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With both volumes of 1962's 'Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music' being reissued, we look at the records' cultural impact
With both volumes of 1962's 'Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music' being reissued, we look at the records' cultural impact
From the Garth Brooks' blockbuster 'Double Live' to Lucinda Williams' evocative 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road'
From Patty Loveless' 'Honky Tonk Angel' to George Strait's 'If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')'
While the Queen of Soul cut only a few country songs, her own work often mirrored Nashville themes
From Tanya Tucker's decidedly Outlaw 'T.N.T' to Waylon Jennings' romanticizing 'I've Always Been Crazy'
From Johnny Cash's 'At Folsom Prison' to Dolly Parton's 'Just Because I'm a Woman'
From 1972's stunning 'Glen Travis Campbell' to a 1974 tribute to Hank Williams, some of the late country star's best work is largely unknown
From architects of the genre like Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers to game-changers Garth Brooks and Shania Twain
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