100 Country Artists Quiz (Part 2)

[B] Glen Campbell | The Rhinestone Cowboy was a Beach Boy before conquering country, playing guitar on "Pet Sounds" and hosting his own variety show.

[B] Charlie Daniels | Played fiddle on Bob Dylan's "Nashville Skyline," then taught the devil a lesson about challenging Southern musicians.

[C] John Denver | Not technically country until Nashville claimed him—those Rocky Mountain highs and sunshine on shoulders were too good to ignore.

[A] Kenny Chesney | Married Renée Zellweger for four months, but his real love affair is with beach concerts and 70,000 screaming "No Shoes Nation" fans.

[B] Shania Twain | Canadian who moved to Nashville, married Mutt Lange, and made country music videos that MTV actually wanted to play.

[C] Brad Paisley | His Telecaster guitar work rivals any rock god, yet he sings about fishing, trucks, and checking you for ticks.

[B] Keith Whitley | Gone at 33 from alcohol poisoning, but "When You Say Nothing at All" still speaks volumes about lost potential.

[C] Kris Kristofferson | Rhodes Scholar, Army Ranger, helicopter pilot, janitor at Columbia Records—then wrote "Me and Bobby McGee."

[A] Elvis Presley | Started at Sun Records with country, ended in Vegas with jumpsuits, but "Blue Moon of Kentucky" proved he was country first.

[C] Carrie Underwood | From Oklahoma farm girl to American Idol to keying cheating boyfriends' trucks—revenge never sounded so angelic.

[A] Buck Owens | Created the Bakersfield Sound as California's answer to Nashville, then spent 20 years on Hee Haw making cornfield jokes.

[D] Blake Shelton | Divorced Miranda Lambert, dated Gwen Stefani, judges The Voice—somehow still convinces us he's just a good ol' boy.

[C] John Michael Montgomery | "Life's a Dance" philosophy took him from Kentucky honky-tonks to teaching America how to two-step in the '90s.

[D] The Judds | Mother-daughter harmony so perfect it survived hepatitis C, retirement, reunion tours, and reality TV.

[A] The Oak Ridge Boys | Gospel quartet turned country with "Elvira"—that "oom papa mow mow" haunts karaoke nights nationwide.

[A] John Anderson | "Swingin'" proved you could make a hit about sitting on a front porch—simplicity at 120 beats per minute.

[B] Clint Black | Dominated 1989 with five straight number-ones from his debut album—the Texas hat act that started the '90s country boom.

[D] Jerry Reed | The guitar man who played Snowman in "Smokey and the Bandit" and invented a picking style nobody can replicate.

[B] Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Brought together country legends for "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" and made "Mr. Bojangles" dance across genres.

[B] Martina McBride | The soprano who tackled domestic violence with "Independence Day" when country radio preferred trucks and beer.

[C] Joe Diffie | If you wanted to "Pickup Man" or grab a "John Deere Green," this Oklahoma voice was your soundtrack in the '90s.

[B] Ronnie Milsap | Blind since birth, won six Grammys, and proved country music could groove with "Smoky Mountain Rain."

[A] Alison Krauss | 27 Grammys (more than Beyoncé), fiddle virtuoso, and the voice that made bluegrass mainstream with Union Station.

[D] Johnny Paycheck | Spent time in prison for shooting a man, making "Take This Job and Shove It" more than just a catchy title.

[D] Zac Brown Band | Bearded troubadours who mix country with reggae, rock, and EDM—"Chicken Fried" to electronic beats, why not?

[A] Tracy Lawrence | Survived being shot four times in 1991, then recorded "Sticks and Stones" because bullets couldn't stop his voice.

[C] Faith Hill | Mississippi belle who crossed over to pop without losing country cred—"Breathe" spent 53 weeks on the charts.

[D] Emmylou Harris | Gram Parsons' protégé who carried cosmic American music through five decades with silver hair and golden vocals.

[D] David Allan Coe | Spent 20 years in reform schools and prisons, claims he killed a fellow inmate, rides a hearse-motorcycle—outlaw incarnate.

[A] Roy Orbison | Those dark sunglasses hid eyes damaged in childhood, but nothing could hide that operatic voice that influenced everyone from Elvis to k.d. lang.