This episode largely focused on Harry Smith's life again as the fourth episode did. Actually the quote that stood out the most to me in this episode was quite similar to the one from the fourth episode regarding Harry Smith's response to receiving a Grammy. He said, "I've seen America change by music." His goal throughout all of his collecting of music was to expand people minds and open up the possibilities for music. This encompasses the entire course that we are taking: the evolution of music from it's roots in America and forward. It has builded onto genres and created entirely new genres so that we can enjoy a variety of music in all sorts of styles. This section again included several musical clips including "Maggie's Farm" by Bob Dylan and Blind Willie Johnson's "Blind Revelator" and many more.
Overall this episode and the third episode far outweigh the fourth which seemed to drag on. This also had a short clip about the world's largest collection of paper airplanes...good stuff.
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