Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns [Original Soundtrack]

by COUNTRY MUSIC: KEN BURNS O.S.T.

Overview

The story of country music in America is big and broad enough, with so many stylistic detours and creative offshoots that, when charting its history, it's difficult to decide what to include and what to leave out. This is the challenge faced by the people who compiled the five-disc box set Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns, an anthology tied into the documentary series Burns produced and directed for PBS. Do you lean toward the music that was most historically important? The artists that gained the most critical acclaim? The records that moved the most units and charted the highest? Or visionary outliers who made a difference without gaining public recognition? In the case of Country Music, the curators have chosen to go with the first two criteria, putting the spotlight on music and musicians generally acknowledged as part of country's essential canon and highly regarded by historians and critical listeners. As a result, Country Music is a tastefully compiled and packaged set that doesn't offer a great deal by way of surprises for anyone seriously devoted to country and roots music. There's little in the way of obscurities, and especially as the set moves into the '70s and '80s, there are plenty of very popular artists who are missing in favor of acts more eagerly embraced by the cognoscenti (which means no Kenny Rogers, Alan Jackson, or Garth Brooks, while Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and Jeannie Seely make the cut). For these reasons, one can quibble at length about this set as a history lesson. As listening, however, it's a rich and pleasurable experience that's rewarding from first track to last. The first three discs are full of songs that are as vitally important as they are entertaining, and if the final 20-percent takes a somewhat highbrow view of country in the '80s and '90s, what's here represents the genre in a manner that's smart, impassioned, and satisfying. And the unreleased take of Rosanne Cash singing "I Still Miss Someone" at a memorial to her father is beautiful and powerful. At its best, country is a genre that deals with the realities of adult life in a way most pop music does not, speaking of both blessings and tragedies in a manner that's unpretentious and deeply relatable. This is the sort of music that dominates Country Music, and while it can only scratch the surface of the full chronology of the genre, it's a glowing testament to why this stuff matters. For people who think they don't like country music and insist it's nothing more than caterwauling about dogs and trucks, this set is just the sort of thing that could change their minds. ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	08/30/2019
Label:	Legacy / Sony Music
UPC:	0190759341223
Rank:	7823

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye)  -  Carter Family  - A.P. Carter
2. Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)  - Jimmie Rodgers  - George Vaughn
3. Barbara Allen  - Bradley Kincaid  -  Traditional
4. I'll Fly Away  - Albert E. Brumley  - James Carson  - Martha Carson
5. If the River Was Whiskey  - Charlie Poole  -  Poole  - Norman Woodlieff
6. Fox Chase  - DeFord Bailey  -  Traditional
7. Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' on the Corner)  - Jimmie Rodgers
8. Wildwood Flower  -  Carter Family  - A.P. Carter
9. In the Jailhouse Now  - Jimmie Rodgers
10. Comin' Round the Mountain  - Uncle Dave Macon  - Sam McGee  -  Traditional
11. Pretty Polly  -  Coon Creek Girls  -  Traditional
12. T.B. Blues  - Raymond Hall  - Jimmie Rodgers
13. Mountain Dew  -  Joens  - Bascom Lamar Lunsford  - Scott Wiseman
14. Home on the Range  - Gene Autry  - Carl Cotner
15. I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart  - Patsy Montana  -  Montana
16. Tumbling Tumbleweeds  - Bob Nolan  -  Sons of the Pioneers
17. Keep on the Sunny Side/I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes  -  Carter Family  - A.P. Carter
18. The Great Speckled Bird  - Roy Acuff  - Roy Carter  - Guy Smith
19. Whoa Babe  - Larry Clinton  -  Wills
20. New San Antonio Rose  - Bob Wills  -  Wills
21. Wabash Cannonball  - Roy Acuff  - A.P. Carter
22. Mule Skinner Blues  - Vaughn Horton  -  Monroe  - Jimmy Rodgers

