Cowboy Jack Clement is one of the great behind-the-scenes figures in the history of country and rock and roll, as well as a legendary eccentric in a field full of outsized personalities. As Sam Phillips' second-in-command at Sun Records, Clement recorded some of Jerry Lee Lewis's biggest hits, and helped Johnny Cash and Charlie Rich refine their ...
This presentation of the PBS American Masters anthology recounts the life and life's work of the "archetypal bluesman," Muddy Waters. Born McKinley A. Morganfield in 1915 (his nickname was bestowed on him by his mother), Waters became skilled at guitar and harmonica early on, but the racial and economic circumstances of the Mississippi Delta area ...
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story documents the history of the influential music label responsible for some of the best and most memorable soul music of its time. The label featured the best work by such beloved artists as Otis Redding, Booker T. & the MG's, Eddie Floyd, and the Staple Singers. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Hank Williams was one of the first great stars of country music to "cross over" to mainstream popularity; an emotionally affecting singer, Williams was also a gifted songwriter who had a knack for documenting life's trials in a manner that was artful, literate, and down-to-earth all at once. But the pain that came across in Hank Williams' songs ...
This edition of Biography chronicles the life of one of America's foremost boys of summer, Brian WIlson. Brian Wilson was the leader of the singing/instrumental group the Beach Boys, formed in California in 1961. The group consisted originally of the Wilson brothers Brian, Carl and Dennis with cousin Mike Love and Alan (Al) Jardine. They found ...
In the early days of rock & roll in the '50s, while the public knew the voices and faces of the folks who snag the tunes, it was often the people behind the scenes who truly held the talent that made a song a hit, and as the sounds of "teenage music" took over the charts, a new breed of young songwriters and producers became giants in the industry ...
New York City has long been regarded as the heart of the American art movement, but near the end of the 1940s, as the post-war rise of Abstract Expressionism became the new wave of painting in the United States, a small but determined band of painters, curators, and collectors on the West Coast were determined to make themselves known. Filmmaker ...
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