Country Music — S01E01 — The Rub (Beginnings -1933)

00:00:10 WOMAN: WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO NASHVILLE, I WAS 19.

00:04:46 WHEN IT FOLLOWED THE PATH OF THE FIDDLE

00:10:25 CARVED OUT A NICHE WITH RECORDS AIMED AT AMERICA'S

00:15:49 SHE USED TO SING ALL THOSE SONGS FROM THE OLD WORLD...

00:21:18 AND COUNTRY EMPHASIZES THIS, YOU KNOW,

00:27:12 A STRING OF HEARTFELT SONGS, LIKE "BEAUTIFUL DREAMER"

00:31:13 SLAVERY HAD BEEN ABOLISHED FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY,

00:35:35 SO, YOU'VE GOT YOUR PRODUCT,

00:40:02 ON THE AIR.

00:44:33 HAD HELD A SERIES OF JOBS...

00:49:26 MACON: ♪ BEEN LIVING IN THE CITY ♪

00:53:46 AMONG THEM WAS ERNEST "POP" STONEMAN,

00:58:11 TO ME, WAS, "BRING YOUR SONGS.

01:02:49 ECK WAS AGAINST IT, TOO,

01:07:21 AND THEY SAID, "COULD WE AGREE

01:11:51 A DOCTOR DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM:

01:15:50 'CAUSE SORT OF THE REVERSE SIDES OF THE SAME COIN.

01:20:08 BEFORE A HUGE INTERNATIONAL MEN'S BIBLE CLASS,

01:24:35 AND HE KNEW THEIR ARTISTIC TALENT.

01:29:37 AND "KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE" SOLD MORE THAN 100,000 RECORDS,

01:33:59 DURING PERFORMANCES, A.P.'s ATTENTION

01:38:59 SOMETIMES HE LIKED TO INVITE PRETTY WOMEN

01:43:40 AND HE WAS HEAVILY SEDATED FOR THE PAIN,

01:51:23 HYAH! HYAH...