northcntryblues Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Did anyone else see part 1 ("The Big Bang") of this documentary on PBS the other night? Simply outstanding. Can't wait for parts 2 and 3! http://www.pbs.org/video/3000889893/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichG Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Yes. I thought it was great. I play in a jug band and we do a few Memphis Jug Band tunes. Also as a big Carter Family fan, the show was right in my wheel house. We are recording the series. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Thanks for flagging this. A few minutes into it, and there's Maybelle with that 30's snakehead L-5. Be still my heart. This is the story of my restless folk, who came down the Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to North Carolina in the 1750's, looking for land and opportunity. Americana at its best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacamartin Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Saw that it is produced by Jack White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northcntryblues Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share Posted May 19, 2017 Saw that it is produced by Jack White http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/american-epic-inside-jack-whites-new-roots-music-doc-w482170 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proclaimer888 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Cool documentary, thanks for posting!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I just finished watching the whole first episode online. It was well worth the hour it took. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Loved it. All this stuff is linked-together. It all came from "real" people performing songs and stories of their own lives. Tough to equal this kind of material. It's real, raw, and human. Far, far from the manufactured crap we hear today on mainstream radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 MP , you really out to stop listening to commercial radio 😄 I'll bet a time machine would prove that commercial radio has always played crap. Its not a modern thing. This series starts on the BBC Sunday night at 10 o'clock for any members over this side of the water Seems it's a pbs BBC collaboration. Looking forward to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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