People left out of Ken Burns Country Music

[El Supremo]

I haven't seen the last episode yet. I realize that it couldn't have everyone (even in 16 hours) but here are some important ones that were excluded:

Tennessee Ernie Ford - wow!
Crystal Gayle - incredible!
Dottie West - come on!
Glen Campbell - barely mentioned
John Denver - barely mentioned
Bill Mack - The most important country DJ!

Any others?

[OneBlueDotBama]

1. Levon Helm, Larry Campbell....

[luvs2sing]

2. John Hartford for one

I thought Jerry Lee Lewis should have gotten more mention since he did have a string of country hits in the 70s. Agree with a lot of your choices, too.

I thought it has been well done overall. I already know most of the stories, and they’re being told well.

[mr_lebowski]

3. Haven't watched but let me just me just say HUUUUUGE game tonight ...

LET'S GO A'S!!!

[El Supremo]

4. I forgot my bluegrass favorites.

The Osborne Brothers
Sam Bush, Bela Fleck and The Newgrass Revival

[luvs2sing]

12. Should have mentioned Aeroplane..

and newgrass in general. Jimmy Martin, too.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

55. Jimmy Martin was a giant! Here Tom Russell tells us about it.

[luvs2sing]

56. Can't believe I've never heard this!

Thanks! Wow!

[empedocles]

5. Rockabilly seemed to be cut lil short, [for my tastes anyway].

[Tech]

6. The Darlings

[True Blue American]

10. Oh, Lord!

Andy Griffith! Who could forget the Darlings?

[Tech]

19. Sorry, just had to say it. We have been enjoying the documentary. Glad you got the humor.

[Bob Loblaw]

33. Charlene, "But that one makes you cry Pa"

Briscoe, "I'll fight it."

[El Supremo]

20. The Dillards

The Dillards are notable for being among the first bluegrass groups to have electrified their instruments in the mid-1960s.[5] They are considered to be one of the pioneers of the burgeoning southern California folk rock, country rock and progressive bluegrass genres, and are known to have directly or indirectly influenced artists such as The Eagles, The Byrds, and Elton John.[6] In 1972, The Dillards joined Elton John on his first American tour.[1] John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin has also acknowledged their influence, particularly in his decision to play the mandolin.[7]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dillards

[Tech]

22. Should have included that info. They were excellent musicians. I was a classical trained

cellist, and played my cello on a banjo strap on an old time string band, so I could play it like a stand up bass. This was suggested to me by the head of the music department at the university I went to. Interesting to see mountain musicians with cellos in the documentary. I also was really impressed with a fiddle player of a band I went out to see, turned out he was a violinist for the Milwaukee Symphony. So fun to hear about musicians that are fans of so many kinds of music.

[Chasdev]

7. Doc Watson perhaps?

Maybe not as famous as the headliners but he was a singular talent.

[El Supremo]

16. Wow!

Winner of seven Grammys and a lifetime achievement Grammy.

[El Supremo]

40. Wait. He was shown briefly in episode 6.

When they talked about The Byrds Circle Be Unbroken triple album.

[Shrike47]

8. I noticed the absence of Tennessee Ernie Ford right off. He's on the side in 1 photo, that's it.

I actually paid cash money for one of his albums as a young teen. Loved it.

[dweller]

9. Jerry Jeff Walker ?

Townes Van Zandt ?

i haven't been watching so may have been...

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[Docreed2003]

11. Townes gets covered in Episode 7..;-)

[dweller]

15. is that tonite?

may have to watch

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[True Blue American]

30. On at 8 PM

PBS.

[dweller]

31. thank you !

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[True Blue American]

39. Had just made sure the DVR

Was on. I have the series but have not had time to watch them all. Maybe over the weekend, binge.

[BlueMTexpat]

47. You can stream

them from the PBS website as well.

[True Blue American]

49. I know, but like this

I will keep that in mind. Right now I am trying to stream to get rid of cable.

[Docreed2003]

32. Last night

[dweller]

43. tonite at 8

covering 84-96

then another at 10

do you remember which Townes was on? i don't see episode #'s

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[Docreed2003]

44. Episode 7...pretty sure

[dweller]

45. yeh this is episode 8 at 8

maybe replay of 7 at 10pm.
will see

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[True Blue American]

50. Usually ,the one at ten is the same.

Found that out by checking the guide!

