Willie Nelson attends an event at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, on July 21, 1980. (Photo by Robert Ware/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images)
Country musician Patsy Cline poses for a portrait wearing a fringed dress and holding a cowboy hat circa 1956. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 18: Charlie Crockett performs in concert during the 2026 SXSW Conference And Festival at Stubb's Bar-B-Q on March 18, 2026 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images)
American country music singer and guitarist Loretta Lynn and her husband Oliver Lynn, Jr. (also known as Mooney) (1948 – 1996) at the Country & Western Music Awards, Hollywood, California, February 27, 1975. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Darius Rucker, of the US band Hootie & the Blowfish, performs on stage during the American Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 25, 2026. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP via Getty Images)
TWIN LAKES, WISCONSIN – Elle King performs onstage at Country Thunder Wisconsin on July 21, 2024 in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. (Photo by Joshua Applegate/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – MARCH 22: Reba McEntire performs during The Second Annual Band As One Nashville: Concert for the Cure with Trisha Yearwood & Friends at Grand Ole Opry House on March 22, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Susan G. Komen)
American country music singer, songwriter, and bandleader Charlie Daniels (1936-2020) performs on an American flag guitar inscribed 'Never Forget, 9-11-01' on its head at Central Park SummerStage, New York, New York, August 3, 2002. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)
