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Tonight on PBS Burns and others "For me, all of these things, race or creativity or commerce or women, are all trumped by how powerful this music is. ... I mean, when Hank Williams says, "I'm so lonesome, I could cry," there's nobody that doesn't know what he's talking about. "The silence of a falling star lights up a purple sky, and as I wonder where you are, I'm so lonesome, I could cry." Cannot stand a lot of country music, but there is a lot that has value to me. Women "One of the surprising things about this series is, women are central to this story in a way they aren't in jazz or other forms, which are fraternities. And country music is not immune to the indignities that women have to suffer everywhere."
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I've been looking forward to watching this. Thanks! 
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| Shut up and play your guitar! Minor Deity  |
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| Foregoing Practicing to Post Minor Deity  |
Not a country music fan, but if you go WAY, WAY back decades, you can hear some interesting things...before it was commercial, people singing for themselves. Almost field recordings. I've only heard a little on the radio but it was compelling. Not at all like today's.
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I'm with RealPlayer, essentially. I may have liked more individual country songs and artists over the years than he has, but most of it makes me want to scream into the void. And I say this as someone who was raised on the stuff.
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| knitterati Beatification Candidate  |
I didn’t think of myself as a country music fan, but after visiting the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, I realized how much country music informs so much of the music I love. Lots of harmony, and girl harmony is the MOST FUN.
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
Went to a mandolin camp Asked why a lot of the singing was terribly annoying. That was not the right thing to say. 
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Has Achieved Nirvana |
I adore country music. I used to hate it. I played the country station really loud in the darkroom of my first job to annoy my boss, and I got hooked.
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Jodi| Has Achieved Nirvana |
Say whatever you like, those in the know will understand. In classic country music the quality of singing is not key. The quality of the story - is. Mother Maybelle Carter couldn’t sing a lick and it didn’t matter. She told the stories. It’s a far different focus from classical music, where musical perfection is the goal. Country - especially early country and bluegrass - isn’t like that. It’s more inclusive. Grab a guitar and belt it out. OTOH don’t look to me to defend what’s on modern country stations right now. I don’t like any of it.
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| Foregoing Practicing to Post Minor Deity |
Watched much of the first episode. What really annoyed me -- and I don't know if this is Ken Burns or if all documentarians do this -- was that the music just became the background to the talking. It's ABOUT the damn music but you can't really hear any of it. 
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+1 I expect to stop watching the series when they get to today's carpy country music. Have a big book about how the music moved from the British Isles to America. That interests me.
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Well this guy sure likes it. https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/15...sic-avlon/index.html
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