Arizona country music

Sept. 17, 2019
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As Arizona PBS airs the latest Ken Burns documentary, “Country Music,” we will take a look at Arizona’s role in country music. We’ll hear more about influential Arizona country music stars like Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter and more with John Dixon, known as Arizona’s unofficial music historian.

In this segment:

John Dixon, music historian

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