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Grammy Flashback: Best Country Album
A look back at the previous winners and nominees of the Best Country Album Grammy, updated to include the 2009 contenders. The Grammys have been doing better in the country categories since they...
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How Very Nineties: George Jones & Friends, and other All Star Jams
New fans of country music in the nineties were hit over the head with the assertion that country music was one big family. Nothing demonstrated this mythos better than the all star jams that cropped up...
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Album Review: Steve Wariner, Guitar Laboratory
Written by Paul W. Dennis of The 9513. Steve Wariner Guitar Laboratory Chet Atkins had many disciples, not the least of whom was Steve Wariner. Steve was a major country star and chart presence from...
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Favorite Songs by Favorite Artists: Suzy Bogguss
Written by Bob Losche. Suzy Bogguss has been my favorite female vocalist for about 20 years now. The first time I heard her was on some TV show with Jerry Reed in 1991. She sang “Aces” and “Night...
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100 Greatest Men: #79. Hank Locklin
100 Greatest Men: The Complete List He’s best known for his handful of big hits for RCA in the late fifties and early sixties, but Hank Locklin’s career stretched more than a decade in both directions....
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100 Greatest Men: #64. Jerry Reed
100 Greatest Men: The Complete List A first class singer, songwriter, and musician, Jerry Reed’s talents ran far deeper than his tongue-in-cheek persona might have indicated. Born and raised in...
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100 Greatest Men: #56. Bobby Bare
100 Greatest Men: The Complete List With a career that has spanned seven decades, Bobby Bare's body of work has made him one of the genre's most influential and critically acclaimed recording artists....
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100 Greatest Men: #43. Roger Miller
100 Greatest Men: The Complete List He became widely hailed for his lightning-fast wit and charming novelty songs, but Roger Miller’s talents ran far deeper than just the moments of comedic brilliance...
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100 Greatest Men: #23. Charley Pride
100 Greatest Men: The Complete List Over the course of just fourteen years, Charley Pride accumulated 29 #1 country hits, proof positive that his switch from professional baseball to music was the...
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100 Greatest Men: #11. Waylon Jennings
100 Greatest Men: The Complete List Waylon Jennings was the very embodiment of the country music outlaw movement in the seventies, demonstrating that legendary music can be made if artists are...
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The Twenty Best Albums of 1994
As 2014 comes to a close, the Country Universe staff has been collectively impressed by the number of quality albums that were released this year. How many of those albums, however, will we still be...
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Sunday Selections: January 15, 2017
Here’s 140 characters (Tweet @ someone who cares). Well, it took a whopping 9 days into the new year for a country act to kick off a bit of a controversy. On the bright side, as of the drafting of this...
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100 Greatest Women, #67: Suzy Bogguss
100 Greatest Women: 10th Anniversary Edition #67 Suzy Bogguss 2008 Edition: #65 (-2) In the liner notes of her debut album, the legendary Chet Atkins wrote that “her voice sparkles like crystal water.”...
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100 Greatest Women, #24: Dottie West
100 Greatest Women: 10th Anniversary Edition #24 Dottie West 2008 Edition: #19 (-5) She started out as a heartache singer who could wail a lonesome tune with the best of them. She developed into a...
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Worth Watching: Ken Burns, Country Music – Episode Three: The Hillbilly...
Episode Three covers a lot of ground, but as the title indicates, the heart and soul of this episode is Hank Williams. During this time period, electric instruments are brought into the fold and honky...
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Worth Watching: Ken Burns, Country Music – Episode 4: I Can’t Stop Loving You...
Several major figures emerge during this period, as country navigates its place in the music scene after the birth of rock and roll. Elvis Presley appears on the Opry, finding a new friend in his Sun...
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100 Greatest Men: #56. Bobby Bare
100 Greatest Men: The Complete List With a career that has spanned seven decades, Bobby Bare's body of work has made him one of the genre's most influential and critically acclaimed recording artists....
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100 Greatest Men: #43. Roger Miller
100 Greatest Men: The Complete List He became widely hailed for his lightning-fast wit and charming novelty songs, but Roger Miller’s talents ran far deeper than just the moments of comedic brilliance...
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100 Greatest Men: #23. Charley Pride
100 Greatest Men: The Complete List Over the course of just fourteen years, Charley Pride accumulated 29 #1 country hits, proof positive that his switch from professional baseball to music was the...
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100 Greatest Men: #11. Waylon Jennings
100 Greatest Men: The Complete List Waylon Jennings was the very embodiment of the country music outlaw movement in the seventies, demonstrating that legendary music can be made if artists are...
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