Gram Parsons was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. A solo artist as well as a member of the International Submarine Band, The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, he is best known for a series of recordings which anticipate the so-called country rock of the 1970s and the alt-country movement that began around 1990. Parsons described his records as "Cosmic American Music". He died of a drug overdose at the age of 26. In 2004, …

Linda Marie Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946 in Tucson, Arizona) is a popular singer with multiple Grammy Awards, numerous multi-platinum albums, an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award nomination. A singer-songwriter and record producer, she is better known as a definitive interpreter of songs. Starting at the forefront of the folk rock and country rock genres which defined post-sixties rock music, …

Chris Hillman (born Christopher Hillman, December 4 1944, in Los Angeles, California) was one of the original members of The Byrds (1965) with Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, and Michael Clarke. Along with frequent collaborator Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman was a key figure in the development of country rock, virtually defining America's most successful genre through his seminal work in The Byrds & The Flying Burrito Brothers, …

Harold Eugene Clark (born Tipton, Missouri, November 17, 1944 - May 24, 1991) was an American singer-songwriter, and one of the founding members of the folk-rock group The Byrds. Gene Clark is best remembered for his association with the Byrds between 1964 and 1966 but there was much more to his body of work than that legacy.

Glenn Lewis Frey (born November 6, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as one of the founding members of rock band Eagles.

Bernard Leadon (born July 19, 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American musician, best known as a founding member of the American rock band Eagles.

J. D. Souther, born John David Souther on November 3, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Amarillo, Texas, is a singer-songwriter country rock singer and actor.

Peter E. "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow (b. August 20 1934, South Bend, Indiana - d. January 6 2007, Petaluma, California) was an American country-rock musician, songwriter, and a motion picture special effects artist.

Clyde "Skip" Battin (born February 18, 1934 in Gallipolis, Ohio, died July 6th, 2003 in Salem, Oregon) was a successful singer-songwriter, musician, performer and recording artist. Skip's early musical career began in 1956 when he collaborated with Gary Paxton and formed The Pledges, the same duo, later successfully recording under the appellation Skip & Flip. After a few years out of the music industry, he led the short-lived folk-rock group Evergreen Blueshoes, …

Steve Young (born July 12, 1942) is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known for his song "Seven Bridges Road" (on Rock Salt & Nails & Seven Bridges Road). He is a pioneer of the Country Rock, Americana, and alternative country sounds, and also a vital force behind the 'outlaw movement' that gave support to the careers of Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams, Jr. and more.

Rick Roberts (born 1950, Florida) is a Country Rock Singer-songwriter who recorded with many influential artists of the genre in the 70's. He is best known for his work with The Flying Burrito Brothers on their 1971 "self-titled" album, and as a founding member and the lead singer of Firefall from 1976 to 1981. He recorded two solo albums, "Windmills" in 1972 and "She is a Song" in 1973.

Yeah, I'm an ancient species of Homo-Sapien, a Romantic.... The final resting grounds of my heart........Is Hell.... And my personal words of advice are: Make Peace Not War-Spread Love Not Herpes...Peace be with you!...I love you!!!......Surette, AN I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for their religion - I have shudder'd at it. I shudder no more. I could be martyr'd for my religion Love is my religion And I could die for that. I could die for you.

Stu Cook (born Stuart Alden Cook, 25 April 1945, Stanton, California) played bass guitar in the American rock band, Creedence Clearwater Revival. Cook attended Cal State Long Beach University. After Creedence broke up, Cook and former Creedence drummer Doug Clifford joined Don Harrison in the Don Harrison Band. Cook later joined Roky Ericksons band The Aliens in 1979, and the country rock band Southern Pacific in 1986 (replacing Jerry Scheff).

Lonesome Bob (aka Bob Chaney) is a country rock singer-songwriter. He was the drummer for the Ben Vaughn Combo before heading to Nashville for the country scene. His 1997 debut recording was "Things Fall Apart". His second album, "Things Change", contained the song "Where Are You Tonight". He has a day job as a customer service representative for a real estate title company.

Marshall Chapman (January 7, 1949) is an American country rock singer/songwriter. She was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the daughter of a cotton mill owner. In 1957, she was taken to an Elvis Presley concert. This, she claims, changed her from a southern debutante to a nascent rock and roller. She went to Vanderbilt University in 1967 and majored in French. Her songs have been recorded by such diverse artists such as Conway Twitty, Joe Cocker, …

Andy Stein is a saxophone and violin player in the United States best known for his appearances in the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band on the radio show "A Prairie Home Companion" and the movie. He has played on a number of musical recordings, including with the country rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. He also did the soundtrack for National Lampoon Goes to the Movies.

