re: Why did the Ken Burns’ documentary neglect Keith Whitley & DAC?

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Not closely connected to Johnny Cash. This thing was damn near a Cash/Carter family documentary. BTW, I loved it despite that quibble.

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Yep. This was one of many problems with whole thing. Shoulda been called Country Music and Johnny Cash.

2. No coverage of the 70s Newgrass movement

3. A fleeting mention of Charlie Daniels. How do you not at least discuss his work on Dylan's Nashville Skyline or Devil Went Down to Georgia? I think we know why.

4. It felt like the whole thing was pandering to the coastal elite media that traditionally look down their noses at Country Music. Example, people that have never listened to Cash wear his clothes because the media said it was cool to do so. Look at us, we're cool, see cool indie song writers came here and rock bands recorded country style records.

5. Continuing the last thought, how are you gonna spend so much time on those guys that sold very few albums, and ignore the Southern Rock movement which was a cultural phenomenon, greatly influenced by country music and which sold a crazy amount of records? I'll tell you why, the elite media said it was cool to like TVZ, The Byrds, Gram,ELH,LR ect. The media, as usual, looked down their noses at Southern Rock as just a bunch of rednecks making rock music. Therefore, no coverage.

6. How you gonna talk about the 90s and only mention Alan Jackson in passing.

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media said it was cool to like TVZ,

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I didn't need the media to tell me Townes was cool.

My main gripe was no john Prine. Correct me if I am wrong, but he was only shown in a photo.

Prine kind of slips into the crack between country and folk. Never had any country hits that I remember.
I worked at a number of country stations, and we never played his stuff.

My son tells me they are being deleted as soon as YouTube catches each new upload.

DAC is a weird old man and has always been weird. He is/was a great talented singer and songwriter, but pissed off the Nashville mainstream. He will never get the credit he deserves.

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You've never heard his racist stuff? It's fricking horrendous.

Nobody in they're right mind would touch it or him, which means many on this board will not agree.

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I mean, a really good country music documentary should probably delve into that side of it. Gotta take the good with the bad.

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You've never heard his racist stuff? It's fricking horrendous.

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I thought he showed a lot of love to prison couples with his hit " Frick Anita Bryant ", and Little Suzie's shallow throat was a alltime family sing along classic.

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Nobody in they're right mind would touch it or him

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Nobody in their right mind would censor music or lyrics, unless you are Tipper Gore.

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And, as soon as it had been brought up, many people on this board would have been all up in arms saying oh Ken Burns is trying to paint country music fans as racist !

Coe's stuff holds up better, and I am a Don Williams fan.

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WTF??? sexist = OK racist = offended? I guess you will have to google what censorship means.

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Talking about sex isn't sexist. What is sexist about Little Suzy Shallow Throat or Don't Bite the Dick?

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guess comprehending big words is not popular amongst Californians ( land'o fruits and nuts).

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randybobandy

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Holy shite, another idiot Southerner who doesn't realize that there's more brain power in Silicon Valley and California than in all the South, combined. It's just small minded ignorant redneck trash such as yourself who don't have two spare brain cells to rub together that say such laughable stuff.

I should know. I spent the first 45 of my 48 years in Louisiana. Going to California to work is the second best thing I ever did.

I'm in Louisiana for the next couple or three months, dealing with dipshits like you, unfortunately.