When did American Experience Season 17 Episode 10 air?
American Experience Season 17 Episode 10 aired on May 9, 2005 at 8 PM ET.


TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

Recalls "the first family of country music" in interviews with Carter relatives, music writers, and singers Gillian Welch, Joan Baez, Marty Stuart and Rodney Crowell. The tough early lives of A.P. Carter, his sister Maybelle and wife Sara were lightened by music, and their 1927 RCA audition proved to be "the big bang of commercial country music." But A.P. and Sara's marriage couldn't survive the turmoil that followed.
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American Experience Season 17 Episode 10 aired on May 9, 2005 at 8 PM ET.
This episode runs for approximately 55 minutes.
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