[BlueMTexpat]

29. This ... and

he gets some good air time, IMO.

[True Blue American]

13. So far,I think they have spent too much times on those

Who were not that important.

[El Supremo]

17. Walker was mentioned I think. n/m

[Bob Loblaw]

34. Guy Clarke?

[Docreed2003]

14. I thought Burns has done an exceptional job

It's impossible to hit on every single artist and give them all their due, but he has done a masterful job of telling the story of Country Music, real country music, and for that I'm grateful.

[True Blue American]

18. He has,it is impossible to cover them all.

Never mentioned the Midwestern Hayride from Cincinnati. That was huge in this area.

[El Supremo]

21. There was a map of local radio shows.

I think it showed Cincinnati. They talked about the Louisiana Hayride.

[True Blue American]

35. We had great Country Stars here

Bonnie Lou, Charlie Gore, Jumping Kenny Rogers. The Trailhands.one of them was our neighbor and Mailman. He sat on the porch, tuned my 14 year olds guitar.

We were at the Opry the week Roy Acuff was hospitalized. Brother Oswald came out,played the saddest guitar I ever heard. Roy passed that week.

[sweetloukillbot]

23. So it's just like his jazz documentary then? nt

[klook]

24. Same was true of the Burns jazz series,

which conformed to the Wynton Marsalis / Stanley Crouch worldview of jazz as a classical art form with virtually no important new developments since 1961(!).

I was happy to see jazz introduced to new audiences, but boy was that series disappointing to anybody with more than a superficial knowledge of the music.

[yonder]

25. Riders in the Sky

just because

[True Blue American]

36. Has Roy Rogers been mentioned?

[El Supremo]

38. Yes. But...

only how Gene Autry outshined him.

[True Blue American]

41. Gene was there before Roy.

Roy was still Leonard Slye, sitting on his sisters porch across the street from my Great Aunt.

Roy and Trigger are painted on the flood wall. They have a Roy Rogers festival every year. Roy was from Duck Run but Portsmouth claimed him.

[True Blue American]

42. I have to admit, I liked Gene better!

[BlueMTexpat]

48. Ditto.

But I also really liked Roy's horse Trigger.

[True Blue American]

51. Dale asked Roy

When he had Trigger stuffed how he would feel if she did that to him!

[Fiendish Thingy]

26. The Louvin Brothers were barely mentioned as well. Nt

[ribrepin]

27. Barely mentioned Tanya Tucker

She's been around for ever

[BlueMTexpat]

28. Most of those you list here

have indeed been mentioned. Perhaps not highlighted as some others have been, but at least mentioned and in some cases, given a cameo with some of their music, e.g. Glen Campbell.

I saw episodes 6 & 7 last night and Crystal Gayle, Glen Campbell, Tennessee Ernie and John Denver were all mentioned there, albeit briefly. Denver's mention included footage of this infamous incident: https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-charlie-rich-set-the-country-music-awards-on-fire-40-years-ago

IMO, Burns has done an excellent job, but there are bound to be some omissions which might chafe, especially if they include one's preferred artists.

[True Blue American]

37. They talked about John Denver.

I am still catching up with the DVR.

[True Blue American]

53. Yes, I saw that.

[MissLilyBart]

46. finally finished watching tonight...

and I thought there should at least have been mentions of

The Highwaymen (an omission that gave a really distorted view of Johnny Cash's later career, methinks)
Jimmy Dean
Doug Kershaw
Alison Krauss
Poco (as pioneering and important as any of the other early country rock acts that were mentioned, IMO)
Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings
The Eagles (mentioned in passing, but still... *side-eye*) (and I don't even LIKE The Eagles...)
Linda Ronstadt
and the line dancing craze.

Also, I thought not acknowledging the impact T-Bone Burnett's exquisitely curated soundtrack for the Coen Brother's film O Brother Where Art Thou? had on rekindling 'popular culture' awareness of old time music at the turn of the new century was an egregious omission.

[True Blue American]

52. Jimmy was shown briefly.

[El Supremo]

54. Yes!

And the Texas Two Step.

[gopiscrap]

58. welcome to DU

[MissLilyBart]

59. Thank you!

[El Supremo]

57. Johnny Paycheck...

isn't mentioned at all. A founder of Outlaw Country.