American Roots Music
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American Roots Music is a 2001 multi-part documentary film that explores the historical roots of American Roots music through footage and performances by the creators of the movement: Folk, Country, Blues, Gospel, Bluegrass, and many others.
This PBS film series is available as an 'in-class' teaching tool.[1]
Notable musicians that appear in this documentary are:
- Kris Kristofferson (as narrator)
- Bonnie Raitt
- Robbie Robertson
- Mike Seeger
- Ricky Skaggs
- Marty Stuart
- Rufus Thomas
- Doc Watson
- James Cotton
- Bela Fleck
- Douglas B. Green
- Arlo Guthrie
- Flaco Jiménez
- B.B. King
- Robert Mirabal
- Keb' Mo'
- Willie Nelson
- Sam Phillips
- Bernice Johnson Reagon
- Keith Richards
- Earl Scruggs
- Ralph Stanley
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