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It took nearly 20 years, but Waylon Jennings called it. Billy Ray Cyrus just wishes the country legend was around to say, "I told you so."

On Sept. 7, 1979, Jennings' 'Greatest Hits' album was certified platinum, for sales in excess of one million units.

Country music and patriotism have always gone hand in hand.

In the '80s Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Krisofferson, and Johnny Cash - four of the biggest stars in America - joined forces to form a true country music super-group, and revolutionize American music. The "super-group" will be the focus of a new PBS documentary titled The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End, that will premiere on PBS on May 27th, 2016...

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In the midst of an enormous controversy over some comments he recently made about outlaw country, Luke Bryan has offered an apology to the widow and son of Waylon Jennings.

Country music is a very supportive genre, but that doesn't mean there aren't a few artists who just can't get along. Sometimes it's professional, sometimes it's personal. For country's most well-known feudsters, it was both.

While he's not one himself, Darius Rucker knows who country's bad boys are!

In 1975, the late, great Waylon Jennings wrote and sang a song called, "Bob Wills Is Still The King," a tribute to the "King of Western Swing," Texas' own Bob Wills. Now, a new documentary will show how the rhythms, instruments and arrangements laid the groundwork for what would become known just a few years later as Rock 'n' Roll.

"The Man in Black," Johnny Cash, passed away on September 12, 2003. From 1958 until the mid-1980's, he was one of Columbia Records' biggest-selling acts. However, when his sales began to taper off in the mid-80's, he was unceremoniously dropped from that label.  In his final years, he recorded a large body of songs for what became known as the "American" albums, named after the

1986: George Strait's daughter Jennifer was killed in a car accident near San Marcos, Texas. 1987: Reba McEntire filed for divorce from Charlie Battles. 1996: new album releases included Trace Adkins' debut, "Dreamin' Out Loud" and Wade Hayes' sophomore effort, "On A Good Night."