2014 – Page 5 – Country Universe

100 Greatest Men: #6. Jimmie Rodgers

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List All of country music history is connected by its tradition, with the artists of one generation tracing their sound back to the generations that came before. For male country

100 Greatest Men: #7. Buck Owens

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List For many Americans, he was the guitar-slinging comedian that co-hosted Hee Haw. But before he signed up for that popular show, he had already amassed a body of work

100 Greatest Men: #8. Lefty Frizzell

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List Lefty Frizzell just may be the most influential vocalist in country music history. His signature honky-tonk style has been the foundational template for several generations of traditional country vocalists,

100 Greatest Men: #9. Bob Wills

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List Few styles of country music have been more hugely influential than Western Swing. As the embodiment of that style, Bob Wills became one of the most influential country artists

100 Greatest Men: #10. George Strait

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List Country music has undergone drastic changes in the three decades that George Strait has been a recording artist. While everything was changing all around him, he became the most

100 Greatest Men: #11. Waylon Jennings

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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 liberated to create it

100 Greatest Men: #12. Eddy Arnold

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List With a sweeping career that spanned six decades, Eddy Arnold was a pivotal force in country music as it grew from a regionally popular musical style into a genre

100 Greatest Men: #13. Bill Monroe

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List Few artists can claim creative ownership over an entire genre of music. Bill Monroe is one of those few artists, as the Father of Bluegrass led the way for

100 Greatest Men: #14. Ray Price

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List One of the few traditionalists who was able to successfully transition into the smoother Nashville Sound style, Ray Price was a defining artist in two completely different eras of

100 Greatest Men: #15. Conway Twitty

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List He started out as a pop teen idol, but Conway Twitty’s powerful vocals and smart taste in material made him one of country music’s longest reigning superstars. Twitty was