Keep It Country: For God And Country

Record ID: 126694
  • Title: Keep It Country: For God And Country
  • Date: 23rd January 1990
  • Summary: COUNTRY MUSIC REFLECTS THE UPS AND DOWNS IN THE LIVES OF ORDINARY PEOPLE THROUGH OUT THE WORLD. COUNTRY SONGS SPEAK HEART TO HEART. "BIG BIG COUNTRY" EXTENDS T HE BORDERS OF COUNTRY MUSIC WITH SIX FILMS MADE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, KENTUCKY, MEXICO AND BULGARIA AND EXPLORES SOME OF ITS MAJOR THEMES. 'FOR GOD AND COUNTRY' - COUNTRY MUSIC OWES A GREAT DEBT TO THE RELIGIOUS COMMITM ENT OF MANY OF ITS PERFORMERS. THE CHURCH WAS THEIR TRAINING GROUND AND SOME SU CCESSFULLY COMBINE THE ROLES OF PREACHER AND PERFORMER, FROM INDIVIDUALS LIKE RI CKY SKAGGS AND PAT BOONE TO THE BIG-BUSINESS EVANGELISTS, LIKE JIMMY SWAGGART. BUT THEY TREAD A DANGEROUS LINE. THE BATTLE BETWEEN FLESH AND THE SPIRIT IS EVE R PRESENT IN COUNTRY MUSIC. ITS MOST DYNAMIC PERFORMERS,LIKE JERRY LEE LEWIS, W HO ARE EQUALLY AT HOME IN THE ARENA OF ROCK 'N' ROLL, TORMENT THEMSELVES; ARE THEY PLAYING THE DEVIL'S MUSIC?
  • Description:HANK WANGFORD GOES INTO MORE DETAIL ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF COUNTRY MUSIC.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Entertainment
  • Producer:Unspecified
  • Programme Episode:Episode 3
  • Transmission Date:23/01/1990
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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