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Filmmaker Les Blank considered this free-form feature documentary about singer-songwriter Leon Russell, filmed between 1972 and 1974 while Blank was living at the Russell/Shelter records recording studio compound on Grand Lake of the Cherokees in NE Oklahoma, but unreleased due to creative differences and music clearance problems, to be one of his greatest accomplishments. Includes scenes of Russell and his band and others performing, both in concert...
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When it comes to Ray Charles, distinctions like "pop," "country," "jazz," and "R&B" don't apply-- he tore down the barriers between them all with his inimitable and beloved style. This Playlist spotlights his 1980s duet recordings with many of the best country artists of the time, plus a song with Billy Joel and one with Tony Bennett. Many of these songs spent time climbing the U.S. Billboard Top Country charts and on the regular charts.
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For 50 years, the CMA Awards have spotlighted the top performers of country music, capturing the songs and artists that have provided a soundtrack for our lives. This collection takes you from the early days of the CMA Awards in the late 1960s when Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell dominated the country music scene to today's top country stars including Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town, Luke Bryan and Chris Stapleton. This collection of...
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When George Jones recorded "He Stopped Loving Her Today" more than thirty years ago, he was a walking disaster. Twin addictions to drugs and alcohol had him drinking Jim Beam by the case and snorting cocaine as long as he was awake. Before it was over, Jones would be bankrupt, homeless, and an unwilling patient at an Alabama mental institution. In the midst of all this chaos, legendary producer Billy Sherrill-the man who discovered Tammy Wynette
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Presents a definitive biography of country music legend George Jones.
"In a masterful biography laden with new revelations, veteran country music journalist/historian Rich Kienzle offers a definitive, full-bodied portrait of legendary country singer George Jones and the music that remains his legacy... Kienzle chronicles Jones's impoverished East Texas childhood as the youngest son of a deeply religious mother and alcoholic, often-abusive father....
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