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Country Music

TV Miniseries about the beginnings of country music.

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Cast & Crew See All

Peter Coyote
Narrator
Marty Stuart
Self
Vince Gill
Self

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

The Rub (Beginnings - 1933)

Sun, Sep 15, 2019112 mins

After centuries of percolating in America's immigrant and racial mix, particularly in the American South, what was first called "hillbilly music" begins reaching more people through the new technologies of phonographs and radio.

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Awards

  • 2020 - C.A.S. Award - Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music - Series or Specials - nominated
  • 2020 - Faith and Freedom Award - Television - nominated
  • 2020 - Bronze Wrangler - Documentary - winner

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