Album Information
Country Music - A Film by Ken Burns
The Soundtrack (Deluxe Edition)
To Be Released:
August 30, 2019
Label:
Legacy Recordings
Country Music, the eight-part, 16-hour film by Ken Burns, chronicles the creation of a truly American genre of music through the songs and stories of its greatest trailblazers. Country Music – A Film By Ken Burns (The Soundtrack) includes more than 100 timeless classics as heard in the film, including songs by The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and many more. This deluxe 5CD set includes 68 pages of liner notes and rarely seen archival photos, documents and memorabilia.
Track Listing
Disc One
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Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye)
The Carter Family -
Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)
Jimmie Rodgers -
Barbara Allen
Bradley Kincaid -
I'll Fly Away
James and Martha Carson -
If the River Was Whiskey
Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers -
Fox Chase
DeFord Bailey -
Blue Yodel Number 9 (Standin' On The Corner)
Jimmie Rodgers -
Wildwood Flower
The Carter Family -
In the Jailhouse Now
Jimmie Rodgers -
Comin' Round the Mountain
Uncle Dave Macon and Sam McGee -
Pretty Polly
The Coon Creek Girls -
B. Blues
Jimmie Rodgers -
Mountain Dew
Grandpa Jones and His Granchildren -
Home on the Range
Gene Autry -
I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart
Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers -
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Sons of the Pioneers -
Keep on the Sunny Side / I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
The Carter Family -
The Great Speckled Bird
Roy Acuff -
Whoa Babe
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys -
New San Antonio Rose
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys -
Wabash Cannon Ball
Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys -
Mule Skinner Blues
Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
Disc Two
-
Honky Tonkin'
Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys -
It's Mighty Dark to Travel
Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys -
New Mule Skinner Blues
Maddox Brothers and Rose -
I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Playboys -
Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys -
Molly and Tenbrook
The Stanley Brothers -
Lovesick Blues
Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys -
I Saw the Light
Hank Williams -
Hey, Good Lookin'
Hank Williams -
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Kitty Wells -
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys -
Jambalaya
Little Brenda Lee -
New Step It Up and Go
Maddox Brothers and Rose -
I Walk the Line
Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two -
Crazy Arms
Ray Price -
Bye, Bye Love
The Everly Brothers -
The Long Black Veil
Lefty Frizzell -
El Paso
Marty Robbins -
Night Life
Ray Price -
Hello Walls
Faron Young -
I Fall to Pieces
Patsy Cline -
Ring of Fire
Johnny Cash -
Crazy
Patsy Cline -
I Can't Stop Loving You
Ray Charles
Disc Three
-
Dang Me
Roger Miller -
I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
Buck Owens -
Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn -
Coal Miner's Daughter
Loretta Lynn -
Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'
Charley Pride -
Hungry Eyes
Merle Haggard and the Strangers -
Mama Tried
Merle Haggard and the Strangers -
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Jeannie C. Riley -
Don't Touch Me
Jeannie Seely -
Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash -
Stand by Your Man
Tammy Wynette -
She Thinks I Still Care
George Jones -
You Ain't Going Nowhere
The Byrds -
Me and Bobby McGee
Kris Kristofferson -
Help Me Make It Through the Night
Sammi Smith -
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Kris Kristofferson -
Okie From Muskogee
Merle Haggard and the Strangers -
Man in Black
Johnny Cash -
Girl from the North Country
Bob Dylan with Johnny Cash -
Grand Ole Opry Song
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band -
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Disc Four
-
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
Waylon Jennings -
Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)
Dolly Parton -
Jolene
Dolly Parton -
I Will Always Love You
Dolly Parton -
We're Gonna Hold On
George Jones and Tammy Wynette -
Texas Cookin'
Guy Clark -
If I Needed You
Townes Van Zandt -
I Can't Stop Loving You
Johnny Rodriguez -
I've Been a Long Time Leaving (But I'll Be A Long Time Gone)
Waylon Jennings -
Love Hurts (Live)
Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels -
Boulder to Birmingham
Emmylou Harris -
Bluebird Wine
Emmylou Harris -
Whiskey River
Willie Nelson -
Miles and Miles of Texas
Asleep at the Wheel -
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Willie Nelson -
Good Hearted Woman
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson -
Family Tradition
Hank Williams, Jr. -
Seven Year Ache
Rosanne Cash -
Pancho and Lefty
Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard -
He Stopped Loving Her Today
George Jones
Disc Five
-
Don't Get Above Your Raisin'
Ricky Skaggs -
On the Road Again
Willie Nelson -
Amarillo by Morning
George Strait -
Somebody Should Leave
Reba McEntire -
Diggin' Up Bones
Randy Travis -
Why Not Me
The Judds (Wynonna and Naomi) -
Honky Tonk Man
Dwight Yoakam -
Streets of Bakersfield
Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens -
Where've You Been
Kathy Mattea -
I'm No Stranger to the Rain
Keith Whitley -
Go Rest High on That Mountain
Vince Gill -
Guitar Town
Steve Earle -
She's In Love With the Boy
Trisha Yearwood -
Tennessee Flat Top Box
Rosanne Cash -
Get Up John
Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers -
Uncle Pen
Ricky Skaggs -
I Still Miss Someone
Rosanne Cash -
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band