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Category: Country

Country music and musicians.

Hank Williams

By: Mark Kingwell

So talented, charismatic, and self-destructive!

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Charley Pride

By: Adrienne Crew

He returned Southern Soul to its Country roots.

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Ray Price

By: Brian Berger

He was country when country wasn’t cool.

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Skeeter Davis

By: Devin McKinney

A convincingly defeatist song about the end of the world.

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Johnny Cash

By: Jerrold Freitag

The ghost in Cash’s machine was Sturm und Drang Romanticism.

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June Carter Cash

By: Brian Berger

Her energy, wit and lithe sexuality made her a star.

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Johnny Paycheck

By: Jerrold Freitag

He made us wonder whether we’ll ever figure anything out.

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Spoiler Alert: Five Easy Pieces

By: Peggy Nelson

Toast is not on the menu.

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Roy Acuff

By: Mark Kingwell

Without him there would be no Nashville scene.

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George Jones

By: Mimi Lipson

The sophist­ication of Jones’s voice has never dimin­ished its authen­ticity.

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Jimmie Rodgers

By: Matthew Battles

The African legacy of the father of country music.

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Hylo Brown

By: Brian Berger

His nickname — pronounced “Hi-Lo” — honored his vocal range.

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Bobby Bare

By: Brian Berger

“The greatest song hound of all.”

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Ernest Tubb

By: Brian Berger

Nobody in American music did more with less.

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Shocking Blocking (11)

By: Joshua Glenn

A scene from TENDER MERCIES (1983)

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