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Reginald D Hunter

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Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the South: Episode 1: Tennessee and Kentucky

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Episode 1: Tennessee and Kentucky

Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the South

Tennessee and Kentucky

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Reginald D Hunter visits the home of country music and tackles blackface minstrelsy.

Reginald D Hunter begins his road trip through the American south by visiting the home of country music and tackling the tradition of blackface minstrelsy.

In the first of a three-part road trip, Georgia-born but London-based Reginald D Hunter returns home to explore the American south both past and present through its world-famous songs. Reg begins by exploring the sounds of Kentucky and Tennessee and the disturbing tradition of blackface minstrelsy. 

Hunter is led through the south by its signature songs, including Dolly Parton's My Tennessee Mountain Home, Knoxville Girl, Blue Moon of Kentucky, Chattanooga Choo Choo and minstrel songs such as My Ol' Kentucky Home and Old Folks at Home.

On his voyage Reg visits Dollywood, a slave plantation in Bardstown, Nashville - the home of country music, a moonshine distillery in Gatlinburg and a string band festival in Mount Airy.

Featuring Dolly Parton, The Handsome Family and Del McCoury.

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Reginald D Hunter travels through the American South to explore its rich musical heritage.

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