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There's a print book version of Burns Country Music. Taking a look on Amazon reveals that the three page bibliography is extensive, preceded by a couple pages on sources. Yer welcome. On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 8:11 PM Burgess, Scott <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Burns is a storyteller, and a very good one, not a professional historian. > What you might want to do is look through the credits from his film and try > contacting some of the folks who did the legwork. IMHO, he does hire good > people to work with him. Think of him as PBS Wikipedia, if you will - not a > primary source at all, but a place where one might find some useful > pointers to the good stuff. > > Some of us always read the credits anyhow! > > ---- > Scott Burgess | Manager of Recording Labs and Live Sound | Lecturer > Dept of Music and Entertainment Industry Studies > University of Colorado Denver > 303-315-7462 (office) > [log in to unmask] | cam.ucdenver.edu <http://cam.ucdenver.edu/> > > > > > On 1/5/21, 7:46 PM, "Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List on > behalf of Bob Kosovsky" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Sorry to piggyback on this topic, but the suggestion of asking Ken > Burns > really irked me. Ken Burns is not a professional researcher: He hires > other people to do the research - he just puts it together. It's great > that he's done so much to satisfy the people who need to receive > information by television. But the nature of television is one of > superficiality. > > For people in search of research questions, we should really be > careful to > make the distinction between where one could really find source > material > that would answer the question, rather than just mentioning people > simply > because they are well-known and may have had brief tangential contact > with > the subject. > > > Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Librarian, Rare Books and Manuscripts, > Music & Recorded Sound Division > The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Dorothy and > Lewis B. > Cullman Center > > 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023 > > www.nypl.org > > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 8:33 PM Dave Radlauer <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > The Country Music docu is fantastic. One of his best. Equal to > JAZZ. But > > good luck asking Ken Burns for anything! > > > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 4:14 PM Chris Brady <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > > Have you tried Ken Burns - he'd have found something if it exists. > > > Also there's Tony Palmer. > > > > > > Wiki links here: > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_(miniseries) > > > > > > > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_You_Need_Is_Love:_The_Story_of_Popular_Music > > > > > > CJB > > > > > > > > > On 05/01/2021, Chris Kennedy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Hi Everyone, Happy New Year. My name is Chris Kennedy and I’m a > > > researcher, > > > > writer and musician. I thought I’d float this out and see if > anyone has > > > any > > > > thoughts or suggestions as far as rocks unturned. Elvis made is > only > > Opry > > > > appearance on 10/2/54, Saturday night. He apparently sang Blue > Moon of > > > > Kentucky and that’s basically all the info that’s out there. No > > > recording, > > > > no ephemera, no ads, show programs or reviews or mentions. I > believe > > > > Saturday nights were broadcast on WSM but I can’t confirm that > this > > show > > > > was. The LOC has Opry recordings but I haven’t come across > anything. > > The > > > > Country Music Hall of Fame / Rock Hall either. I’ve done some > searches > > > > through the Tennessean archives with nothing turning up. It > would be > > > > interesting and fun to turn up something on this part of music > history. > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > > -- > > > MSc. (O.R.); BSc. (Ind Maths); Dip. Ed. (F.E.); Cert Mgt (O.U.) > > > Health & Safety Rep. - Unite (MSF/AMICUS) + Brit. Airways > > > Freelance Investigative Journalist - re: > > > Rogue Leasehold / Managing / Letting / Estate Agents > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > cell and text# 510-717-5240 > > www.JAZZHOTBigstep.com > > > > -- cell and text# 510-717-5240 www.JAZZHOTBigstep.com