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Pbs country music documentary narrator8/25/2023 Wars are so extraordinarily revealing, obviously of the worst of humanity, but as it turns out, also the best of humanity. KEN BURNS: There was no way we could avoid telling this story. Unfortunately we’ve never moved really far away from that… and we never recovered. PHIL GIOIA: I think The Vietnam War drove a stake right into the heart of America. BURNS: It's phenomenally great music about people who felt their stories weren't being told. ♪ NELSON: I always thought it was a really good song and I played it for Patsy Cline and she thought it was a great song. It made me a convert out of me, it's a wonderful story. EWERS: I hope that when people hear of the series that they'll tune in. That's where he took his anguish and fears and griefs, and he worked them out with an audience. ♪ CASH: My dad, he worked out all of his problems on stage. And the people who made it, created it, and how it became a business. DUNCAN: This is the story of a uniquely American art form, that sometimes get defined as three chords and the truth. Sometimes it might make you cry but you'll feel better. PRIDE: I believe that you can go look and find a country song, that will help you feel better. And I never would tell my husband which one was. GIDDENS: If you wanted to look for like, super strong women telling amazing stories, you went to country. Not just to the era that we cover, but who we are now. We're always looking for those topics that are going to tell us a lot about who we are. BURNS: Country music is about human emotions. PARTON: You can dance to it, you can make love to it, you can play it at a funeral. ♪ BROOKS: Country music comes from right in here.
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