THAT
THAT TAKES PLACE 15 YEARS 4@ LATER.
LATER.
LATER. >>>4@ KEN BURNS HAS PRODUCED
EXHAUSTING AND ENGAGING FILMS
OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES
ABOUT OUR SHARED HISTORY.
>> THE TOPICS RANGE FROM THE
CIVIL WAR TO VIETNAM AND FROM
THE LEWIS AND CLARK 4@EXHIBITIO
CIVIL WAR TO VIETNAM AND FROM THE LEWIS AND CLARK 4@EXHIBITIO@
TO PROHIBITION.
TO PROHIBITION. SAID4@ PAT CALLAHAN SPOKE WITH
THIS SERIES WRITER 4@AT4@ 4@THE
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
ONE HOPE OF THE FILMMAKERS IS
MAYBE SOMETHING WILL FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO DON'T 4@CARE FOR
COUNTRY MUSIC GIVE IT ANOTHER
CHANCE.
CHANCE.
CHANCE. >> ♪4@ TRUCK NO ONE WOULD CALL
WHITNEY HOUSTON A COUNTRY
SINGER.
SINGER.
SINGER. BUT HER BIGGEST HIT WAS INDEED
A COUNTRY SONG.
>>4@ ♪4@ ♪
>> Reporter: DOLLY PARTON WROTE
>>4@ ♪4@ ♪ >> Reporter: DOLLY PARTON WROTE@
THAT SONG AT A TIME WHICH HE
WAS TRYING TO LEAVE THE PORTER
WAGONER TELEVISION SHOW RAKING
FROM THE MAN WHO HELPED
LAUNCHED HER CAREER BUT HAD
OUTGROWN.4@
OUTGROWN.4@ >> SHE IS IN A DUMB BLONDE,
DOLLY PARTON4@.4@
DOLLY PARTON4@.4@ >> ♪. 4@
>> ♪. 4@
>> ♪. 4@ >> THE WEIGHT THAT SHE HAD TO
FINALLY CONVINCE PORTER WAGNER
AND SHE SAID IN HER FILM I HAVE
TO DO WHAT I DO BEST AND I HAVE
TO TELL THEM THIS IN THE SONG.
SHE WROTE I WILL ALWAYS LOVE
YOU AN4@D SAYI4@NG IT 4@FOR HIM
HE SAID YOU CAN GO AS LONG AS I
PRODUCE THAT SONG.
>> ♪4@4@
>> ♪4@4@
>> ♪4@4@ >> IT WOULD BE 4@A REVELATION T
PEOPLE WHO THINK OF THAT SONG
AS THEY WHITNEY HOUSTON SONG,
WHICH HE TOOK TO A NEW HEIGHT
OF POPULARITY.
OF POPULARITY. BUT ONCE YOU KNOW THE STORY AND
YOU HEAR DOLLY PARTON WITH HER @
GREAT VOICE SING IT, IF YOU ARE
LIGHT4@ 4@THAT SONG IT WILL DEE
YOUR LOVE FOR IT AND YOUR
UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
>> Reporter: WRITER AND
COPRODUCER DAYTON DUNCAN SAID4@
THE IMPORTANCE OF COUNTRY MUSIC
IS TO LET THE SONGS TELL THE
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. AS
STORY. AS THE ARTIST SHARED THE
MEMORIES THE WORD THAT THEY
KEEP COMING BACK TO IS TRUTH.
>> THIS4@ GREAT SONGWRITER
DESCRIBES COUNTRY MUSIC SIMPLY
AS THREE CHORDS AND THE TRUTH.
THERE IS A TRUTH 4@TO THAT IN I
IS A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER THAN
JAZZ 4@OR EVEN POP4@ MUSIC IN
CERTAIN RESPECTS. 4@
>> Reporter: TRUTH CAN BE
SHOCKING SOMETIMES.
SHOCKING SOMETIMES. LORETTA LYNN BROKE TABOOS BY
SPEAKING TO WOMEN ABOUT THE
LIFE THAT THEY LEAD WITH 4@SONG
ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL AND
CAROUSING HUSBANDS LOOKING FOR
SEX. 4@
SEX. 4@
SEX. 4@ >> ♪4@ ♪ 4@♪
>> Reporter: 4@IN COUNTRY MUSIC
THE TRUTH IS AS SIMPLE AS
UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCES.4@
UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCES.4@ >> FALLING IN LOVE, FALLING OUT
OF LOVE.
OF LOVE.
OF LOVE. FAILURE, THE LOSS,4@ THE HOPE F
REDEMPTION.
REDEMPTION. ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE VERY4@
BASIC HUMAN EXPERIENCES AND
EMOTIONS, BUT THEY ARE ALL VERY
COMPLEX AS WELL.
COUNTRY MUSIC AT ITS BEST IS
THE ONE THAT IS DOING THAT AND @
I THINK IT IS A DELIVERY SYSTEM
DIRECTLY TO YOUR HEART. 4@
>> Reporter: COUNTRY MUSIC4@
EVOLVES AND CROSS POLLINATE'S.
>> ♪4@ ♪
>> ♪4@ ♪
>> ♪4@ ♪ >> Reporter: ROCK 'N ROLL, 4@AN
EVEN JAZZ4@.4@ ♪ 4@
>> Reporter: THESE ARE ARTIST4@
AND THEY DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE
TO DO THE SAME DARN THING 4@THA
HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.
THEY WANT TO STRETCH 4@AND THEY
MIGHT REACH OVER HERE AND TAKE
A LITTLE BIT OF THAT MUSIC AND
APPLY IT AND CREATE SOMETHING
LIKE WESTERN SWING, OR THEY
MIGHT TAKE SOMETHING OVER HERE
AND CREATE SOMETHING.
IN THE 1980S A NEW TRADITION
WITH THE JUDGE'S, REBA4@ McENTI@
GEORGE STRAIT, THOS4@E PEOPLE4@
WE HAVE GOTTEN TOO FANCY NOW.
THEY SAID LET'S GO BACK TOWARD
OUR ROOTS.
OUR ROOTS. >> Reporter: ULTIMATELY DUNCAN
HOSTS A SERIES WILL LEAD PEOPLE
TO WANT TO HEAR MORE THIS
AMERICAN ART FORM.4@
>> WE DON'T CONSIDER ANY OF OUR
FIELDS AS THE FINAL WORD ON THE
TOPIC, THAT WE THINK IT IS THE @
OPPOSITE OF THAT.
WE GO INTO IT AND SAY I CAST
ASIDE ANY CONCEPTIONS4@ AND I
WANT THE STORY TO REVEAL ITSELF.
>> ISN'T THAT A GREAT CLIP ON
PORTER WAGONER4@ AND SHE HAS TH
BEST LINE 4@ABOUT BEING CALLED
DUMB BLONDE, AND SHE SAID 4@IT
DOESN'T BOTHER ME BECAUSE I
KNOW I AM 4@NOT DUMB AND I KNOW
AM NOT BLONDE.
SAID I THINK IT IS FASCINATING
WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WHAT 4@Y
MUSIC AND THEY SAY IT IS ABOUT
TRUCKS AND DOGS 4@OR WHATEVER,
BUT WHEN YOU HEAR IT4@ AND A PO
ARTIST IS PLAYING IT LIKE THE
BEATLES, IT SOUNDS 4@SO DIFFERE
AND AMAZING HOW UNIVERSAL
COUNTRY MUSIC IS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. IT IS ABOUT THE EMOTIONS