Genre: Film
Grade: A-
Notable People: Everyone who is anyone in Country Music. Directed by: Ken Burns, Narrated by: Pete Coyote
Title: Country Music” by Ken Burns
Review: Need a binge watch in the time of The Plague? Eight episodes and 24 hours’ worth. Free on PBS if you are a member or can pay on Amazon. You don’t have to be a big Country fan to watch and enjoy this, though it probably helps to have some interest. Extraordinary portrayal of the history of the music starting with The Carter family and Jimmie Rodgers, though Hank and Patsy, Bill Monroe, Earl and Lester, then the Man in Black and George and Tammy, and Loretta. All told in a way only Ken Burns, Americas’ master storyteller, can tell it. Interviews with surviving legends like Loretta Lynn, Jeannie Sealy, Bill Anderson, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard are priceless. The stock footage is amazing…the music extraordinary. This is the best of Americana. Take a ride to The Opry on the Wabash Cannonball…..