`AMERICA'S MUSIC' TAPS DEEP INTO COUNTRY'S ROOTS.Byline: Elizabeth M. Cosin Daily News Staff Writer The only real constant in the very American world of rhinestones, cowboy boots and guitars has been its reverence and respect for its hallowed history. This is the tale told with loving care, humor and even poignancy in ``America's Music: The Roots of Country,'' a three-part, six-hour documentary that airs on TBS beginning today. Before George Strait George Harvey Strait, (born May 18, 1952), is an American country music singer. The native Texan is known for his honky tonk country western sound. Strait is sometimes referred to as the "King of Country" and some critics call Strait a living legend (Bego, 2001). , Vince Gill  The introduction of this article is too short.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, it should be expanded. and Suzie Bogguss, there were Johnny Cash Noun 1. Johnny Cash - United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003) John Cash, Cash , Hank Williams Noun 1. Hank Williams - United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953) Hiram King Williams, Hiram Williams, Williams and Patsy Cline Patsy Cline (b. Virginia Patterson Hensley September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American country music singer, who enjoyed pop music cross-over success during the era of the Nashville Sound in the early 1960s. . And before them, there were Bill Monroe For the retired NBC News correspondent of the same name, see Bill Monroe (journalist). William Smith Monroe (September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American musician who developed the style of music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his and Jimmie Rogers and Patsy Montana. There are very strong lines that run through the lineage of country, and these are clarified and reinforced during the length of the film through interviews, wonderful old movie reels and vintage photographs. Everybody who was anybody in country music - living or dead - makes an appearance in a film that pays much more attention to the history makers and those who learned and benefited from them, than historians or academics. It gives the series a low-key, living-room quality that makes it especially appealing. After all, the one thing country music isn't is high brow. Where the series truly excels is not just in laying out the history of country music, but in showing the breadth of a genre that often is stereotyped as being a one-note redneck style. ``It's my fondest wish that this series will do that,'' said Robert Oermann, a country music historian who helped conceive and write the project with producer Tom Neff, and who served as assistant director. ``The casual observer thinks of it in very narrow terms,'' he said. ``But country music is a lot of other things. It's diverse, richer, more complex, and that's why this documentary works. Even if you are not a country music aficionado A Spanish word that means fan, devotee, enthusiast, etc. There are loyal aficionados of every subject in the computer field. , you will find something in it that appeals to you. It touches so many areas of American music - folk, jazz, blues - all these other genres. I think it will open a lot of people's eyes.'' There's so much worth mentioning about the series that it's impossible to single out a specific section, though whenever Merle merle a pattern of coat color pigmentation with dark, irregular blotches on a lighter background. Seen in some Collies and Welsh corgis. In shorthaired dogs, e.g. Great Danes and Dachshunds, the similar pattern is called dapple. Haggard, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings or Ray Charles appears, you'd best just shut up and listen. Nothing symbolizes what the film is trying to do more than the interviews with relative newcomer Michael Martin Murphy, who has a remarkable knowledge of his music's history. You can just see the reverence in his eyes. THE FACTS The show: ``America's Music: The Roots of Country.'' Host: Kris Kristofferson. Channel: TBS. Airs: In three parts, 4 p.m. today and June 9 and 16; each part repeats the following Monday night. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Minnie Pearl and Roy Acuff, comic foils and c lose friends for nearly 50 years, are included in ``America's Music: The Roots of Country.'' (2) Hank Williams, right, backed up by Chet Atkins, performs at the Grand Ole Opry Grand Ole Opry, weekly American radio program featuring live country and western music. The nation's oldest continuous radio show, it was first broadcast in 1925 on Nashville's WSM as an amateur showcase. in 1951. |
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