Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns & O.S.T. - Ken Burns: Country Music: The Soundtrack (CD)

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.

Track List:

Disc: 1

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

Disc: 2

1. Stand by Your Man - Wynette, Tammy -   2:37
2. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Byrds, The -   2:33
3. Me and Bobby McGee - Kristofferson, Kris -   4:20
4. Girl from the North Country - Dylan, Bob, with Johnny Cash -   3:41
5. Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way - Jennings, Waylon -   2:55
6. Jolene - Parton, Dolly -   2:40
7. Boulder to Birmingham - Harris, Emmylou -   3:33
8. Whiskey River (Live) - Nelson, Willie -   3:39
9. Pancho and Lefty - Haggard, Merle and Willie Nelson -   4:47
10. He Stopped Loving Her Today (Album Version) - Jones, George -   3:17
11. Don't Get Above Your Raisin' - Skaggs, Ricky -   3:10
12. Somebody Should Leave - McEntire, Reba -   3:33
13. Why Not Me - Judds, The -   3:29
14. Streets of Bakersfield - Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens -   2:48
15. Where've You Been - Mattea, Kathy -   3:44
16. Go Rest High on That Mountain - Gill, Vince -   5:14
17. I Still Miss Someone (Live) - Cash, Rosanne -   2:41
18. Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band -   4:46