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100 Greatest Women, #34: Jean Shepard

May 29, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 6

100 Greatest Women #34 Jean Shepard The Grand Lady of the Grand Ole Opry. Jean Shepard has been entertaining fans of classic country music for fifty years with her honky-tonk stylings and brass delivery. At

100 Greatest Women, #35: Pam Tillis

May 28, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 14

100 Greatest Women #35 Pam Tillis She grew up the daughter of a country music icon. As a baby, she’d nap in his guitar case. But Pam Tillis resisted her musical heritage for many years

100 Greatest Women, #36: Donna Fargo

May 28, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 2

100 Greatest Women #36 Donna Fargo She was country music’s sunshine superwoman, singing sprightly love songs and positive thinking anthems. There was a sharp mind behind the big smile, as many of her biggest hits

100 Greatest Women, #37: K.T. Oslin

May 27, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 8

100 Greatest Women #37 K.T. Oslin There had never anyone before in country music like K.T. Oslin when she hit the scene, and there hasn’t been anyone like her since. She instantly redefined what a

100 Greatest Women, #38: LeAnn Rimes

May 27, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 13

100 Greatest Women #38 LeAnn Rimes When she burst on to the scene in 1996, she was praised as the second coming of Patsy Cline. Within two years, she was dominating the pop charts. Over

100 Greatest Women, #39: June Carter Cash

May 26, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 16

100 Greatest Women #39 June Carter Cash In the shadow of a famous family and an even more famous husband, June Carter Cash has largely been known and defined as a supporting player in legacies

100 Greatest Women, #40: Minnie Pearl

May 26, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 8

100 Greatest Women #40 Minnie Pearl She only had one chart hit in her whole career, a spoken-word answer song to Red Sovine’s “Giddyup Go.” But through the sheer force of her character-driven comedy, she

100 Greatest Women, #41: Lucinda Williams

May 25, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 10

100 Greatest Women #41 Lucinda Williams When Time dubbed Lucinda Williams “America’s Greatest Songwriter” in 2001, it wasn’t exactly a news bulletin to those who had followed her career for the previous two decades. She

100 Greatest Women, #42: Patsy Montana

May 25, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 7

100 Greatest Women #42 Patsy Montana It’s always tricky to measure an artist’s impact by just looking at the record sales. But any way you slice it, selling a million copies of a record during

100 Greatest Women, #43: Aunt Molly Jackson

May 24, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 3

100 Greatest Women #43 Aunt Molly Jackson Country music has long been credited as speaking for the common man. Alan Jackson sang of the “Little Man” in the late nineties, while Merle Haggard sang the