Top 10 Male country artists of all time

[Chewbaccer]

These are based solely on my opinion. My top 10 female artists will be posted later.

This is only for solo artists, bands will come at a later date.


10. Hank Williams Jr


9. Johnny Cash


8. Alan Jackson


7. Mark Chesnutt


6. Kris Kristofferson


5. George Jones


4. Keith Whitley


3. Willie Nelson


2. Merle Haggard


And number 1 by a landslide:

Waylon "Waktosha" Jennings

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1mw4ImMUmQ]Waylon Jennings - Lonesome, On'ry and Mean - YouTube[/ame]


I have a long list of favorites, so there were some greats on the outside looking in on this list.

First 5 out in order:

Hank Williams Sr
Conway Twitty
Vince Gill
Buck Owens
Jerry Jeff Walker

 

[tech_iceman]

Not even a mention for George Strait? Are you high?

 

[HammerDown]

Never got the attraction to Vince Gill.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Never got the attraction to Vince Gill.

He's a hell of a songwriter and can play any stringed instrument. I saw him in Chattanooga a few weeks ago. He sounded the same on stage as he did on the radio. Nothing but him, two flattop guitars that he rotated playing and a microphone and he rocked the house.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Not even a mention for George Strait? Are you high?

I like George Strait, and he probably would have made the honorable mention list if he would have just stopped making new music after 2000.

For me personally, he was never the best of his time. He was at his best in the 80's, but Keith Whitley, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Waylon and Willie were all big in the 80's as well. The 90's belonged to Mark Chesnutt and Alan Jackson. He stopped trying after 2000.

 

[outofyourmind]

#1 Waylon


#2 Johnny


#3 Conway.


#4 George


#5 Merle


#6 Ernest Tubb


#7 Hank Sr.


#8 Marty Stuart
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jtvR_sxTkg]Marty Stuart - Hillbilly Rock - YouTube[/ame]


#9 Don Williams


John Anderson


I didn't make this list based on volume of songs or hits, just what I like right now.
I reserve the right to change this list at any time, probably tomorrow.
So many to choose from.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Not even a mention for George Strait? Are you high?

But, you should be happy. Half of the top 10 are from Texas.

Mark Chesnutt
Kris Kristofferson
George Jones
Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings

 

[outofyourmind]

Never got the attraction to Vince Gill.

He went to my High School
Was a Senior when I was a Freshman.
Saw him play at some "Mixers" en sech

 

[Chewbaccer]

I didn't make this list based on volume of songs or hits, just what I like right now.
I reserve the right to change this list at any time, probably tomorrow.
So many to choose from.

I'm the same way. Really, my top 3 are the only ones that stay constant. Radney Foster probably would have made the list just last week.

 

[outofyourmind]

Honorable Mention

 

[outofyourmind]

Honorable Mention

 

[outofyourmind]

Probably Top 10 Tomorrow

 

[GNG]

Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings
Johnny Cash
Conway Twitty
George Jones
Sonny James
Buck Owens
Marty Robbins
Hank Williams Sr
Hank Williams Jr

 

[Chewbaccer]

Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings
Johnny Cash
Conway Twitty
George Jones
Sonny James
Buck Owens
Marty Robbins
Hank Williams Sr
Hank Williams Jr

Love Marty Robbins.

Sonny James has a few songs that I like(Young Love, Running Bear), but I tend to lump him in with the group of country musicians from the 50's and 60's that I don't really care for(Jim Reeves, Eddie Arnold, Ray Price, Patsy Cline, etc)

 

[GNG]

Love Marty Robbins.

Sonny James has a few songs that I like(Young Love, Running Bear), but I tend to lump him in with the group of country musicians from the 50's and 60's that I don't really care for(Jim Reeves, Eddie Arnold, Ray Price, Patsy Cline, etc)

I love Patsy Cline. My favorite female country artist.

 

[Chewbaccer]

I love Patsy Cline. My favorite female country artist.

You probably won't like my top 10 female artists list then. She was very influential and I can appreciate what she did, but I don't like her music.

 

[GNG]

 

[GNG]

I love this woman....

 

[tech_iceman]

George Strait shits on Hank Jr

 

[tech_iceman]

post-2000 George Strait:






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