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100 Greatest Women, #83: Bonnie Guitar

April 11, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 2

100 Greatest Women #83 Bonnie Guitar Singer. Songwriter. Session Guitarist. Record Producer. Label Owner. The list of women who have many of these titles to their credit isn’t very long. That Bonnie Guitar was all

100 Greatest Women, #84: Charly McClain

April 9, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 6

100 Greatest Women #84 Charly McClain Sometimes, you can have a pretty long run of hits while still remaining under the radar. Charly McClain was a mainstay on country radio for more than a decade,

100 Greatest Women, #85: Gretchen Wilson

April 6, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 24

100 Greatest Women #85 Gretchen Wilson Never underestimate the power of good timing. When Gretchen Wilson finally landed a recording contract after years of laboring in obscurity, country radio was more hostile to female artists

100 Greatest Women, #86: The Forester Sisters

April 5, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 3

100 Greatest Women #86 The Forester Sisters In the wake of the massive success of mother-daughter duo The Judds, female family acts experienced something of a mini-boom in the mid-to-late eighties. The most successful of

100 Greatest Women, #87: Wilma Lee Cooper

April 3, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 7

100 Greatest Women #87 Wilma Lee Cooper When the Grand Ole Opry radio show was finally televised in the eighties, country fans both old and new got a glimpse of the men and women who

100 Greatest Women, #88: Marijohn Wilkin

March 31, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 1

100 Greatest Women #88 Marijohn Wilkin Much like Jeanne Pruett a few years later, Marijohn Wilkin became a successful female songwriter during the days when male domination was near-complete. Cindy Walker and Felice Bryant had

100 Greatest Women, #89: Jeanne Pruett

March 28, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 2

100 Greatest Women #89 Jeanne Pruett Grand Ole Opry legend Jeanne Pruett is often dismissed as a one-hit wonder, despite charting several top ten hits. Such is often the case when an artist records a

100 Greatest Women, #90: Miranda Lambert

March 27, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 21

100 Greatest Women #90 Miranda Lambert Emerging in era of country music noticeably short on compelling new female artists, Miranda Lambert quickly established herself as one of those rare acts that appeals to both mainstream

100 Greatest Women, #91: Roba Stanley

March 26, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 4

100 Greatest Women #91 Roba Stanley It’s a historical fact that is taken for granted. Women in country music were as limited in expressing their liberation in song as they were in real life. There’s

100 Greatest Women, #92: Gretchen Peters

March 25, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 7

100 Greatest Women #92 Gretchen Peters There was a brief period in the mid-nineties where it seemed like the women in country music had seized control over the genre, artistically and commercially. When women swept