100 Country Artists – Name ’Em! (3)

[D] Luke Combs | Six-time CMA winner who looks like your beer-drinking buddy but sings with the power to shut down honky-tonks coast to coast.

[C] Trace Adkins | Oil rig accident, shooting incident, house fire survivor—this 6'6" baritone treats disaster like song inspiration.

[D] June Carter Cash | Wrote "Ring of Fire" about falling for married Johnny while married herself—the Carter Family legacy burned bright.

[A] Lynyrd Skynyrd | "Sweet Home Alabama" rockers who lost half the band in a '77 plane crash but kept flying that Confederate flag.

[A] Jim Reeves | Gentleman Jim's velvet voice was so smooth, he scored posthumous hits for years after his 1964 plane crash.

[A] Gene Autry | The singing cowboy who wrote "Back in the Saddle Again" and owned the Los Angeles Angels—from horses to home runs.

[B] Tanya Tucker | Recorded "Delta Dawn" at 13, dated Glen Campbell at 15, and proved wild child country girls grow into legends.

[C] Ernest Tubb | The Texas Troubadour who pioneered honky-tonk and started the Midnight Jamboree after the Grand Ole Opry.

[A] Roger Miller | "King of the Road" genius who rhymed "bananas" with "pajamas" and won 11 Grammys doing it.

[A] Crystal Gayle | Loretta Lynn's little sister with hair to her ankles who proved "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" was pure gold.

[B] Johnny Horton | Historical ballad master who made "Battle of New Orleans" and died in the same Texas town as Hank Williams.

[C] Diamond Rio | First country band to hit number one with debut single "Meet in the Middle"—harmony tighter than Nashville parking.

[A] Eric Church | Wears aviators indoors, calls fans "Church Choir," and made smoking weed sound patriotic in "Give Me Back My Hometown."

[C] The Statler Brothers | Not brothers, not named Statler, but their four-part harmony and "Flowers on the Wall" fooled everyone.

[A] Patty Loveless | Kentucky coal miner's daughter (the other one) whose "Blame It on Your Heart" proved heartbreak sounds better with a twang.

[B] Josh Turner | Bass voice so deep it could drill for oil—"Long Black Train" chugged straight from Bible study to country radio.

[A] Eddie Rabbitt | Wrote "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis, then hopped into his own career with "I Love a Rainy Night" and those truck drivin' songs.

[C] Ray Price | The Cherokee Cowboy who invented the Ray Price beat—that 4/4 shuffle that made honky-tonks dance.

[D] Miranda Lambert | Texas tornado who burned down Blake Shelton's house (metaphorically) and wrote "Gunpowder & Lead" as a warning.

[D] Chris LeDoux | Rodeo champion turned singer that Garth Brooks name-dropped into fame—proof that bull riding translates to music.

[C] Kitty Wells | First female country singer to hit number one in 1952, answering Hank Thompson's cheating song with feminine fury.

[B] LeAnn Rimes | Won her first Grammy at 14 with "Blue," then crossed over to pop faster than you can yodel.

[C] Roy Clark | Hee Haw host who could play any stringed instrument blindfolded and made banjo dueling look easy.

[B] Tom T. Hall | The Storyteller who found philosophy in "Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine"—Harper Lee with a guitar.

[D] Montgomery Gentry | "Hell Yeah" duo who brought Kentucky pride to Nashville until Troy Gentry's helicopter crash in 2017.

[D] Dierks Bentley | Arizona native who worked at The Nashville Network researching old footage—now he's making his own history.

[D] Lee Ann Womack | "I Hope You Dance" became every graduation and wedding song, though she'd rather you remember her honky-tonk side.

[B] Mark Chesnutt | Texas traditionalist who refused to go pop in the '90s—"Bubba Shot the Jukebox" because it played something modern.

[C] Jimmie Rodgers | The Singing Brakeman who yodeled his tuberculosis away long enough to become the Father of Country Music.

[B] Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs | Bluegrass pioneers whose "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" made banjos cool and Beverly Hillbillies rich.

[D] Sammy Kershaw | Louisiana boy who remodeled houses before "She Don't Know She's Beautiful" remodeled his bank account.

[C] The Eagles | California rock band that Nashville adopted because "Take It Easy" mentioned Winslow, Arizona—close enough to country.

[A] Lorrie Morgan | Keith Whitley's widow who carried on with "Something in Red" while wearing her heart on her rhinestone sleeve.

[A] Trisha Yearwood | Georgia peach who married Garth Brooks and hosts a cooking show—"She's in Love with the Boy" and biscuits.

[D] Pam Tillis | Mel Tillis's daughter who stuttered less but sang "Maybe It Was Memphis" better than dad ever could.

[B] Jason Aldean | Survivor of the Vegas shooting who turned "Dirt Road Anthem" into country-rap before it was controversial.

[C] The Bellamy Brothers | "Let Your Love Flow" hippies who went country and asked "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me?"

[B] Lonestar | Texas band whose "Amazed" spent eight weeks at number one—the longest run since "The Streak" in 1974.

[B] Darius Rucker | Hootie became country, proving "Wagon Wheel" works whether you're Black or from South Carolina—or both.

[D] Wynonna Judd | The bigger voice of The Judds who went solo with "No One Else on Earth" and enough hair to shelter small villages.