Ken Burns Documentary on Country Music

Cool, I saw Bill Monroe in the trailer, wonder if there is a section about Bluegrass

Just finished watching the last segment. I must say I enjoyed this presentation. It brought back memories of my youth with some of the music. During the past couple of decades or so I got away from Country Music because of the way it was and is presented.

To me American Music is Bluegrass, Blues, Hillbilly, Folk. Of course I am a ridge runner at heart.

Now Damn it get off my lawn before the old hound dog get ya.

Watching an episode with Charley Pride last night the wife and I Reminisced about my Father. We lived in Baton Rouge and visited them at their home, he told us about the new singer Charlie Pride that he really liked. I looked at my wife and said Pop you know he’s black, well his mouth hit the floor, and he was stunned. The wife and I giggle about that forever. Well it didn’t deter him from liking his music, and my father was never a racist, later in life he got rear ended and the only damage to his truck was a crumpled bumper. The other driver was a young black, he apologized and told Dad he hadn’t worked in 6 months and he was going to a job interview. Pop let him go after he said he would make it right and found out where he lived. Talking to my Dad I said well you’ll never see him again, my Father said Oh No he’s a good young man, 4 months after, a knock on his door and there the young man was, cut him a check for his bumper. I know it’s a long winded story but I wanted to say my Father grew up poor, and would give you the shirt off his back. ,

Same here Pappy, in my truck are Merle and Hank, Otis Redding , Credence and Satie, guess that dates me, Oh Ray Charles too.

I've never understood the success of Garth Brooks and that flying through the air bit, only reinforced my opinion.

He was the country version of Ted Nugent?
I like several older songs by Garth, though nothing in the last 20 years.
His concert At Notre Dame stadium was fantastic.

That is a story worth writing out and worth reading. Thank you.

Your father sounds like someone I would like to have known.

The documentary may persuade you differently.  There was a lot of 1980s country worth your interest from your favorites.

Saw it all, lived when Country was Country, too much Johnny Cash, but saying that, music has to evolve, in all some songs broke my heart, my eyes were wet a lot in this series.