Some Folk & Country Figures

Kris Kristofferson - 88 - American Grammy winning singer-songwriter ("Me and Bobby McGee", "Help Me Make It Through the Night", "Sunday Morning Coming Down") and actor

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON & JOHNNY CASH ~ "SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN";


KRIS KRISTOFFERSON & RITA COOLIDGE ~ "HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT";


KRIS KRISTOFFERSON & RITA COOLIDGE ~ "ME & BOBBY MCGEE";


Billy Sherrill ~ 78 ~ Nashville C&W producer with George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Barbara Mandrell, Sandy Posey, Shelby Lynne, Marty Robbins, Ray Charles, Johnny Paycheck, Tanya Tucker, Johnny Cash, Janie Fricke, Ray Conniff, Bobby Vinton, Bob Luman, Johnny Duncan, Jim and Jesse, Andy Williams, Cliff Richard, Mickey Gilley, David Allan Coe, Elvis Costello ("Almost Blue"), Grand Funk Railroad ("Phoenix")

Pete Wade - 89 - American country music guitarist with Ray Price ("Crazy Arms"), George Jones ("He Stopped Loving Here Today"), Loetta Lynn ("Fist City"), Faron Young, Bobby Bare,

RAY PRICE ~ "CRAZY ARMS";


LORRETTA LYNN ~ "FIST CITY";


GEORGE JONES ~ "HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY";


Tommy Cash - 84 - American country musician ("Six White Horses"), younger brother to Johnny Cash

TOMMY CASH ~ "SIX WHITE HORSES";


JOHNNY & TOMMY CASH ~ "SILVER HAIRED FATHER OF MINE";


Alex Hassilev - 91 - Singer & banjo player with 1960's American The Limeliters and actor

THE LIMELITERS ~ "LONESOME TRAVELLER";


THE LIMELITERS ~ "TRAVELING SONG";


John Koerner - 86 - Singer/guitarist with 1960's American Folk Blues group Koerner, Ray & Glover

JOHN KOERNER & WILLIE MURPHY ~ "RED PALACE";


Roni Stoneman - 85 - American Bluegrass Banjo player & singer with the Stoneman Family & The Stoneman Sisters, regular on "Hee Haw"

THE STONEMAN FAMILY ~ "FIVE LITTLE JOHNSON GIRLS":


THE STONEMAN FAMILY ~ "GOING UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK";


RONI STONEMAN & JIMMY CAPP ~ "DUELING BANJOS";


Margo Smith - 84 - American Country singer ("Still A Woman")

MARGO SMITH ~ "IT ONLY HURTS FOR A LITTLE WHILE";


MARGO SMITH ~ "THERE I SAID IT";


MARGO SMITH ~ "TENNESEE YODEL";


Bobby Hicks - 91 - North Carolina Bluegrass fiddler with Bill Monroe, Porter Wagoner, Ricky Skaggs & Jesse McReynolds, Grand Ole Opry member

BILL MONROE ~ "UNCLE PEN";


THE BLUEGRASS ALBUM BAND ~ "CHEYENNE";


Frank Wakefield - 89 - American Bluegrass mandolin player w/The Greenbriar Boys, Ralph Stanley, Don Reno, Jerry Garcia, New Riders Of The Purple Sage

FRANK WAKEFIELD ~ "THE CONVICT & THE CHILD";


FRANK WAKEFIELD ~ "ARKANSAS TRAVELLER";


Cliff Waldron - 83 - West Virginia Blugrass singer/guitarist

CLIFF WALDRON & NEW LEAVRS OF GRASS ~ "FOUR STRONG WINDS";


Happy Truam - 86 - New York 1960's Folk singer

HAPPY & ARTIE TRAUM ~ "JACKHAMMER BLUES";


HAPPY & ARTIE TRAUM ~ "THE HUNGRY DOGS";


Joe Bonsall - 76 - Singer with The Oak Ridge Boys from 1973 onward ("Elvira")

THE OAK RIDGE BOYS ~ "ELVIRA";


THE OAKRIDGE BOYS ~ "TRYING TO LOVE TWO WOMEN";


THE OAKRIDGE BOYS ~ "YOU'RE THE ONE";


