Country Music - Film by Ken Burns

[jaymarsch]

I am looking forward to seeing this film. It airs on PBS on September 15th.

https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music

Ken Burns was on hand at San Quentin for a preview yesterday - 7/24. This is where Merle Haggard was an inmate when Johnny Cash did his New Year's Day concert there in 1959, which according to Haggard turned his life around.

https://www.marinij.com/2019/07/24/f...country-music/

Best,
Jayne

[BrunoBlack]

Originally Posted by jaymarsch

I am looking forward to seeing this film. It airs on PBS on September 15th.

https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music

Ken Burns was on hand at San Quentin for a preview yesterday - 7/24. This is where Merle Haggard was an inmate when Johnny Cash did his New Year's Day concert there is 1959, which according to Haggard turned his life around.

https://www.marinij.com/2019/07/24/f...country-music/

Best,
Jayne

Thanks for the reminder!

[Brucebubs]

I'm more a fan of Ken Burns than I am for country music so I look forward to seeing it.

[reeve21]

Oh boy this is going to be good. Thanks so much for the heads up!

[Denny B]

I'm looking forward to seeing this, thanks for the reminder...

[golfreggie]

Is this the first time out for this film? Thanks

[jpd]

Got it on hold with my local library. Going to be great!

[Paddy1951]

Ditto on waiting for this. It should be very informative and will be very well done I am sure.

[KevWind]

Lookin' forward to it

[Don Lampson]

I'm another Ken Burns fan. I heard an interview on the radio with him about his latest project about "Country Music"... He said it involved eight years of research to make the series. Burns said he is constantly asked to make a series about Rock & Roll... He said he has no desire to do so.....

Don

[Tahitijack]

Don, I think he did a series about rock and roll for PBS many years ago.

[Brucebubs]

Originally Posted by Tahitijack

Don, I think he did a series about rock and roll for PBS many years ago.

- Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
- The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984)
- The Statue of Liberty (1985)
- Huey Long (1985)
- The Congress (1988)
- Thomas Hart Benton (1988)
- The Civil War (1990; 9 episodes)
- Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)
- Baseball (1994; 9 episodes - updated with The Tenth Inning in 2010, with Lynn Novick)
- Thomas Jefferson (1997)
- Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997)
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1998, with Lynn Novick)
- Not For Ourselves Alone: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony (1999)
- Jazz (2001; 10 episodes)
- Mark Twain (2001)
- Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003)
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005)
- The War (2007, with Lynn Novick; 7 episodes)
- The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009; 6 episodes)
- Prohibition (2011, with Lynn Novick; 3 episodes)
- The Dust Bowl (2012; 4 episodes)
- The Central Park Five (2012, with Sarah Burns and David McMahon)
- Yosemite: A Gathering of Spirit (2013)
- The Address (2014)
- The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014; 7 episodes)
- Jackie Robinson (2016, with Sarah Burns and David McMahon)
- Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War (2016)
- The Vietnam War (2017, with Lynn Novick; 10 episodes)
- The Mayo Clinic: Faith - Hope - Science (2018, with Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers)

Future releases

- Country Music (2019)
- Ernest Hemingway (2020, with Lynn Novick)
- Stand-up Comedy (TBA)

[jpd]

Originally Posted by Brucebubs

- Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
- The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984)
- The Statue of Liberty (1985)
- Huey Long (1985)
- The Congress (1988)
- Thomas Hart Benton (1988)
- The Civil War (1990; 9 episodes)
- Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)
- Baseball (1994; 9 episodes - updated with The Tenth Inning in 2010, with Lynn Novick)
- Thomas Jefferson (1997)
- Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997)
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1998, with Lynn Novick)
- Not For Ourselves Alone: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony (1999)
- Jazz (2001; 10 episodes)
- Mark Twain (2001)
- Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003)
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005)
- The War (2007, with Lynn Novick; 7 episodes)
- The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009; 6 episodes)
- Prohibition (2011, with Lynn Novick; 3 episodes)
- The Dust Bowl (2012; 4 episodes)
- The Central Park Five (2012, with Sarah Burns and David McMahon)
- Yosemite: A Gathering of Spirit (2013)
- The Address (2014)
- The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014; 7 episodes)
- Jackie Robinson (2016, with Sarah Burns and David McMahon)
- Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War (2016)
- The Vietnam War (2017, with Lynn Novick; 10 episodes)
- The Mayo Clinic: Faith - Hope - Science (2018, with Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers)

Future releases

- Country Music (2019)
- Ernest Hemingway (2020, with Lynn Novick)
- Stand-up Comedy (TBA)

Wow! I didn't realize how many of these I've seen!

[FrankHudson]

I'll be giving it a try. I go back and forth on Burns work personally, but he's obviously very invested in doing these things and I'll give this one a chance.

A couple of years back there was an excellent documentary series on American roots music and how it came to be recorded (not just "country", though most of the musicians had rural backgrounds) called American Epic. I thought it was excellent. Well worth seeking out for those interested in the subject while you're waiting.

[k_russell]

I just might buy a subscription to my local PBS station so I can stream it.