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As part of our commitment to supporting the arts, we've partnered with acclaimed historical filmmaker Ken Burns.

Bank of America is proud to sponsor the work of Ken Burns and Florentine Films. We share Ken Burns's vision to make U.S. history into a riveting narrative, not just homework, and create a lasting impact with the general public and in classrooms around the country.

COUNTRY MUSIC

Bank of America is a proud sponsor of Ken Burns’s latest documentary, COUNTRY MUSIC. Written and produced by Dayton Duncan, the series will begin airing and streaming on PBS on Sept. 15. The film follows the rise of this uniquely American art form and how its exploration of basic human truths gives us the power to share America’s story through music. Learn more about the people, stories and music covered in the film.

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VIDEO: Watch the trailer for COUNTRY MUSIC, the latest film from Ken Burns

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[On-Screen Text: From Director Ken Burns]

[Singing: I'm so lonesome I could cry]

[On-Screen Text: Garth Brooks, Singer / Songwriter]

BROOKS: Country music comes from right in here. This heart and soul that we all have.

[On-Screen Text: Dolly Parton, Singer / Songwriter]

PARTON: You can dance to it, you can make love to it, you can play it at a funeral. It has something in it for everybody.

[On-Screen Text: Ken Burns, Director]

BURNS: Country music is about human emotions. We're always looking for those topics that are going to tell us a lot about who we are. Not just to the era that we cover, but who we are now.

[On-Screen Text: Rhiannon Giddens, Musician]

GIDDENS: If you wanted to look for like, super strong women telling amazing stories, you went to country.

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[On-Screen Text: Loretta Lynn, Singer / Songwriter]

LYNN: I mean the songs were just life. It's I've seen it, or I've lived it. And I never would tell my husband which one was.

[On-Screen Text: Charley Pride, Singer]

PRIDE: I believe that you can go look and find a country song, that will help you feel better. Sometimes it might make you cry but you'll feel better.

[On-Screen Text: Dayton Duncan, Writer / Producer]

DUNCAN: This is the story of a uniquely American art form, that sometimes get defined as three chords and the truth. And the people who made it, created it, and how it became a business.

JOHNNY CASH: Hello I'm Johnny Cash.

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[On-Screen Text: Rosanne Cash, Singer / Songwriter]

CASH: My dad, he worked out all of his problems on stage. That's where he took his anguish and fears and griefs, and he worked them out with an audience. That's just who he was.

[On-Screen Text: Erik Ewers, Editor]

EWERS: I hope that when people hear of the series that they'll tune in. It made me a convert out of me, it's a wonderful story.

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[On-Screen Text: Willie Nelson, Singer / Songwriter]

NELSON: I always thought it was a really good song and I played it for Patsy Cline and she thought it was a great song.

BURNS: It's phenomenally great music about people who felt their stories weren't being told. I think that's utterly American.

[On-Screen Text: Country Music A Film by Ken Burns Tune in or Stream Sun Sept 15 8/7c]

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PARTON: You can dance to it,

you can cry to it,

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Dolly Parton
Singer / Songwriter

PARTON: you can make love to it,

you can play it at a funeral,

you can - it just really

has something in it for everybody

and people relate to it.

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COUNTRY MUSIC

VIDEO: Watch the trailer for COUNTRY MUSIC, the latest film from Ken Burns

Watch musicians from the film describe what country music means to them

Read a letter from Ken Burns, as he describes his latest film, COUNTRY MUSIC

Working with visionaries for a better world

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