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, …

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, …

Willie Nelson (born William Hugh Nelson, April 30, 1933) is an American entertainer and songwriter, born and raised in Abbott, Texas. He reached his greatest fame during the so-called "outlaw country" movement of the 1970s.

Billy Ray Cyrus (born August 25, 1961 in Flatwoods, Kentucky) is an American country singer, and actor, who is best known for his hit single "Achy Breaky Heart" (1992). He is also a multi-platinum selling recording artist, with one number one country single and eight top-ten singles. From 2001 to 2004, he starred in the television series "Doc", a show about a doctor from the ranch adjusting to the large city.

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.

Harold Elwin "Bo" Bice, Jr. (born November 1, 1975 in Huntsville, Alabama) is an American singer and musician who came in second in the fourth season of "American Idol". He is well known for his deep baritone style of singing, his control vibrato, and a unique style incorporating soul, country, blues and rock.

Kenny Chesney (born Kenneth Arnold Chesney, March 26, 1968) is an American country music singer.

Chris Cagle (born November 10, 1968) is a country music singer and songwriter who was born in DeRidder, Louisiana and raised in Baytown, Texas. After graduating from Ross S. Sterling High School in Baytown, Texas, he attended The University of Texas at Arlington for a short time, but dropped out to pursue a musical career. He moved to Nashville in 1994 and worked a number of odd jobs to support himself while trying to land a recording contract.

Mark Lavon (sic) Helm (born May 26, 1940) is an American rock musician most famous as the drummer for the rock group The Band. Helm is also known for his deeply soulful, country-style voice, and powerful drumming style highlighted on many of the The Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", "King Harvest", "Ophelia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".

Kenny Loggins (born Kenneth Clark Loggins on January 7, 1948 in Everett, Washington) is an American singer and songwriter best known for a number of soft rock and adult contemporary hit singles beginning in the 1970s. Originally a part of the duo Loggins and Messina, he has also recorded as solo artist and written hit songs for other artists.

Robbie Robertson (born Jaime Robert Robertson, 5 July 1943, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a songwriter, guitarist and singer, best known for his membership in The Band.

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.

Kellie Dawn Pickler (born June 28, 1986) is an American country music singer and songwriter who finished sixth on the fifth season of the Fox television series "American Idol". Despite being eliminated, Pickler signed a recording contract with the record company BNA Records, a country label owned by RCA Records and Sony BMG Music Entertainment in conjunction with "Idol" series creator Simon Fuller's 19 Recordings Limited.

Jim Messina (born James Messina, December 5 1947, in Maywood, California) was a member of Buffalo Springfield, then an original member of the country rock band Poco, before he joined with Kenny Loggins to form the soft rock duo, Loggins and Messina.

Eric Garth Hudson (b. August 2, 1937 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian musician. As the virtuoso organist and keyboardist for Canadian-American rock n roll group The Band, he was a principal architect of the group's unique sound. A master of the Lowrey organ, Hudson's orchestral tone sense and style anticipated many of the sonic advances of the polyphonic synthesizer. His other primary instruments are piano, electronic keyboards, tenor saxophone, …

Randy Herman Meisner (born 8 March 1946) is a bass guitarist and vocalist best known for his contribution as a founding member of the country-rock group Eagles.

Richie Furay (born Paul Richard Furay, on 9 May, 1944, in Yellow Springs, Ohio) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who is best known for forming the 1960s band Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Bruce Palmer, and Dewey Martin. His best known song with that band was "Kind Woman," which he wrote for his wife, Nancy. Before Buffalo Springfield, Furay performed with Stills in the nine-member group, the Au Go Go Singers (Roy Michaels, Rick Geiger, …

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.

Bob Woodruff grew up in New York City playing rock n' roll, but found his true calling with his Gram Parsons inspired country music. While in college in New York, Woodruff founded the country-rock band "The Fields". It was with this band that he began gathering a following of believers in his brand of country soul. He eventually tried his hand as a solo artist and signed with Asylum Records in 1992.

Webb Wilder (born 1954, Hattiesburg, MS) is a musician who famously mixes the sounds of country, surf guitar and rock & roll. He also produced an award-winning collection of short films under the title of "Corn Flicks". Wilder's "Corn Flicks" consisted of three stories: "Private Eye", "Horror Hayride" and "Aunt Hallie". He currently resides in Nashville, TN.

Julien Aklei (born November 20, 1975, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a American singer-songwriter, guitarist and artist who spent her teen years in Louisville, Kentucky. She has been compared to Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd in that she has a child-like outlook on the world that comes out otherworldly. Her writing addresses issues that are not part of this world, including spiritual topics full of meaning and symbolism; full of conflict, broken hearts and vengeful gods.

Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and film director from Omemee, Ontario. His work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and an instantly recognizable nasal tenor (and frequently alto) singing voice.