Country music on the road
Coming to screens later this month is the new animated original series “Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus”, which chronicles the tales of some of country music’s most legendary artists.
The brand-new Cinemax series will begin its eight-episode season in Bangkok at 9am on September 23, the same time as the US, with a same day primetime encore at 9.30pm. New half-hour episodes will be shown subsequent Saturdays at the same times. The series will also be streamed on HBO and HBO Go via AIS Play and AIS Playbox.
Marking a return to his roots in animation and as a musician, Judge (“King of the Hill”; “Beavis and Butt-Head” and a Emmy nominee for HBO’s “Silicon Valley”) co-created, narrates and serves as an executive producer on the series, which recounts the raucous adventures of these musicians, as told by those who knew them best.
“Tales From the Tour Bus” kicks off with an episode devoted to Johnny Paycheck, followed by episodes about Jerry Lee Lewis, George Jones and Tammy Wynette (two parts), Billy Joe Shaver, Waylon Jennings (two parts) and Blaze Foley.
“Tales From the Tour Bus” features animated interviews with former bandmates, friends and other erstwhile associates, who share uncensored anecdotes about the exploits of these artists, brought to life by animated reenactments, woven together with live-action archival performance footage and photos.
