[a fool in paradise]

If the history of country music interests you, there’s a fantastic multi-episode documentary on YouTube, BBC-produced, about the history of country music. It starts with The Original Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers, goes through the Shania and Garth thing, and up to Gillian Welch and the people who are steering clear of Music Row in order to protect the integrity of their music.

I'll have to watch this sometime, I've watched a number of other BBC4 documentaries on modern music.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLICzuTNeb3tTbIIvm1389tY1VYwav-QrC

There was a great music documentary from the 70s (that traces the history of popular music, there are 17 episodes but the first one I think is just a sampler and not considered 'essential'). It's called "All You Need Is Love". I only see the (50s) rock and roll episode (vol 12) on youtube right now. The country episode is interesting.

[mrsmel]

I love music history of all genres (excepting rap “music”, which I just can’t consider to be music), so I’ll look that up. Thanks!

[NKP_Vet]

Jimmy Dickens is another link to the great Hank Williams that we have lost. He was a good friend of and toured with Hank, as did Ray Price, who was also a good friend of Hank’s. Here’s Hank and Little Jimmy singing “The Old Country Church”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KdFFhZIw_0