Country Music Living Legends....Who's left?

[Kknight109]

Guy Clark

[tvc184]

Y'all are dropping a lot of names that don't even come close to legend status.

LOL at Ronnie Milsap.

I think some may have a low threshold of "legend".

[dcbrown]

Garth Brooks

[Skinny]

Some need to look up the definition of a legend.


Beer me, Jay!!!!

[BrandonA]

http://www.biography.com/people/groups/country-legends

[Kknight109]

What's legend status? I clicked on the link above and saw a person I don't consider a legend at all.

[BrandonA]

What's legend status? I clicked on the link above and saw a person I don't consider a legend at all.

For me, to be a legend, they would have had to transcended the industry, been relative for more than 2 decades and at one time dominated at the top.

The obvious ones, Willie, Dolly, Loretta Lynn, Strait, and Charlie Pride. I wouldn't consider Glen Cambell a legend . In time I think Charlie Daniels and Garth Brooks will get there. Daniels may already be. Alan Jackson is to young but I think he will get there as well.

[SwampRanger]

Charlie Daniels hasn't been mentioned.

X2

[AntlerCollector]

http://www.biography.com/people/groups/country-legends

Excellent link with several artists. Thanks for sharing

[Lefty5]

Now we can't forget about Tanya tucker and crystal gayle

[helim83]

John Hiatt his songs get covered by legends.

The Master of Disaster.....Absolutely!

[Ksbowhunter]

Luke Bryan?

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

Next generation country artists that I believe will truely go down as legends even though they will not and are not in the same category as the originals will be some of the red dirt guys. It is not mainstream "hip" country by todays standards but it is WAY better than the nonsense on country radio today.

Before I start I'll say this, Chris Stapelton is good no doubt but NO ONE even heard of him a year ago, no where near the top of the list.

Red dirt guys that I think will go down in history as country legends would be the following

Jason Boland (top of my list)
Cody Jinks
Radney Foster
Cory Morrow
Roger Creager
Cody johnson
Hayes Carll

^^ Some of those guys have been consistently putting out killer albums over the past 12-15 years.

All of those are far below the big 3:

Jerry Jeff
Robert Earl
Pat Green

[TxDispatcher]

All of those are far below the big 3:

Jerry Jeff
Robert Earl
Pat Green

I agree...now that Pat seems to have returned more to his roots

But Jerry Jeff and Robert Earl are absolutely above the others. Along with (I may get slammed for this, but oh well) Billy Joe Shaver

[bphillips]

Next generation country artists that I believe will truely go down as legends even though they will not and are not in the same category as the originals will be some of the red dirt guys. It is not mainstream "hip" country by todays standards but it is WAY better than the nonsense on country radio today.

Before I start I'll say this, Chris Stapelton is good no doubt but NO ONE even heard of him a year ago, no where near the top of the list.

Red dirt guys that I think will go down in history as country legends would be the following

Jason Boland (top of my list)
Cody Jinks
Radney Foster
Cory Morrow
Roger Creager
Cody johnson
Hayes Carll

^^ Some of those guys have been consistently putting out killer albums over the past 12-15 years.

I'll guess the Stapelton part was to me. Was only saying of mainstream up and comers he is the only one I could seeing going that direction. Unfortunately it's not popular enough anyway for him to be able to reach that level. Never said he was close or on his way to being a legend


Some of the red dirt guys are legit for sure but several of the "legend" or what people call the best aren't good for much more than writing songs and letting others sing them. Your list is pretty solid though