Five CD set. "If you write the truth and you're writing about your life, it's going to be country. It'll be country 'cause you're writing what's happening. And that's all a good song is." - Loretta Lynn. Country Music, the eight-part, 16-hour film by Ken Burns, chronicles the creation of a truly American genre of music through the songs and stories of it's greatest trailblazers. Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns (The Soundtrack) includes more than 100 timeless classics as heard in the film, including songs by The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and many more. This deluxe set includes 68 pages of liner notes and rarely seen archival photos, documents and memorabilia.
13 Mountain Dew - Grandpa Jones and His Granchildren - 2:39
14 Home on the Range - Autry, Gene - 2:38
15 I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart - Montana, Patsy & the Prairie Ramblers - 3:06
16 Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Single Version) - Sons of the Pioneers, the - 3:12
17 Medley: Keep on the Sunny Side / I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes; Keep on the Sunny Side\ I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes - Carter Family, the - 2:06
18 The Great Speckled Bird - Acuff, Roy - 2:46
19 Whoa Babe - Wills, Bob and His Texas Playboys - 2:34
20 New San Antonio Rose (78RPM Version) - Wills, Bob and His Texas Playboys - 2:36
21 Wabash Cannonball (Album Version) - Acuff, Roy - 2:36
22 Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8) - Monroe, Bill & His Blue Grass Boys - 2:57
- Disc 2 -
1 Honky Tonkin' - Williams, Hank with His Drifting Cowboys - 2:42
2 It's Mighty Dark to Travel - Monroe, Bill & His Blue Grass Boys - 2:49
3 New Mule Skinner Blues - Maddox Brothers and Rose - 3:07
4 I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Arnold, Eddy - 2:39
17 I Still Miss Someone (Live) - Cash, Rosanne - 2:41
18 Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - 4:46
Five CD set. "If you write the truth and you're writing about your life, it's going to be country. It'll be country 'cause you're writing what's happening. And that's all a good song is." - Loretta Lynn. Country Music, the eight-part, 16-hour film by Ken Burns, chronicles the creation of a truly American genre of music through the songs and stories of it's greatest trailblazers. Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns (The Soundtrack) includes more than 100 timeless classics as heard in the film, including songs by The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and many more. This deluxe set includes 68 pages of liner notes and rarely seen archival photos, documents and memorabilia.
