Keep It Country: Honky-Tonkin'

Record ID: 126696
  • Title: Keep It Country: Honky-Tonkin'
  • Date: 9th 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 THE BORDERS OF COUNTRY MUSIC WITH SIX FILMS MADE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, KENTUCKY, MEXICO AND BULGARIA AND EXPLORES SOME OF ITS MAJOR THEMES. 'HONKY TONK' IS GROWN-UP COUNTRY MUSIC. IT MIRRORED THE SOCIAL UPHEAVAL THAT TOOK PLACE IN POST-WAR TEXAS WHEN COUNTRY FOLK WERE DISPLACED TO THE CITIES AND FAMILY LIFE AND MORALITY OFTEN CRACKED UNDER THE STRAIN. THE LYRICS WERE TOUCH AND DEALT WITH UNACCEPTABLE TOPICS LIKE DRINKING, CHEATING AND DIVORCE. SOME REGARDED IT AS THE MUSIC OF SIN BUT IT UNDOUBTEDLY GAVE BIRTH TO SOME OF THE GREATEST PERFORMERS COUNTRY HAS EVER SEEN.
  • 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 1
  • Transmission Date:09/01/1990
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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