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Opry Video Classics : Legends (2007)
Character: Self (archive footage)
The biggest names in country music appear in this compilation of 15 performances from Nashville's famed Grand Ole Opry, featuring Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins, Tammy Wynette, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Dolly Parton and more. Spanning country's golden age from the 1950s to the '70s, the classic collection includes Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter," Conway Twitty's "Hello Darlin'" and an early appearance by Willie Nelson sporting short hair. Cast:Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Dolly Parton, Marty Robbins, Tammy Wynette, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Faron Young, Ray Price, Statler Brothers, Ernest Tubb Genres:Music & Musicals, Classic Country & Western, Country & Western/Folk
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Opry Video Classics: Honky-Tonk Heroes (2007)
Character: Self (archive footage)
From historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., comes this collection of 15 Grand Ole Opry performances, including Johnny Cash singing "Folsom Prison Blues" and George Jones delivering "The Race Is On." Among the other honky-tonk legends are Ray Price ("Heartaches by the Number"), Porter Wagoner ("Misery Loves Company"), Dave Dudley ("Six Days on the Road"), Ernest Tubb ("Walking the Floor Over You") and Bobby Bare ("Detroit City").
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Tennessee Jamboree (1964)
Character: Self
Starring Jim Reeves, Webb Pierce, and Marty Robbins along with appearances by Ray Price, June Carter, and Ernest Tubb (and many more!), this film takes you back to the country music of 1960's Nashville. Don't miss these country legends perform classic country and western tunes.
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Country Gold (1983)
Character: Self
Country music artists perform their certified gold-record hits.
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Forty Acre Feud (1965)
Character: Self
Overlooked when the Tennessee legislature reapportioned the state, the 40-acre community of Shagbottom is discovered and notified to elect a state representative. The feud between Pa Culpepper and Uncle Foxey Calhoun resurfaces, with several incidents occurring at Postmaster Amos Quint's general store between Simon Crumb and Uncle Foxey, while at the Culpepper farm Ma Culpepper is trying to persuade Pa not to run for office. Lovers Nancy Calhoun and Del Culpepper are separated by the hostilities until the Smokey Mountain Jamboree arrives to televise the election and their country music revue.
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Honkytonk Man (1982)
Character: N/A
During the Great Depression, a young boy leaves his family's Oklahoma farm to travel with his country musician uncle who is trying out for the Grand Ole Opry.
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Opry Video Classics: Pioneers (2007)
Character: Self (archive footage)
The Carter Family, Roy Acuff and the Sons of the Pioneers belong to a select group of the earliest and most successful country recording artists. Pioneers spotlights them all doing such signature songs as Keep On the Sunny Side, Wabash Cannonball and Tumbling Tumbleweeds, alongside the influential blue-grass bands of Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs. And when Grandpa Jones stomps through Good Old Mountain Dew, you won't be able to sit down.
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Last of the Breed: Live in Concert (2007)
Character: Himself
Traditional Western swing and good ol' fashioned honky-tonk music just doesn't get any better than this. With a short run of 15 performances in 2007, the Last of the Breed tour united Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Ray Price to celebrate their elder-statesmen status as Country Music Hall of Famers with over 150 years of shared experience between them.
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