/29/19 03:04 AM
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Fantastic. Wife and I really, really enjoyed it. I grew up on it, dancing to it from Wichita Falls, Windthorst, Gruene and most points in between. On our trips to Kentucky I always want to spend a night in Nashville and party like teenagers, posting up at the bar just inside the door at Tootsies. We also take a trip once a year to the Hill country and spend the day at Lukenbach listening to whoever is there, never been let down.
Country Music is full of heart and soul, just like this series was. My wife wants "Will the Circle be Unbroken" sang at her funeral.
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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/29/19 02:28 PM
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Great as always. Ken Burns is no non-sense. I'm a big Waylon and Townes fan. Heart and Soul is right. Good Hearted Woman is our song (unfortunately). Married 21 Years though.
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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/29/19 02:34 PM
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I may be preaching to the choir but if you have not seen these, you should.
"National Parks, Americas Best Idea" "Baseball" "The Dust Bowl" "Vietnam"
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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/29/19 04:11 PM
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I don’t know how you did a 10 hour documentary on country music and spend two minutes on George Strait. Just watching the documentary you’d think Marty Stewart invented country music. He also spent way too much time on Johnny Cash and the Carters, leaving out many important musicians. Other than that I thought it was good.
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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/29/19 07:25 PM
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I don’t know how you did a 10 hour documentary on country music and spend two minutes on George Strait. Just watching the documentary you’d think Marty Stewart invented country music. He also spent way too much time on Johnny Cash and the Carters, leaving out many important musicians. Other than that I thought it was good. Because he’s an entertainer not a song writer, musician, trailblazer or even an artist. He sings the songs somebody else writes.
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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/29/19 07:52 PM
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Marty Stuart was the best interview on the show, which is probably why he was so prominent. I never got the feeling he was being credited for any more than that and being a child prodigy.
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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/29/19 08:10 PM
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I've enjoyed it so far and I appreciate Ken Burns but I'm pretty sure he would cry uncontrollably over a spilled latte.
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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/29/19 10:37 PM
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Have a greater appreciation for Hank Williams, the Carter Family, Jimmie Dickens, Jimmy Rodgers and all the other older artists back then. Of all of them, I find myself looking up and listening to more of the Carters now. I prefer the bluegrass sound anyways and the respect that Skaggs and Stewart have for their elders is profound, as it should be.
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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/29/19 11:34 PM
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I may be preaching to the choir but if you have not seen these, you should.
"National Parks, Americas Best Idea" "Baseball" "The Dust Bowl" "Vietnam"
Civil War as well
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Re: Your takeaways from Ken Burns' Country Music Series on PBS
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09/30/19 12:18 AM
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I may be preaching to the choir but if you have not seen these, you should.
"National Parks, Americas Best Idea" "Baseball" "The Dust Bowl" "Vietnam"
Civil War as well The West Prohibition Jazz WW2 8 episodes The Roosevelts Mayo Clinic Baseball Congress and there are many more. Some Great work. If you missed any of the CM series you can view them on PBS.
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