Ken Burns "Country Music"

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(09-30-2019, 11:36 AM)WychesWarrior Wrote: Killer picture of Johnny Cash.

I knew that Merle was in the audience that day, what I didn't know was that Johnny broke the news on his show in order to keep the media from making it a big deal. I thought that was pretty neat of him. Cash was all heart.

Merle Haggard wasn't still in prison when Johnny Cash recorded Live at San Quinton. He was there in the earlier days of his career. Johnny Cash played in prisons multiple times.

My only beef with the documentary was that it straight up ignored some of the seedier musicians that are a big part of country. Not a single word of David Allen Coe or Johnny Paycheck... Also not enough Marty Robbins... And you and I know that he could've brought it all the way up to the modern day. They did leave the last episode open ended (he did the same thing with Baseball), so maybe it will eventually be expanded. I'm nitpicking here though. I thought it was great. I liked the photo of Sturgill Simpson in the closing of the film.