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Back to Search6639: Why Ricky Van Shelton Chose Duck Hunting Over Stardom
Episode 6639
Ricky Van Shelton was one of the biggest country stars of the late 1980s—platinum albums, number-one hits, CMA awards, the full Nashville coronation.…
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6647: The High Fashion Origins of Midland and Country's Style Revolution
Episode 6647
Midland didn't emerge from the Texas honky-tonk circuit or a Nashville writer's room. The band's origins trace back to the fashion and modeling world…
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6615: How Crystal Gayle Escaped Loretta Lynn's Shadow
Episode 6615
Crystal Gayle had everything working against her from the start. As Loretta Lynn's youngest sister, she entered the music industry with a famous last…
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6638: Pat Green and the Texas Music Movement He Built and Left Behind
Episode 6638
Pat Green was the king of Texas country music before the mainstream knew Texas country existed. He packed dance halls across the state, sold hundreds…
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6614: Cody Jinks and the Long Road from Thrash Metal to Country Stardom
Episode 6614
Before Cody Jinks sold out arenas as a country artist, he was the frontman of a thrash metal band called Unchecked Aggression. That whiplash-inducing…
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6648: The Kindergarten Teacher Who Invented Folkabilly
Episode 6648
Before inventing a genre that didn't have a name, this artist spent their days teaching five-year-olds their ABCs. The jump from kindergarten classro…
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6625: How Ricky Skaggs Pulled Country Music Back from the Brink
Episode 6625
By the early 1980s, country music was drowning in string sections, pop crossover production, and an identity crisis that threatened to dissolve the g…
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6636: How Nickel Creek Went from Pizza Parlor Prodigies to Genre Pioneers
Episode 6636
Nickel Creek started playing together when Chris Thile was eight years old, performing at pizza parlors and bluegrass festivals with a technical prec…
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6644: How Terri Clark Kicked Down Nashville's Door in Cowboy Boots
Episode 6644
Terri Clark moved to Nashville as a teenager and spent years singing for tips at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, the legendary bar next to the Ryman Auditor…
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6631: How Lucinda Williams Found Perfection in the Grit
Episode 6631
Lucinda Williams spent six years recording her masterpiece 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road,' driving multiple producers and engineers to the brink of ma…
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