Kevin John Coyne

100 Greatest Women, #77: Helen Cornelius

April 17, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 9

100 Greatest Women #77 Helen Cornelius The grand tradition of the male-female duet is a long and storied one in country music history. Porter & Dolly. Johnny & June. Loretta & Conway. If you look

100 Greatest Women, #78: Goldie Hill

April 16, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 3

100 Greatest Women #78 Goldie Hill The feminist ideal is often described as freedom of choice. It’s interesting to think about that ideal when considering the career of Goldie Hill. In the early fifties, she

100 Greatest Women, #79: Margo Smith

April 15, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 7

100 Greatest Women #79 Margo Smith One of the long-held beliefs in the country music industry was that a woman couldn’t be too sexual with her image. If she did, the female audience that made

100 Greatest Women, #80: Jessi Colter

April 14, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 3

100 Greatest Women #80 Jessi Colter The original female outlaw. Jessi Colter has been immortalized as the only female on the legendary country album Wanted: The Outlaws, where she shared billing with Willie Nelson, Tompall

100 Greatest Women, #81: Deana Carter

April 13, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 3

100 Greatest Women #81 Deana Carter An overnight sensation, more than a decade in the making. Deana Carter was born in 1966, the daughter of legendary country session guitarist Fred Carter, Jr. She developed a

100 Greatest Women, #82: Marie Osmond

April 12, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 8

100 Greatest Women #82 Marie Osmond “I’m a little bit country…” