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Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers

Opry Video Classics: Pioneers

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Music

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

41 mins

Rating

10/10

Release Date

21 November 2007

Country

United States of America

Cast

Roy Acuff

Roy Acuff

Self (archive footage)

Eddy Arnold

Eddy Arnold

Self (archive footage)

Lester Flatt

Lester Flatt

Self (archive footage)

Grandpa Jones

Grandpa Jones

Self (archive footage)

Bill Monroe

Bill Monroe

Self (archive footage)

George Morgan

George Morgan

Self (archive footage)

Ray Price

Ray Price

Self (archive footage)

Tex Ritter

Tex Ritter

Self (archive footage)

Earl Scruggs

Earl Scruggs

Self (archive footage)

Carl Smith

Carl Smith

Self (archive footage)

Hank Snow

Hank Snow

Self (archive footage)

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