Country Music — S01E05 — The Sons and Daughters of America (1964 -1968)

00:00:03 MAN: ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO A COUPLE OF SONGS

00:05:41 CONNIE SMITH: I WORKED FRONTIER RANCH.

00:09:45 IN AND OUT OF BUSES; IN AND OUT OF HOTELS;

00:14:44 AND PUTTING HIM ONSTAGE TO SING "IRA HAYES."

00:19:57 AND STARTED WRITING A SONG. HA HA!

00:24:45 IT WAS TAKING OFF ACROSS THE NATION.

00:30:33 NARRATOR: A TYPICAL WEEK FOR A MEMBER OF THE A-TEAM WAS

00:34:45 ACUFF: ♪...THROUGH THE JUNGLES ON THE WABASH CANNONBALL ♪

00:39:33 WE CALL IT, ON THE DRUMS, ALMOST; TO ME, IT WAS LIKE

00:44:04 BUCK WAS VERY EFFERVESCENT IN HIS MUSIC.

00:49:10 LYNN: ♪ I JUST CAN'T GET IT THROUGH MY HEAD... ♪

00:54:39 THAT WAS RAD... SHE WAS RADICAL.

00:59:41 AND I SAID, "BOY, I'D BE... TO FLOAT ON THEM CLOUDS."

01:03:41 "DOWN IN MISSISSIPPI," AND ALL OF THAT.

01:08:21 HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT TRUTH.

01:13:41 I COULD GET OUT OF THERE IF I WANTED TO.

01:18:38 AND HE COULD WRITE.

01:24:03 AND HERE CAME THIS LITTLE, BITTY GIRL

01:27:59 SHE'S ASSUMING THE RESPONSIBILITY

01:31:57 A SACK OF CORNMEAL FOR HIS SERVICES.

01:36:58 SHE WAS WORKING IN LAS VEGAS...

01:41:37 AND MOM WAS SAYING, "IF HE DIDN'T HAVE ME OUT HERE,

01:46:20 MAN: OK. YOU READY? CASH: WE'RE READY.

01:51:41 HAGGARD: ♪ HOLDING THINGS TOGETHER ♪