Billy Edd Wheeler - 91 - American singer and songwriter ("Jackson" , "It's Midnight", "Coward of the County")

BILLY EDD WHEELER ~ "RED WING BLACKBIRD";


BILLY EDD WHEELER ~ "COMING OF THE ROADS";


Mike Brewer - 80 - American 1970's Folk Rock musician & songwriter w/Brewer & Shipley ("One Toke Over the Line")

BREWER & SHIPLEY ~ "ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE";


Jo-El Sonnier - 77 - Louisianna Cajun singer-songwriter and accordionist

JO-EL SONNIER ~ "SCENE OF THE CRIME";


JO-El SONNIER ~ "TEAR STAINED LETTER";


JO-EL SONNIER ~ "IF YOUR HEART SHOULD EVER ROLL THIS WAY AGAIN";


Kinky Friedman - 79 - Texas Country singer/songwriter, author and activist

KINKY FRIEDMAN ~ "ASSHOLE FROM EL PASO";


KINKY FRIEDMAN ~ "THEY AIN'T MAKING JEWS LIKE JESUS ANY MORE";


KINKY FRIEDMAN ~ "RIDE EM JEWBOY";


David Soul - 80 - American actor ("Starsky & Hutch") and 1970's Country Pop singer

DAVID SOUL ~ "DON'T GIVE UP ON US";


Dave Loggins - 76 - American Country Pop singer and songwriter ("Please Come to Boston", "Nobody Loves I Like You Do")

DAVE LOGGINS ~ "PLEASE COME TO BOSTON";


DAVE LOGGINS & ANNE MURRAY ~ "NOBODY LOVES ME LIKE YOU DO";


Toni Price - 63 - Austin Rexas Country singer

TONI PRICE ~ "I DOUBT IF IT DOES TO YOU";


TONI PRICE ~ "LIKE THE SUN";


Toby Keith - 62 - American country singer ("Should've Been a Cowboy", "How Do You Like Me Now?!", "Red Solo Cup") and songwriter

TOBY KEITH ~ "HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW";


TOBY KEITH ~ "AS GOOD AS I ONCE WAS";


TOBY KEITH ~ "SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COWBOY";


Buzz Cason - 84 - American C&W singer and songwriter ("Everlasting Love")

BUZZ CASON ~ "EVERLASTING LOVE":


Audie Blaylock - 61 - American Bluegrass singer and guitarist & madndolinist w/Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, Red Allen, Harley Allen, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Lynn Morris and solo

RHONDA VINCENT & AUDIE BLAYLOCK ~ "ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE BLUES";


AUDIE BLAYLOCK & REDLINE ~ "CRY CRY DARLIN";


David Davis - 63 - American Bluegrass singer & mandolin player

DAVID DAVIS & WARRIOR RIVER BOYS ~ "MILWAUKEE BLUES";


Jim Mills - 57 - American Bluegrass banjo player with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Rocky Scaggs and solo

JIM MILLS & DOYLE LAWSON ~ "TENNESSEE BANJO MAN";


Heather Wood - 79 - Singer with English Folk group The Young Tradition

THE YOUNG TRADITION ~ "NIGHT RIDE";


Malcolm Holcombe - 68 - American Folk/Country singer-songwriter

MALCOLM HOLCOMBE ~ "BLACK BITTER MOON";


Wayland Holyfield - 82 - American Country songwriter ("Arkansas (You Run Deep in Me)", "Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer", "You're My Best Friend", "Could I Have This Dance")

WAYLAND HOLYFIELD ~ "TIL THE RIERS RUN DRY";


Jason Clark - Singer with Atlanta Country Gospel group the Nelons

Kelly Nelon Clark - Singer with Atlanta Country Gospel group the Nelons

Amber Nelon Kistler - Singer with Atlanta Country Gospel group the Nelons

THE NELONS ~ "HEAR THE VOICE OF MY BELOVED";


Charlie Lennon - 85 - Irish traditional fiddler and songwriter

CHARLIE & BEN LENNON & SEAMUS QUINN;


Gunnar Stubseid - 76 - Norwegian Folk fiddler

GUNNAR STUBSEID ~ "GRAVBAKKJEN";