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Post by sperrytops on Sept 15, 2019 11:37:49 GMT -5
Due to the nature of my work, I know that I will miss the live programming, and I do not have a dvr...does anyone know if It can it typically be streamed from the PBS app from my Roku shortly after the live airing? Or Netflix? I have the impression that if you miss the boat on airing, PBS only offers the option of buying it at high prices so you can be a “supporter”. I think you have to subscribe to PBS to access it as a stream. Can also access PBS through Prime, but still have to pay extra for the subscription. |
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Post by trailboss on Sept 15, 2019 15:11:56 GMT -5
Due to the nature of my work, I know that I will miss the live programming, and I do not have a dvr...does anyone know if It can it typically be streamed from the PBS app from my Roku shortly after the live airing? Or Netflix? I have the impression that if you miss the boat on airing, PBS only offers the option of buying it at high prices so you can be a “supporter”. I think you have to subscribe to PBS to access it as a stream. Can also access PBS through Prime, but still have to pay extra for the subscription. We have the PBS app, but it appears to be selective on what I can see, not full access by any stretch...All Elmo all the time if I want though. |
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Post by trailboss on Sept 15, 2019 23:11:33 GMT -5
I watched the first episode tonight, and looked at the PBS app on my Roku.
8 episodes total, 1-4 stream for free, 5-8 are locked but can be watched by subscribing with a $5 subscription fee... I will pay the fee for a one month.. maybe a couple months if I can watch the other Ken Burns series.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Sept 16, 2019 1:24:22 GMT -5
Due to the nature of my work, I know that I will miss the live programming, and I do not have a dvr...does anyone know if It can it typically be streamed from the PBS app from my Roku shortly after the live airing? Or Netflix? I have the impression that if you miss the boat on airing, PBS only offers the option of buying it at high prices so you can be a “supporter”. Almost all PBS content is offered for free streaming after airing, at least temporarily. (Really old stuff, they want to sell you DVD/Bluray)
The 1st ep of Country Music is definitely available, I am watching it right now
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Sept 16, 2019 1:36:42 GMT -5
I watched the first episode tonight, and looked at the PBS app on my Roku. 8 episodes total, 1-4 stream for free, 5-8 are locked but can be watched by subscribing with a $5 subscription fee... I will pay the fee for a one month.. maybe a couple months if I can watch the other Ken Burns series. It should all be available as it airs on PBS... it should be locked again as it passes by. At least, that has been the pattern with other PBS content. |
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Sept 16, 2019 2:29:16 GMT -5
I just finished the first episode, and there is a lot of good stuff going on here. Ken Burns and company ain't afraid to get to the heart of the matter. This is music made by Appalachian folk, this is music made by Black folk, this is music made by urban folk, this is American music. It's all them damn things, all fused and melted and becoming their own thing.
To reiterate, Ken Burns and company ain't afraid. I applaud their boldness.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 14:01:24 GMT -5
I have never cared for Peter Coyote's acting, but he is a fine narrator.
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Post by toshtego on Sept 16, 2019 16:51:18 GMT -5
First episode on early roots was well done indeed.
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Post by trailboss on Sept 16, 2019 17:50:19 GMT -5
First episode on early roots was well done indeed. Yeah, the beginning of my knowledge was from Hank Sr. going forward, I knew that the Carters were pre-Hank, but that was about all I knew...good info! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 18:38:22 GMT -5
That Carter family, so unassuming, yet so influential.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Sept 16, 2019 22:18:24 GMT -5
That Carter family, so unassuming, yet so influential. I love the idea of AP Carter just canvassing an entire county to find anything that isn't copyrighted that he can lock down.
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Post by calabash on Sept 17, 2019 7:38:07 GMT -5
I was familiar with Jimmie Rodgers and the Carters (Mother Maybelle appeared frequently on Johnny Cash's 60s TV show). I had never heard of the Maddox Brothers and Rose, who were featured in the second episode.
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Post by calabash on Sept 17, 2019 7:43:46 GMT -5
As a teenager, I traveled with a friend's family to Nashville in 1970 and was dragged to the Grand Ol' Opry at the old Ryman Auditorium (I was more into The Who and Jimi Hendrix).
It was actually kinda cool. I don't remember everyone who performed, but Grandpa Jones and Minnie Pearl were a couple.
