Country Music The Rub (Beginnings - 1933) (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 112 min | Documentary, Music

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Country Music

The Rub (Beginnings - 1933) (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 112 min | Documentary, Music

After centuries of percolating in America's immigrant and racial mix, particularly in the American South, what was first called "hillbilly music" begins reaching more people through the new technologies of phonographs and radio.

Director

Ken Burns

Writer

Dayton Duncan

Producers

Ken Burns | Dayton Duncan | Julie Dunfey

Cinematographer

Buddy Squires

Editor

Erik Ewers

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 15, 2019

Release date

Sep 15, 2019 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 2 nominations

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29 cast members

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