Country Music — S01E03 — The Hillbilly Shakespeare (1945 -1953)

00:00:26 TWO THINGS... BEER AND DANCING.

00:04:50 THE BEER HALLS WERE TOO NOISY

00:10:13 OF THE GRAND OLE OPRY

00:14:54 "JUST DO THE SAME FOR OTHERS," SHE ANSWERED.

00:19:04 AND IF HE DIDN'T PLAY 'EM JUST RIGHT, SHE'D CUFF HIM.

00:23:54 I'D KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND I'D INTRODUCE MYSELF.

00:27:45 ON HIS 11th BIRTHDAY, HIS FATHER DIED,

00:33:00 NEVER ENTIRELY SATISFIED WITH THE MUSIC

00:37:35 BILL MONROE ♪ LORD JESUS IS BUILDING ♪

00:42:45 BILL TOLD ME HE'D BE BACKSTAGE AT THE OPRY

00:47:56 WAS TELLING THAT STORY TO SOMEBODY AND HE SAID,

00:52:38 TO PATENT MEDICINE.

00:56:48 THAT HE COULD SING A BALLAD BETTER THAN ANYONE.

01:01:19 "AND I DO THIS WRONG AND DO THIS WRONG,

01:06:51 TO A NEW HOUSE ON 3 ACRES.

01:11:20 IS THE BIG TALK OF FOLK MUSIC...

01:15:51 HE HAD TAKEN UP THE FIDDLE AND THEN GUITAR,

01:20:25 HE SAYS, "HOSS, I DON'T WRITE 'EM.

01:25:03 AND HE GAVE ME A PEN AND HE SAID, "NOW, WRITE THIS DOWN."

01:29:51 HE TOLD THE CHILDREN'S BABYSITTER HIS WIFE HAD

01:36:15 THE ANSWER TO HANK THOMPSON'S SONG

01:42:08 "THERE AIN'T NO LIGHT FOR ME, MINNIE."

01:46:45 THE LATE AND GREAT HANK WILLIAMS."

01:54:50 THANK YOU.