American Roots Music Explained

Director:	Jim Brown
Starring:	Arlo Guthrie B.B. King Bonnie Raitt Pete Seeger
Narrated:	Kris Kristofferson
Country:	United States
Producer:	Jim Brown

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.^[1]

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 Jiménez
• 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

External links

• • PBS Site
• Epitonic review
• Teachinghistory.org review of companion website

Notes and References

1. Web site: PBS - American Roots Music : Into the Classroom. PBS.