Country music
(DVD)

Contributors

Burns, Ken, 1953- Television director

Duncan, Dayton, Screenwriter

Dunfey, Julie, Television producer.

Coyote, Peter, Narrator.

Ewers, Erik, Editor of moving image work.

Published

[United States] : PBS, [2019]

Physical Desc

8 videodiscs (approximately 16 hr.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Content Rating

PG Rated

Status

Albert Lea Public Library - DVD Nonfiction
DVD/781.642 COU
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Blooming Prairie Branch Library - DVD
BP/DVD 781.642-CO; DISCS 1-4
1 available

Blooming Prairie Branch Library - DVD
BP/DVD 781.642-CO; DISCS 5-8
1 available

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Table of Contents

Volume one : Episode one: The rub (beginnings-1933) : Musical melting pot ; Tuning in ; Fox chase ; Grand Ole Opry ; The road to Bristol ; Keep on the sunny side ; The singing brakeman ; The blue yodeler ; Wildwood flower ; TB blues

Episode two: Hard times (1933-1945) : The Maddox Brothers and Rose ; Turn your radio on ; Number one cowboy ; I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes ; Take me back to Tulsa ; A good-natured riot ; Wabash Cannonball ; The Blue Grass Boys ; They'll love you right back ; Back in the saddle ; Smoke on the water

Episode three: The hillbilly Shakespeare (1945-1953) : Walking the floor over you ; Move it on over ; I'll hold you in my heart ; Bluegrass breakdown ; Step it up and go ; Country boy ; Lovesick blues ; Country and western ; Mother Maybelle ; I saw the light ; Honky tonk angels ; I'm so lonesome I could cry

Episode four: I can't stop loving you (1953-1963) : J.R. ; Hillbilly cat ; Rockabillies ; It's all intertwined ; Music row ; Walkin' after midnight ; Long black veil ; Folsom Prison blues ; Tootsies ; The Nashville sound ; Honky tonk girl ; Modern sounds ; Ring of fire ; Sweet dreams.

Volume two : Episode five: The sons and daughters of America (1964-1968) : I've been everywhere ; I walk the line ; King of the road ; The A-Team ; Music City ; Act naturally ; Woman enough ; Pride ; Mama tried ; Just because I'm a woman ; Ode to Billie Joe ; If they freed me from this prison

Episode six: Will the circle be unbroken? (1968-1972) : So old it was new ; Possum ; Stand by your man ; A boy named Sue ; You ain't going nowhere ; Freedom's just another word ; Nashville skyline ; Sunday morning coming down ; Hee haw ; My son ; The man in black ; My own peculiar way ; Why me, Lord? ; A better world awaiting

Episode seven: Are you sure Hank done it this way? (1973-1983) : Goodbye, dear ole Ryman ; I will always love you ; We're gonna hold on ; Countrypolitan ; Texas cooking ; The same thing, just in different languages ; Hillbilly central ; Ancient tones ; Red headed stranger ; If I could only win your love ; Outlaws ; Family tradition ; Seven year ache ; Simple country girl ; Gold albums ; No Show Jones ; Pancho and Lefty

Episode eight: Don't get above your raisin' (1984-1996) : I don't know why you don't want me ; Uncle Pen ; Amarillo by morning ; Why not me ; Guitars, Cadillacs, and hillbilly music ; The bluebird ; Sweet Pea ; Friends in love places ; Love them and they'll love you back ; Blue moon of Kentucky ; I still miss someone.

Subjects

LC Subjects

Country music -- History and criticism.
Documentary television programs.
DVD-Video discs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

OCLC Fast Subjects

Country music.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Format

DVD

Language

English

ISBN

9781531709792, 1531709796, 9781531710422, 1531710425

UPC

841887041546, 841887042178, 0841887041546, 00841887041546

Notes

General Note

Widescreen.

General Note

"The story of America, one song at a time"--Slipcase

General Note

"PBS DVD video"--Disc label

General Note

Packaged in two DVD case volumes (Volume one. Episodes 1-4 -- Volume two. Episodes 5-8), housed in a slipcase, 20 x 14 x 4 cm

General Note

Special features: over 3 hours of additional content; over 30 bonus videos; behind-the scenes.

Creation/Production Credits

Editors, Erik Ewers, Craig Mellish, Ryan Gifford, Margaret Shepardson-Legere ; cinematographer, Buddy Squires.

Participants/Performers

Narrator, Peter Coyote.

Description

Ken Burns chronicles the history of a uniquely American art form, rising from the experiences of remarkable people in distinctive regions of the nation. From its roots in ballads, hymns, and the blues to its mainstream popularity, viewers will follow the evolution of country music over the course of the twentieth century as it eventually emerged to become America's music. Features never-before-seen footage and photographs, plus interviews with more than 80 country music artists.

Target Audience

Rated PG.

System Details

DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround (English), 2.0 stereo (English, Spanish).

Language

English or Spanish audio, with optional English/Spanish SDH subtitles; described video.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)

Burns, K., Duncan, D., Dunfey, J., Coyote, P., Ewers, E., Mellish, C., Gifford, R., Shepardson-Legere, M., & Squires, B. (2019). Country music. PBS.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Ken Burns et al.. 2019. Country Music. PBS.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Ken Burns et al.. Country Music. PBS, 2019.

UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)

Burns, K., Duncan, D., Dunfey, J., Coyote, P., Ewers, E., Mellish, C. and Gifford, R. et al (2019). Country music. [United States]: PBS.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)

Burns, Ken, et al. Country Music. PBS, 2019.

Note: Citations contain only title, author, edition, and publisher. Only UCL Harvard citations contain the year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of May 2025.

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