Steve Ripley (born Paul Steven Ripley on January 1 1950 in Boise, Idaho) is a singer, songwriter, studio engineer, guitarist and inventor. He is also a member of country rock band The Tractors.

Ian Dunlop was the bassist for the International Submarine Band, best known as Gram Parson's first country rock group.

Mickey Gauvin was the drummer for the International Submarine Band, best known as Gram Parson's first country rock group.

Greg T. Walker was an American bassist who played with Southern US country rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd between 1970 and 1971. He later moved on with fellow Lynyrd Skynyrd member Ricky Medlocke to form rock outfit Blackfoot.

William Moses Roberts Jr. (born 1936, Greenville, South Carolina) is an American songwriter and musician credited with composing the 1960s rock music standard "Hey Joe" (of which the best known version is the hit by The Jimi Hendrix Experience). For further information on the authorship and genesis of "Hey Joe", see the article of the same name. Roberts was a relatively obscure California based folksinger, …

Namrata Singh Gujral is an American actress of Sikh faith, whose ethnic mix includes East-Indian, Tibetan and Latin. Played “Fari Bin Ghori” on CBS’s The Agency, "Nurse Kathy” on NBC’s Passions and “Renu Mathur” in Bollywood blockbuster Kaante. Current projects include lead roles in the romantic comedy Americanizing Shelley with Beau Bridges, directed by Lorraine Senna of The Sopranos and Northern Exposure, …

Jeff Plate (born March 26 1962, in Montour Falls, NY) is a professional drummer and percussionist. He currently plays with the progressive rock group Trans-Siberian Orchestra as well as the band Metal Church, although he is remembered for his drumming for the band, Savatage on their albums since "Japan Live '94". Plate grew up near Elmira, New York with dreams of becoming a pitcher for the New York Yankees, …

Kin Vassy was a singer-songwriter who in addition to his solo recordings also recorded with other artists, most notably Kenny Rogers, Frank Zappa and Elvis Presley. In the 1960s, Vassy made a name for himself as a member of The Back Porch Majority. In 1970 he left them and joined Country rock outfit Kenny Rogers and The First Edition.

Guy Burlage Born in Norfolk, Virginia, is an American singer songwriter and guitarist, based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. His music is a blend of country rock, folk rock, and the "Virginia sound" made popular by Bruce Hornsby starting in the mid-1980s. Burlage's album "Just Like Gold" was released by Waylon Records in 1991. Burlage also records and performs in Vermont, and sometimes fronts the band Guy Burlage and the Vermonsters.

JD Myers is a country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was born John Douglas Myers on January 27, 1975 in Salem, VA. Raised in the truckstop town of Troutville, VA by parents, David and Terry, his first memories of music come from the death of Elvis Presley who remains his biggest musical influence. He grew up listening to the sounds of AM radio of the 1980's. Other early influences include Waylon Jennings, Dwight Yoakam, Steve Earle, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Jr., …

Cali Timmins is a Canadian actress, born in Montréal. She is probably best known for her work in the soap "Ryan's Hope" as Maggie Shelby Greenberg Coleridge, a role she played from 1983 to 1989. She also played the first Paulina Cantrell Cory in "Another World" from 1990 to 1991. She has done guest spots in a variety of TV shows, "Frasier", "Cybill", "Highlander", and "Forever Knight", amongst others.

Eric Layman (born in 1943 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a Canadian poet and songwriter/singer. He has lived in Toronto, Ontario since 1957. In the mid to late 60s, he earned a precarious but interesting livelihood selling his poems on the streets of Toronto, around Yorkville and U. of T. He has a BA in Modern Languages and a MA in Comparative Literature, both from U. of T. His influences range from Ayn Rand to Appalachian folk ballads.

Shelby Norman is an American country rock singer who was signed to Timbaland's Beat Club in the early 2000s. She was dropped from the label in 2004

Kerryn Tolhurst is a noted Australian musician and songwriter who was based in the USA in the late 1970s and 1980s. His musical career began in Melbourne with the Adderly Smith Blues Band. He subsequently joined Sundown, led by Keith Glass, which was one of Australia's first country-rock groups. This was followed by a successful stint in Country Radio (1972-73), after which he formed one of Australia's most successful country-rock bands, The Dingoes

A potent mixture of Country Rock, Southern Rock and Classic Rock with elements of Blues and Pop. A unique voice and down-to-the-bone songs combined with the sounds of some of the finest musicians you’ve ever heard.Ron Rutherford’s music is something familiar you’ve never heard before – stories of love, loss, insight, and inspiration. Picture a full moon over a long lost trail and a lone wolf that beckons the listener to follow to the end.Ron Rutherford’s album, Lone Wolf, ends too soon.