Re: Ken Burns Country Music Documentary
Roy and Robert, I wish I could add something new here, but I'm as bewildered as you are. Rest assured that Jim still has a worldwide following, but has never received the popularity of artists like Willie, Waylon or Johhny Cash. I would say that the reason is because Jim died so many years ago, but that can't be the reason either. Patsy Cline died the year before Jim, and everyone knows who she is. Patsy even got a proper theatrical film made of her life that was a smash hit. Jim deserves the same treatment. In 1966, Jim won artist of the year in England when the Beatles were at the height of their fame. His posthumous LP "Distant Drums" was the no. 1 album that year in England, beating out the Beatles in their own country. That alone is an amazing accomplishment. Like so many other things in this world, I think politics has a lot to do with why Jim has been slighted all these years, and when was politics ever fair?!...
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