Disc 2

23. Honky Tonkin'  - Hank Williams  -  Williams
24. It's Mighty Dark to Travel  - Bill Monroe  -  Monroe
25. New Mule Skinner Blues  -  Maddox Brothers & Rose  - W.S. Stevenson
26. I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)  - Eddy Arnold  - Tommy Dilbeck  - Hal Harton
27. Foggy Mountain Breakdown  -  Flatt & Scruggs  -  Foggy Mountain Boys  -  Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys  - Earl Scruggs
28. Molly and Tenbrook  - Bill Monroe  -  Stanley Brothers
29. Lovesick Blues  - Hank Williams  -  Williams  - Hank Jr. Williams
30. I Saw the Light  - Hank Williams  - Hank Jr. Williams
31. Hey, Good Lookin'  - Hank Williams  - Hank Jr. Williams
32. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels  - J.D. Miller  - Kitty Wells
33. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry  - Hank Williams  -  Williams
34. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)  - Brenda Lee  - Hank Williams
35. New Step It Up and Go  -  Maddox Brothers & Rose  - W.S. Stevenson
36. I Walk the Line  - Johnny Cash  -  Cash
37. Crazy Arms  - Don Law  - Ralph Mooney  - Ray Price  - Chuck Seals
38. Bye, Bye Love  - Boudleaux Bryant  - Felice Bryant  -  Everly Brothers
39. The Long Black Veil  - Danny Dill  - Lefty Frizzell  - Marijohn Wilkin
40. El Paso  - Marty Robbins
41. Night Life  - Frank Jones  - Don Law  - Willie Nelson  - Ray Price
42. Hello Walls  - Walt Breeland  - Paul Buskirk  - Ken Nelson  - Willie Nelson  - Faron Young
43. I Fall to Pieces  - Owen Bradley  - Patsy Cline  - Hank Cochran  - Harlan Howard
44. Ring of Fire  - June Carter  - Johnny Cash  - Frank Jones  - Merle Kilgore  - Don Law
45. Crazy  - Owen Bradley  - Patsy Cline  - Willie Nelson
46. I Can't Stop Loving You  - Ray Charles  - Sid Feller  - Don Gibson

Disc 3

47. Dang Me  - Roger Miller
48. I've Got a Tiger by the Tail  - Harlan Howard  - Buck Owens
49. Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)  - Loretta Lynn  - Peggy Sue Wells
50. Coal Miner's Daughter  - Loretta Lynn
51. Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'  - Jack Clement  - Ben Peters  - Charley Pride
52. Hungry Eyes  - Merle Haggard  -  Haggard
53. Mama Tried  - Merle Haggard  -  Haggard
54. Harper Valley P.T.A.  - Tom T. Hall  - Jeannie C. Riley  - Shelby Singleton
55. Don't Touch Me  - Hank Cochran  - Jeannie Seely
56. Folsom Prison Blues [Live]  - Johnny Cash
57. Stand by Your Man  - Billy Sherrill  - Tammy Wynette
58. She Thinks I Still Care  - George Jones  - Dickey Lee
59. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere  -  Byrds  - Bob Dylan  - Gary Usher
60. Me and Bobby McGee  - Fred Foster  - Kris Kristofferson
61. Help Me Make It Through the Night  - Kris Kristofferson  - Sammi Smith
62. Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down  - Fred Foster  - Kris Kristofferson
63. Okie From Muskogee  - Roy Burris  - Haggard Cat  - Merle Haggard
64. Man in Black  - Johnny Cash
65. Girl From the North Country  - Johnny Cash  - Bob Dylan  - Bob Johnston
66. Grand Ole Opry Song  - Hylo Brown  - William E. McEuen  -  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
67. Will the Circle Be Unbroken  - A.P. Carter  -  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Disc 4

68. Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way  - Jack Clement  - Waylon Jennings
69. Mule Skinner Blues [Blue Yodel No. 8]  - Bob Ferguson  - Dolly Parton  - Jimmy Rodgers  - George Vaughn
70. Jolene  - Dolly Parton
71. I Will Always Love You  - Bob Ferguson  - Dolly Parton
72. We're Gonna Hold On  - George Jones  - Earl Montgomery  - Billy Sherrill  - Tammy Wynette
73. Texas Cookin'  - Guy Clark
74. If I Needed You  - Jack Clement  - Townes Van Zandt
75. I Can't Stop Loving You  - Don Gibson  - Jerry Kennedy  - Johnny Rodriguez
76. I've Been a Long Time Leaving (But I'll Be a Long Time Gone)  - Jack Clement  - Waylon Jennings  - Roger Miller
77. Love Hurts [Live]  - Boudleaux Bryant  -  Parsons
78. Boulder to Birmingham  - Brian Ahern  - Bill Danoff  - Emmylou Harris
79. Bluebird Wine  - Brian Ahern  - Rodney Crowell  - Emmylou Harris
80. Whiskey River [Live]  - Johnny Bush  - Willie Nelson
81. Miles and Miles of Texas  - Tommy Allsup  -  Asleep at the Wheel  - Tommy Camfield  - Diane Johnson
82. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain  - Willie Nelson  - Fred Rose
83. A Good Hearted Woman  - Waylon Jennings  - Willie Nelson  - Ray Pennington
84. Family Tradition  - Jimmy Bowen  - Hank Jr. Williams
85. Seven Year Ache  - Rosanne Cash  - Rodney Crowell
86. Pancho and Lefty  - Haggard Cat  - Merle Haggard  - Chips Moman  - Willie Nelson  - Townes Van Zandt
87. He Stopped Loving Her Today  - Bobby Braddock  - George Jones  - Curly Putman  - Billy Sherrill

Disc 5

88. Don't Get Above Your Raisin'  - Lester Flatt  - Earl Scruggs  - Ricky Skaggs
89. On the Road Again [Live]  - Willie Nelson
90. Amarillo by Morning  - Paul Fraser  - Blake Mevis  - Terry Stafford  - George Strait
91. Somebody Should Leave  - Harlan Howard  - Reba McEntire  - Chick Rains  - Harold Shedd
92. Diggin' Up Bones  - Al Gore  - Kyle Lehning  - Paul Overstreet  - Nat Stuckey  - Randy Travis
93. Why Not Me  - Harlan Howard  -  Judds  - Brent Maher  - Sonny Throckmorton
94. Honky Tonk Man  - Pete Anderson  - Tillman Franks  - Johnny Horton  - Harlan Howard  - Dwight Yoakam
95. Streets of Bakersfield  - Pete Anderson  - Homer Joy  - Buck Owens  - Dwight Yoakam
96. Where've You Been  - Don Henry  - Kathy Mattea  - Allen Reynolds  - Jon Vezner
97. I'm No Stranger to the Rain  - Sonny Curtis  - Garth Fundis  - Ron Hellard  - Keith Whitley
98. Go Rest High on That Mountain  - Tony Brown  - Vince Gill
99. Guitar Town  - Tony Brown  - Steve Earle  - Emory Jr. Gordy
100. She's in Love With the Boy  - Garth Fundis  - Jon Ims  - Trisha Yearwood
101. Tennessee Flat Top Box  - Johnny Cash  - Rosanne Cash  - Rodney Crowell
102. Get Up John  - Richard Bennett  -  Harris  - Bill Monroe  - Allen Reynolds  - Marty Stuart  - Jerry Sullivan
103. Uncle Pen  - Bill Monroe  - Ricky Skaggs
104. I Still Miss Someone [Live]  - Johnny Cash  - Rosanne Cash  - Roy Cash
105. Will the Circle Be Unbroken  - A.P. Carter  -  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band  - Randy Scruggs

