NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - The Big Bang
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/16/2017
Travel to 1920s Tennessee as the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, and the Memphis Jug Band make their first records with producer Ralph Peer on a revolutionary portable recording machine, creating the first recordings of R&B and country songs.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - Blood and Soil
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/23/2017
Travel to the rural South as Elder Burch, Charley Patton and others record early Delta blues, gospel and protest songs. The Great Flood of 1927 devastates Mississippi River communities, leading to northern migration and Chicago Blues by Howlin' Wolf.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - Out of the Many, the One
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/30/2017
Discover how America's diverse cultures contribute to its musical styles: from the Hopi tribe to Hawaii's Joseph Kekuku to Mexican-American Lydia Mendoza and the Cajun Breaux Family. Mississippi John Hurt's blues inspires a generation of musicians.
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Travel the country in search of unknown 1920s artists, when the music of ordinary Americans was recorded for the first time, transforming music forever, in...
Genre:Documentary
Network:PBS
Worst Episodes Summary
"The Big Bang" is the worst rated episode of "American Epic". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/16/2017. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Blood and Soil".