A country song tells a story. It draws a line that makes you feel down to the soles of your feet. Something you listen to and takes you on a mile and some just get you down the road.
Well Hudson Joseph feels this list of 150 essential Artists maps out the story of country music, from early 1920s to late 2000s
- George Jones
- Merle Haggard
- Porter Wagoner
- Loretta Lynn
- Charley Pride
- Bill Anderson
- Jimmie Rodgers
- Johnny Cash
- Ernest Tubb
-
Kitty Wells
- Tammy Wynette
- Hank Williams Sr
- Buck Owens
- Don Williams
- Willie Nelson
- George Strait
- Vern Gosdin
- Mel Tillis
- Ray Price
- Dolly Parton
- Stonewall Jackson
- Patsy Cline
- Conway Twitty
- Waylon Jennings
- Jim Reeves
- Tanya Tucker
- Red Sovine
- Randy Travis
-
Little Jimmy Dickens
-
Alan Jackson
- Bobby Bare
- Ricky Skaggs
- Jean Sheppard
- Waylon Jennings
- Kris Kristofferson
- Marty Robbins
- Rhonda Vincent
- Ferlin Husky
-
Ray Pillow
-
Ed Bruce
- Webb Pierce
- Faron Young
- Barbara Mandrell
- Jan Howard
- Hank Snow
- Hacksaw Hawkins
- Kenny Chesney
- Vince Gill
-
Daryle Singletary
-
Hank Locklin
- Connie Smith
- Sammy Kershaw
- Johnny Horton
- Don Gibson
- Ricky Van Shelton
- John Michael Montgomery
- Moe Bandy
- Tom T. Hall
-
Allan David Coe
-
Billy Walker
- Roy Acuff
- Lefty Frizzell
- Mel Streets
- Lynn Anderson
- Jimmy Dean
- Harlan Howard
- Wynn Stewart
- Roger Miller
-
John Conlee
-
Bill Monroe
- Mark Chesnutt
- Tex Ritter
- Keith Whitley
- Hank Thompson
- Jeannie Seely
- Jack Greene
- Hank Cochran
- Carl Smith
-
Dwight Yoakam
-
Roy Drusky
- Marty Stuart
- Red Foley
- Sonny James
- Charlie Louvin
- The Carter Family
- Statler Brothers
- Joe Diffie
- Johnny Paycheck
-
Eddy Arnold
-
John Anderson
- Brad Paisley
- Dottie West
- Reba McEntire
- Lee Ann Womack
- Tim McGraw
- Toby Keith
- Brooks And Dunn
- Trace Adkins
-
Kenny Rogers
-
Josh Turner
- Tracy Byrd
- Jeff Carson
- Joe Nichols
- Dean Brody
- Suzy Bogguss
- Gene Watson
- Clay Walker
- Hank Cochran
-
Roy Clark
-
Clint Black
- Earl Thomas Conley
- Boxcar Willie
- John Berry
- David Ball
- Jim Ed Brown
- Alabama
- Billy Dean
- Janie Frickie
-
Faith Hill
-
The Judds
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Alison Krauss
- Donna Fargo
- Mickey Gilley
- Wanda Jackson
- Patty Loveless
- Marian McBride
- The Bellamy Brothers
-
Hank Williams Jr.
-
Davis Frizzell
- Cal Smith
- Brenda Lee
- Ferlin Husky
- Skeeter Davis
- The Everly Brothers
- Dave Dudley
- Johnny Duncan
- Holly Dunn
-
Barbra Mandrell
-
Keith Urban
- Blake Shelton
- Kacey Musgraves
- Darius Rucker
- Easton Corbin
- Dierks Bentley
- Rodney Atkins
- Billy Currington
- Chris Stapleton
- Owen Mac
- Norma Jean
The list is endless can come up for more
You forgot, Marty Brown!