Various Artists - Ken Burns: Country Music: The Soundtrack (CD)

Details: Two CD set. Original soundtrack to the Ken Burns documentary series. "If you write the truth and you're writing about your life, it's going to be country. It'll be country 'cause you're writing what's happening. And that's all a good song is." - Loretta Lynn. 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 it's greatest trailblazers. The Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns soundtrack includes more than 40 timeless classics as heard in the film on two CDs, including songs by The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and many more.

Tracklist:

1. Can the Circle Be Unbroken (78rpm Version) - Carter Family The -   3:07
2. Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) - Rodgers Jimmie -   2:57
3. Fox Chase - Bailey DeFord -   1:09
4. I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band -   4:20
5. Mountain Dew - Grandpa Jones and his Granchildren -   2:39
6. I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart - Montana Patsy ; The Prairie Ramblers -   3:06
7. New San Antonio Rose (78rpm Version) - Wills Bob and His Texas Playboys - 2:36
8. Wabash Cannonball (Album Version) - Acuff Roy -   2:36
9. Honky Tonkin' - Williams Hank with His Drifting Cowboys -   2:42
10. It's Mighty Dark to Travel - Monroe Bill ; his Blue Grass Boys -   2:49
11. New Mule Skinner Blues - Maddox Brothers and Rose -   3:07
12. Foggy Mountain Breakdown (Album Version) - Flatt Lester; Scruggs Earl; Foggy Mountain Boys The -   2:39
13. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Wells Kitty -   2:27
14. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Single Version) - Williams Hank with His Drifting Cowboys -  2:46
15. Crazy Arms - Price Ray -   2:30
16. The Long Black Veil - Frizzell Lefty -   3:08
17. El Paso - Robbins Marty -   4:38
18. Ring of Fire - Cash Johnny -   2:35
19. Crazy - Cline Patsy -   2:42
20. I Can't Stop Loving You - Charles Ray -   4:10
21. Coal Miner's Daughter - Lynn Loretta -   2:58
22. Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' - Pride Charley -   2:02
23. Hungry Eyes - Haggard Merle ; The Strangers -   3:26
24. Stand by Your Man - Wynette Tammy -   2:37
25. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Byrds The -   2:33
26. Me and Bobby McGee - Kristofferson Kris -   4:20
27. Girl from the North Country - Dylan Bob with Johnny Cash -   3:41
28. Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way - Jennings Waylon -   2:55
29. Jolene - Parton Dolly -   2:40
30. Boulder to Birmingham - Harris Emmylou -   3:33
31. Whiskey River (Live) - Nelson Willie -   3:39
32. Pancho and Lefty - Haggard Merle and Willie Nelson -   4:47
33. He Stopped Loving Her Today (Album Version) - Jones George -   3:17
34. Don't Get Above Your Raisin' - Skaggs Ricky -   3:10
35. Somebody Should Leave - McEntire Reba -   3:33
36. Why Not Me - Judds The -   3:29
37. Streets of Bakersfield - Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens -   2:48
38. Where've You Been - Mattea Kathy -   3:44
39. Go Rest High on That Mountain - Gill Vince -   5:14
40. I Still Miss Someone (Live) - Cash Rosanne -   2:41
41. Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band -   4:46