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Charlie Daniels Meets Itzhak Perlman

Charlie Daniels discovers that country and classical are closer cousins than he imagined. Just one of the stories in Country Music, the sweeping new series from filmmaker Ken Burns –Coming to PBS September 15th 8/7c. #CountryMusicPBS.

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