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tammy Wynette   Primary Artist
Faron Young   Primary Artist
Roger Miller   Primary Artist
Earl Scruggs   Primary Artist
Emmylou Harris   Primary Artist
Gene Autry   Primary Artist
Charley Pride   Primary Artist
Dolly Parton   Primary Artist
Uncle Dave Macon   Primary Artist
Lefty Frizzell   Primary Artist
The Maddox Brothers & Rose   Primary Artist
Waylon Jennings   Primary Artist
Ricky Skaggs   Primary Artist
Jimmie Rodgers   Primary Artist
Kathy Mattea   Primary Artist
Randy Travis   Primary Artist
Merle Haggard & the Strangers   Primary Artist
Ray Price   Primary Artist
Reba McEntire   Primary Artist
Hank Williams   Primary Artist
The Everly Brothers   Primary Artist
Ray Charles   Primary Artist
The Carter Family   Primary Artist
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys   Primary Artist
Foggy Mountain Boys   Primary Artist
Bob Dylan   Primary Artist
Keith Whitley   Primary Artist
The Judds   Primary Artist
Kitty Wells   Primary Artist
Hank Williams, Jr.   Primary Artist
Kris Kristofferson   Primary Artist
Dwight Yoakam   Primary Artist
Eddy Arnold   Primary Artist
Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers   Primary Artist
Patsy Cline   Primary Artist
The Sons of the Pioneers   Primary Artist
Steve Earle   Primary Artist
Roy Acuff   Primary Artist
Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys   Primary Artist
Marty Robbins   Primary Artist
Brenda Lee   Primary Artist
Buck Owens   Primary Artist
George Strait   Primary Artist
George Jones   Primary Artist
Vince Gill   Primary Artist
Flatt & Scruggs   Primary Artist
Jeannie C. Riley   Primary Artist
Jeannie Seely   Primary Artist
Loretta Lynn   Primary Artist
DeFord Bailey   Primary Artist
Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two   Primary Artist
Johnny Rodriguez   Primary Artist
Sammi Smith   Primary Artist
Lester Flatt   Primary Artist
Rosanne Cash   Primary Artist
Sam McGee   Primary Artist
Martha Carson   Primary Artist
Haggard Cat   Primary Artist
Merle Haggard   Primary Artist
Grandpa Jones & His Grandchildren   Primary Artist
Guy Clark   Primary Artist
Hank Williams & the Drifting Cowboys   Primary Artist
Rose   Primary Artist
James Carson   Primary Artist
Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseans   Primary Artist
Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys   Primary Artist
Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers   Primary Artist
The Maddox Brothers   Primary Artist
The Stanley Brothers   Primary Artist
Willie Nelson   Primary Artist
Bradley Kincaid   Primary Artist
Asleep at the Wheel   Primary Artist
The Byrds   Primary Artist
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band   Primary Artist
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys   Primary Artist
Gram Parsons & the Fallen Angels   Primary Artist
Townes Van Zandt   Primary Artist
Patsy Montana & the Prairie Ramblers   Primary Artist
Trisha Yearwood   Primary Artist
Coon Creek Girls   Primary Artist
Johnny Cash   Primary Artist
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys   Primary Artist
Ken Burns   Director

