Patsy Cline | Full Documentary | American Masters | PBS

[@americanmasters]

If you enjoyed this documentary, we think you will also like our new documentary on Brenda Lee! You can watch it here: www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/brenda-lee-documentary

[@kiasax2]

As a Cherokee boy who taught himself to play guitar and sing at age 8 and living in the Appalachian Mountains, county music was the music I heard and began to practice. My family encouraged me to work on county music, of course. I remember being on my Cherokee grandfather's porch as he whistled a Hank Williams song, and I started picking out the chords. My Nan came out and was beaming at me as she saw that I got it together and was singing the lyrics along with my grandfather whistling the melody. That was the first time that it all came together for me. The guitar, singing, and picking out the melody. I got it, finally! Patsy Cline was the first female singer I ever performed singing and playing. It was Sweet Dreams, and my Native grandparents were the ones who wanted me to do that song and knew that my voice was still high enough to sing her voice. Plus, Patsy Cline was from just up the road in Virginia from our rez. They were big fans of Patsy's.

[@americanmasters]

You can also watch a new show from our friends at Great Performances featuring the music of Patsy Cline: www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/patsy-cline-walkin-after-midnight-about

[@mathgeek7966]

The Patsy Cline Story was the very first LP I bought as a kid - and that was over 10 years after her passing. I can't even count how many hours I've spent listening to her voice over the years. And I'm not even a huge country music fan! Thanks for posting this great documentary!

[@joannaedwards6325]

Dear AmericanMasters, Deepest gratitude for this production. So thorough and detailed. Thank you for providing this musical history. Very inspirational.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

EXCELLENT tribute to a phenomenal singing artist/star and woman!!

[@Yesitisbrett]

Dear Patsy, Your music has been played by me for thousands of hours, on the brightest days and got me through some my darkest nights. Forgotten by anyone who has heard you sing....it's unlikely you could ever be forgotten. I hope your soul rests in piece. And thank you for having lived, you made the world a little more humane.

[@PeaceFan1]

My FAVE Country Singer...I am not that big of a Country Fan at ALL, BUT HER Voice just Moves me in a way that no Other Country voice does..Patsy IS Country Music...xoxoxoxoxo

[@DigitalLazarus]

Thanks for sharing this. What an awesome documentary. I have *ALWAYS* considered Patsy Cline absolutely on par with Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. What a legacy. Christ imagine if she lived. What a gift we had for a hot minute. RIP Patsy.

[@williamtomczak1857]

The expression on the piano player 's face, when Patsy sings Walking After Midnight, shows the joy, she gave us.

[@DigitalLazarus]

Deffo.

[@467-k1m]

MY TEARS JUST STARTED FLOWING AND KEPT ON UNTIL THE END OF THE SHOW.

[@observer3232]

Very good documentary. Some incredible music made in a short period of time.

[@hadawson72268]

Thank you to the algorithm for choosing this for me today ... I need a brain wring out ... this is perfect

[@brutusalwaysminded]

Thanks so much, PBS. ❤

[@JeffDoerr]

Patsy was a great artist and vocalist. We lost her far too soon.

[@williaminadonn7412]

She was fabulous 😢😢RIP Patsy xxx

[@kitcat1278]

I still cry when I hear Sweet Dreams.

[@joannaedwards6325]

P.S. your presentation on Brenda Lee was also a winner.

[@carolynmorris7303]

She's one of the best female singers ever. Just like Karen Carpenter nobody can duplicate her. One of a kind

[@codzy3532]

great singer no woman could sing crazy like patsy........true story.......im dark australian and my brother married a canadian native american woman and one day she showed me a picture of her mum......i kid u not.....i said to her did anyone tell u your mum looks like patsy cline she had a chuckle an said no when u look at patsy u can see it in her she had features dark eyes and big lips too.......but as my dear old mum used to say no one can sing like patsy cline thats for sure rip sweet patsy ☺❤💐🥀🎤👠🎶🎙

[@msr1116]

5:02.....I have the same treadle sewing machine and cabinet that once belonged to my grandmother. I bet it still works too.

[@eblack4301]

This is great, Linda Martell next!

[@MisterMasterShafter1]

RIP Patsy. You earned it.

[@archiecraven6086]

The tv performance of "I Fall to Pieces" was taped a week or two before she died.

[@andreasmodugno]

Jimmy Buffet' wrote the song "Miss You So Badly." There is a line in the song that says: "I got a head full of being higher and an earful of Patsy Cline. There's just no one who can touch her. Hell, I'll hang on every line". He wrote that song and those words because people were comparing Linda Ronstadt to Patsy Cline. He was right of course.

[@devchastain0893]

I think P!nk is her reincarnation. Both are astonishing people and talent.

[@laurapuchalski7402]

Kelly Clarkson should be cast as her in a life story movie!

[@tammierose3753]

Why is reba saying anything, meow meow meow 🤔

[@sanyudemarco978]

Somebody was "passing" in her direct line. Wonder where American music would be without artists like her?

[@Carla-s9c]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@lds251]

"1Good people pass away; the godly often die before their time. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the evil to come. 2For those who follow godly paths will rest in peace when they die." Isaiah 57:1

[@nonya-hn4lk]

Here’s what the verse actually says -, 1 ¶ The righteous perishes, And no man takes it to heart; Merciful men are taken away, While no one considers That the righteous is taken away from evil. Righteous refers to the sheep/elect of God. There are no good people- Psalm 14:3 (NKJV) The context of the chapter refers to Israel’s idolatrous ways and their backsliding. Nowhere does that text say or imply anyone dies ‘before their time’. They have all turned aside, They have together become corrupt; [There is] none who does good, No, not one.

[@enriquesanchez9499]

Darn

[@walcoman]

It sure seemed like Rimes knew early on that she might be able to hit the big time in country and western music from her Patsy Cline sounding song. She must have never heard the term "one hit wonder".....now she is one.