America's Music: The Roots of Country (Great Classic Country Documentary)

America's Music: The Roots of Country is a 1996 three-part, six episode documentary about the history of American country music directed by Tom Neff and Jerry Aronson and written by Neff and Robert K. Oermann.[1] The film touches on many of the styles of music that make up country music, including: Old-time music, Cajun music, Folk music, Rockabilly, Western music, Western swing, the Bakersfield sound, Honky-tonk and the Nashville sound. Country music artist and actor Kris Kristofferson narrates the three-part series.

The film was produced by Wild Wolf Productions for TBS Superstation and shown on three consecutive nights beginning on June 2, 1996. It was repeated only once in the Fall of 2011.
John Anderson
Chet Atkins
Moe Bandy
Ray Benson
Baxter Black
Suzy Bogguss
Kix Brooks
Tony Brown
Glen Campbell
Janette Carter
Johnny Cash
June Carter Cash
Ray Charles
Patsy Cline (archival)
Rodney Crowell
Jimmie Davis
Billy Dean
Little Jimmy Dickens
Joe Diffie
Ronnie Dunn
Don Edwards
Freddy Fender
Mickey Gilley
Merle Haggard
Harlan Howard
Janis Ian
Alan Jackson
Waylon Jennings
Flaco Jiménez
George Jones
Naomi Judd
Wynonna Judd
Hackberry Ramblers
Sammy Kershaw
Tracy Lawrence
Patty Loveless
Loretta Lynn
Raul Malo
Kathy Mattea
Terry McBride
Tim McGraw
Jim Messina
Ronnie Milsap
Bill Monroe
Patsy Montana (archival)
Lorrie Morgan
Michael Martin Murphey
Martina McBride
Anne Murray
Willie Nelson
Randy Owen
Buck Owens
Dolly Parton
Sam Phillips
Ray Price
Charley Pride
Collin Raye
Jimmie Rodgers (archival)
Roy Rogers
Jo-El Sonnier
Roni Stoneman
Rick Trevino
Jon Vezner
Hank Williams (archival)
Hank Williams, Jr.
Tammy Wynette
Michelle Wright
Trisha Yearwood
Dwight Yoakam