Country Music Don't Get Above Your Raisin' (1984 - 1996) (Season 1, Episode 8)
TV Episode | 114 min | Documentary, Music

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Country Music

Don't Get Above Your Raisin' (1984 - 1996) (Season 1, Episode 8)

TV Episode | 114 min | Documentary, Music

Neotraditional country artists such as George Strait, Randy Travis, Reba McEntire and the Judds keep country music true to its roots. Plus, the rise of superstar Garth Brooks and the return of Johnny Cash to the industry he helped create.

Director

Ken Burns

Writer

Dayton Duncan

Producers

Ken Burns | Dayton Duncan | Julie Dunfey

Cinematographer

Buddy Squires

Editor

Margaret Shepardson-Legere

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 25, 2019

Release date

Sep 25, 2019 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 2 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
42 cast members

Name	Known for
Peter Coyote Narrator Narrator See fewer	Bitter Moon (1992)
Pete Anderson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sling Blade (1996)
Dierks Bentley Self Self See fewer	Only the Brave (2017)
Garth Brooks Self Self See fewer	Frequency (2000)
Tony Brown Self Self See fewer	Raybon Brothers & Olivia Newton-John: Falling (1997)
John Carter Cash Self Self See fewer	Walk the Line (2005)
Johnny Cash Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Johnny Cash Show (1969)
Rosanne Cash Self Self See fewer	The Little Rascals (1994)
Rodney Crowell Self Self See fewer	Raw Deal (1986)
Steve Earle Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Wire (2002)
Don Everly Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Phil Everly Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Tequila Sunrise (1988)
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Naomi Judd Self Self See fewer	Someone Like You (2001)
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Amy Kurland Self Self See fewer	The Thing Called Love (1993)
k.d. lang Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Twister (I) (1996)
Patty Loveless Self Self See fewer	A Few Good Men (1992)
Bill C. Malone Self Self See fewer	Country Music (2019)
Wynton Marsalis Self Self See fewer	A Star Is Born (2018)
Kathy Mattea Self Self See fewer	Maverick (1994)
Bill Monroe Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Buck Owens Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Dolly Parton Self Self See fewer	The Porter Wagoner Show (1961)
Allen Reynolds Self Self See fewer	Frequency (2000)
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Ketch Secor Self Self See fewer	Boyhood (I) (2014)
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George Strait Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Pure Country (1992)
Marty Stuart Self Self See fewer	The Marty Stuart Show (2008)
Eddie Stubbs Self Self See fewer	The Marty Stuart Show (2008)
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Dwight Yoakam Self Self See fewer	Sling Blade (1996)