BBC - Lost Highway The Story of Country Music (2003) Part 2 The Road to Nashville

The four-part, four-hour documentary travels the Lost Highway and uncovers the story of country music on a journey to the heart of America and the music that has come to define it. From the makers of the award-winning series Dancing in the Street and Walk On By comes another major heritage music series charting the history of American country music in the words of its greatest performers, producers, musicians and songwriters. Lost Highway will chart the history and growth of country music from its roots in mountain music, through bluegrass to the emergence of Hank Williams and honky tonk, the rise of the pop friendly Nashville Sound, the extraordinary emergence of female performers to positions of dominance in the industry and the success of newer forms of the genre from country rock to alt. country.

Part 2: The Road to Nashville

The roots of Nashville's position at the heart of country music lie with the honky tonk heroes who moved from the bars of the Southeast to the Grand Ole Opry. “The Road to Nashville” moves from the inspired and mournful sound of Hank Williams to the birth of Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley's smoother “Nashville Sound,” in response to the rise of rock 'n' roll.

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