One of the pioneers of country music Bradley Kincaid. Billed as the Kentucky mountain boy, he collected and recorded authentic mountain ballads. Starting on WLS in Chicago, Bradley Kincaid appeared on nearly every major Barn Dance program, during the '20s and '30s. Here to perform the classic Lost John, here's Herman Crook. A fixture on the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years. The Crook Brothers, Lewis and Herman, first appeared on WSM Radio in 1925. ♪ I want to ride Old Paint, goin' at a run ♪ ♪ I wanna feel the wind in my face ♪ ♪ A thousand miles from all these lights ♪ ♪ Goin' a cowhand's pace ♪ ♪ I want to pillow my head near the sleeping herd ♪ ♪ While the moon shines down from above ♪ ♪ I want to strum my guitar and odo-lay-eee-hee ♪ ♪ Oh, that's the life that I love ♪ ♪ I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart ♪ ♪ I want to learn to rope and to ride ♪ ♪ I want to ride o'er the plains and the desert ♪ ♪ Out west of the great divide ♪ ♪ I want to hear the coyotes howlin' ♪ ♪ While the sun sets in the West ♪ ♪ I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart ♪ ♪ The life that I love best ♪ Now a little western swing. Backed by The Prairie Ramblers, she was the first woman in country music to have a million selling record with her 1935 recording of I Want To Be A Cowboys Sweetheart. There were many singing cowboys but Patsy Montana starred on the National Barn Dance as a singing cowgirl. ♪ Deep within my heart lies a melody ♪ ♪ A song of old San Antone ♪ ♪ Where in dreams I live with a memory ♪ ♪ Beneath the stars all alone ♪ ♪ It was there I found beside the Alamo ♪ ♪ Enchantment strange as the blue up above ♪ ♪ A moonlit pass that only she would know ♪ ♪ Still hears my broken song of love ♪ ♪ Moon in all your splendor know only my heart ♪ ♪ Call back my rose, rose of San Antone ♪ ♪ Lips so sweet and tender like petals falling apart ♪ ♪ Speak once again of my love, my own ♪ ♪ Broken song, empty words I know ♪ ♪ Still live in my heart all alone ♪ ♪ But that moonlit pass by the Alamo ♪ ♪ And Rose, my Rose of San Antone ♪ Here was our biggest hit, 1941, San Antonio Rose.

Leading things off is the band that invented Western Swing, Bob Wills, Texas Playboys. Now it's time to take their fiddles down off the wall, tune up and walk out on the stage for the Country Music Association's^ Family Reunion Show. For a week, they visited with fans, signed autographs and had a lot of fun. They've come back to Nashville to be a part of the Fan Fair celebration. They rode the range with Roy Rogers and Gene Autry with a six-gun in one hand and a guitar in the other. These are more than fans, they're songwriters, singers and musicians, the stars of the great old radio programs like the Wheeling Jamboree, the National Barn Dance, the Louisiana Hayride and Nashville's own Grand Ole Opry. But for a few, it's a chance to renew old friendships, to turn back the clock. For most, it's a chance to see and meet the stars of country music. Check back with throughout the documentary debut for historical photos, archived stories and 'Country Music' episode recaps.- Each June, country music lovers by the thousands, flock to Nashville for the annual Fan Fair. 'Country Music,' an eight-part documentary capturing 'a story of America, told one song at a time,' debuts Sunday at 7 p.m. the Extra-Terrestrial,' drama 'Erin Brockovich' and favored love story 'A Walk to Remember.' Along with regular collaborations with Burns, he's narrated for National Geographic, the NFL and the NHL.

The 77-year-old can also be recognized for his on-camera roles in 1980s classic 'E.T. 'He's a joy to work with.'Ĭoyote's voice walked listeners through past Burns stories from 'The National Parks: America's Best Idea' to 2017's 'The Vietnam War.' 'Peter is so good and so bright that he will start reading a script and his first take is often good,' Duncan said. He's been the principal narrator for Burns' films since 2009, explained 'Country Music' writer and producer Dayton Duncan. It's Peter Coyote, the actor and longtime Burns collaborator who first worked with the documentarian on the 1996 epic 'The West.' Yes, that voice taking you through the 16-hour journey of Ken Burns' 'Country Music' does sound familiar.

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