Technical Credits

Erik Ewers   Editing
Susanna Steisel   Photography,Associate Producer
Federico Ruiz   Design,Art Direction
Raymond Hall   Composer
Jimmy Rodgers   Composer
Diane Johnson   Composer
Scott Wiseman   Composer
June Carter   Composer
Harold Shedd   Producer
Willie Nelson   Composer,Producer
Tillman Franks   Composer
Tommy Allsup   Producer
Albert E. Brumley   Composer
Brent Maher   Composer,Producer
Harlan Howard   Composer
Marijohn Wilkin   Composer
Danny Dill   Composer
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band   Producer
Townes Van Zandt   Composer
Paul Overstreet   Composer
Paul Fraser   Composer
Bob Ferguson   Producer
Bob Nolan   Composer
Jon Ims   Composer
Hylo Brown   Composer
Peggy Sue Wells   Composer
Jerry Sullivan   Composer
Allen Reynolds   Producer
Patsy Montana   Composer
Paul Buskirk   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Shelby Singleton   Producer
Terry Stafford   Composer
Steve Earle   Composer
Sid Feller   Producer
Sonny Curtis   Composer
Jack Clement   Producer
Gretchen Brennison   Product Manager
Tammy Wynette   Composer
Roy Cash, Jr.   Composer
Marty Robbins   Composer
Tommy Camfield   Composer
Buck Owens   Composer
George Jones   Composer
Vince Gill   Composer,Liner Notes
Dickey Lee   Composer
Loretta Lynn   Composer
Ron Hellard   Composer
Walt Breeland   Composer
Johnny Bush   Composer
Jon Vezner   Composer
Pete Anderson   Producer
Peter Coyote   Narrator
Lester Flatt   Composer
Homer Joy   Composer
Rosanne Cash   Composer
Richard Bennett   Producer
Rodney Crowell   Composer,Producer
Hal Harton   Composer
Jennifer Kirell   Product Manager
Susan Shumaker   Associate Producer
Margaret Shepardson-Legere   Editing
Katy Haas   Associate Producer
Ryan Gifford   Editing
Emily Mosher   Photography
Merle Haggard   Composer,Producer
Ray Pennington   Producer
Merle Kilgore   Composer
Owen Bradley   Producer
A.P. Carter   Composer
Al Gore   Composer
Tommy Dilbeck   Composer
Tom T. Hall   Composer
Brian Ahern   Producer
George Vaughn   Composer
Guy Clark   Composer
Hank Cochran   Composer
William E. McEuen   Producer
Bobby Braddock   Composer
Roy Burris   Composer
Roy Carter   Composer
Tony Brown   Producer
Norman Woodlieff   Composer
Julie Dunfey   Producer
Tamara Saviano   Liner Notes
Craig Mellish   Editing
Pam Tubridy Baucom   Producer
Bill C. Malone   Liner Notes
Carl Cotner   Arranger
Fred Foster   Composer,Producer
Roger Miller   Composer
Earl Scruggs   Composer
Don Henry   Composer
Emmylou Harris   Composer
Ben Peters   Composer
Frank Jones   Producer
Fred Rose   Composer
Dolly Parton   Composer
Don Law   Producer
Garth Fundis   Producer
Don Gibson   Composer
Gary Usher   Producer
Emory Gordy Jr.   Producer
W.S. Stevenson   Composer
Johnny Horton   Composer
Waylon Jennings   Composer,Producer
Nat Stuckey   Composer
Vaughn Horton   Composer
Ricky Skaggs   Producer
Ralph Mooney   Composer
Jerry Kennedy   Producer
Jimmie Rodgers   Composer
Roy Cash   Composer
Jimmy Bowen   Producer
Marty Stuart   Composer
Randy Scruggs   Producer
Guy Smith   Composer
Hank Williams   Composer
Sonny Throckmorton   Composer
Blake Mevis   Producer
Bob Johnston   Producer
Ken Nelson   Producer
Bob Dylan   Composer
Ken Burns   Producer
Bob Wills   Composer
Billy Sherrill   Composer,Producer
Bill Monroe   Composer
Keith Whitley   Producer
Charlie Poole   Composer
Kyle Lehning   Producer
Boudleaux Bryant   Composer
Chick Rains   Composer
Hank Williams, Jr.   Composer
Larry Clinton   Composer
Chuck Seals   Composer
Bill Danoff   Composer
Chips Moman   Producer
Kris Kristofferson   Composer
J.D. Miller   Composer
Colin Escott   Liner Notes
Curly Putman   Composer
Bascom Lamar Lunsford   Composer
Earl Montgomery   Composer
Felice Bryant   Composer
Eddy Arnold   Composer
Vic Anesini   Mastering
Dayton Duncan   Producer
Johnny Cash   Composer