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Post by just ol ed on Sept 17, 2019 9:10:35 GMT -5
we followed episode #2 last nite. Great to see snippits from Willie, Merle, M.Stuart. Esp the contributions of 6ft 8" Ray Benson (Asleep at the Wheel). New him well from back in the early 70s when I was furloughed from the railroad due to a coal strike, not enuf seniority to hold a crew anywhere in our division. Wound up for about a year touring as a "roadie" & part time fiddle player with George Frayne (CommanderCody) & his band of loonies. We were opening act for the Wheel a few times. For those who may not know, the Wheel has kept alive the Western Swing sound of BobWills & the Texas Playboys for around 40 yrs. We hope to follow the following episodes.
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2019 15:40:22 GMT -5
Found the 2nd episode good but did not match the 1st. Too much Star power for me. Maybe the 3rd will return to the trenches.
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Post by toshtego on Sept 17, 2019 16:36:57 GMT -5
we followed episode #2 last nite. Great to see snippits from Willie, Merle, M.Stuart. Esp the contributions of 6ft 8" Ray Benson (Asleep at the Wheel). New him well from back in the early 70s when I was furloughed from the railroad due to a coal strike, not enuf seniority to hold a crew anywhere in our division. Wound up for about a year touring as a "roadie" & part time fiddle player with George Frayne (CommanderCody) & his band of loonies. We were opening act for the Wheel a few times. For those who may not know, the Wheel has kept alive the Western Swing sound of BobWills & the Texas Playboys for around 40 yrs. We hope to follow the following episodes. Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY Asleep at the Wheel was one of my favorites. Know Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen. Good on You! |
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Sept 17, 2019 22:07:38 GMT -5
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Post by calabash on Sept 19, 2019 18:34:46 GMT -5
What the heck am I going to watch tonight?
Loving this series. Ken Burns is a master storyteller.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Sept 19, 2019 20:39:13 GMT -5
Yeah this series is dynamite.
Burns has done really well to un-pick all the various threads that woven into country and bluegrass. And he has a Tom of great interviews with now deceased figures.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Sept 19, 2019 20:40:04 GMT -5
Found the 2nd episode good but did not match the 1st. Too much Star power for me. Maybe the 3rd will return to the trenches. 3rd ep has a lot fewer singing cowboys and Western swing types. It gets into honky tonk and bluegrass. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2019 21:48:13 GMT -5
I wish there wasn't this break, I would like to see all 8 episodes, consecutively.
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Post by trailboss on Sept 20, 2019 0:15:26 GMT -5
Too many hours on the road this week... binge time on my free hours this weekend.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2019 0:36:25 GMT -5
Still watching and enjoying it's deft balance of music and history.
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Post by Dramatwist on Sept 25, 2019 10:54:02 GMT -5
...been binge-watching this... almost done... fine documentary... I don't see that they missed anyone...
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 25, 2019 11:20:44 GMT -5
 I didn’t know God made Honky Tonk Angels, Dun,Dun Dun..,!!  Hey, one of my best friends is a Honky Tonk Angel. She's paying for those days now. We call her the "Queen of the Silver Dollar" and she laughs and says "you got that right." |
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 25, 2019 11:25:44 GMT -5
I have recorded the first 7 episodes. At some point I expect to drop off because I don't care much for the recent country music, like after 1975.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2019 13:10:28 GMT -5
Haven't seen good ol' Texas son, Joe Ely. They touched on roots and side streams, but didn't mention him nor Doug Sahm, who had a lot of country DNA.
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Post by toshtego on Sept 25, 2019 14:14:16 GMT -5
Haven't seen good ol' Texas son, Joe Ely. They touched on roots and side streams, but didn't mention him nor Doug Sahm, who had a lot of country DNA. What about Kinky Friedman and The Texas Jewboys? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2019 14:48:49 GMT -5
They referenced and briefly showed them last night.
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 25, 2019 15:17:31 GMT -5
Haven't seen good ol' Texas son, Joe Ely. They touched on roots and side streams, but didn't mention him nor Doug Sahm, who had a lot of country DNA. What about Kinky Friedman and The Texas Jewboys? He's Austin's version of Weird Al. |
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I didn’t know God made Honky Tonk Angels, Dun,Dun Dun..,!! 