PBS Country Music

Not jealous of too many people in the world but between his voice, his songwriting ability, his ability to play the guitar and his golf game - Vince Gill is kind of on the list.

 

And his wife. I've had a crush on her for years and years. She played at a local college venue when she was just starting to make a name for herself in Christian music, and it was so laid back that there was no security and anyone who wanted could just go backstage, so I (and some others) did, and just chatted for a while.

 

Jason Aldean and his ilk = abomination. Using a twang don’t make you country, boy.

 

I kind of wish they would have spent more time on George Strait and Alan Jackson, both of whom I particularly like, but I understand the premise was to explore the roots, so the emphasis on Bill Monroe, the Carters, Cash and Kristofferson. They seemed to spend a lot amount of time with Yoakam, who I can only assume was their go-to guy for the Bakersfield sound.
Closest thing to a true songwriter today might be Maren Morris.

 

He looked like his "Dad" jokes game would be pretty strong as well.

 

To your first point...what in the world did Naomi Judd do to herself? She looked like she could barely move her face.

And to your second point, I want a whole series on Dolly Parton.

 

I think that's a pretty disingenuous comment from Ken Burns. They took pains to highlight what a breakthrough it was to have The Nashville Network and CMT become available, but then completely ignore an era in which country music is as popular as it's ever been.

You don't have to discuss the historical relevance of Kenny Chesney, early Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, and the like, but a little bit of time would've been appropriate.

I felt like the series came off as a bit snobbish toward certain acts. If you were a popular act but weren't a trailblazer or expert storyteller, you got the fuzzy end of the stick from Burns. Popular appeal apparently meant nothing to him.

 

She would have been my second choice.

 

You could do a whole other series on the women of Country Music and seldom cover the same ground: Dolly, Loretta, Tanya, The Judds, Reba ...

 

I can see a historian reluctant to cover artists whose careers are still in their active arc. No endings, and the possibility of a mid-career change that is in the end the most significant part of their stories.

 

Reaction in the room ran from “WTF?” to “Oh my lord, Naomi, lay off the damn Botox.”

 

Me too, since it was my uncle who introduced Porter Wagoner to her. /truestory.