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American Roots Music
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Wikipedia article
'American Roots Music' is a 2001 multi-part documentary film that explores the historical roots of American Roots music through footage and performances by the creators of the movement: Folk, Country, Blues, Gospel, Bluegrass, and many others.
This PBS film series is available as an 'in-class' teaching tool.
Notable musicians that appear in this documentary are:
*Kris Kristofferson (as narrator)
*Bonnie Raitt
*Robbie Robertson
*Bob Dylan
*Eddie Vedder
*Mike Seeger
*Ricky Skaggs
*Marty Stuart
*Rufus Thomas
*Doc Watson
*James Cotton
*Bela Fleck
*Douglas B. Green
*Arlo Guthrie
*Flaco Jimnez
*B.B. King
*Bruce Springsteen
*Steven Van Zandt
*Robert Mirabal
*Keb' Mo'
*Willie Nelson
*Sam Phillips
*Bernice Johnson Reagon
*Keith Richards
*Earl Scruggs
*Ralph Stanley
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