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BBC Lost Highway - Music Documentary Series 02/22/2003

SHOWID 392758

Set I

Introduction
Carter Family
Jimmie Rodgers
Grand Ole Opry
Brother Acts
Bill Monroe
Earl Scruggs
60's Blue Grass Revival
Ricky Skaggs
Emmylou Harris
Alison Krauss
Oh Brother & Beyond

Set II

 

Set III

 

Comment

Until the first recordings of the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers, the mountain music of Kentucky and Virginia was limited to rural communities. This Programme traces the history of American folk from Clinch Mountain to the sophisticated modern bluegrass of Alison Krauss.

Star: Lyle Lovett (Host)
Guest Star: Kris Kristofferson (Himself), Ralph Stanley (Himself), Ricky Skaggs (Himself), Emmylou Harris (Herself), The Whites (Themselves), Janette Carter (Herself), Rita Forrester (Herself), Professor Charles Wolfe (Himself), Professor Richard Peterson (Himself), Vince Gill (Himself), Willie Nelson (Himself), Mac Wiseman (Himself), Charlie Louvin (Himself), Cecelia Tichi (Herself), Earl Scruggs (Himself), Randy Scruggs (Himself), Gillian Welch (Herself), Alison Krauss (Herself)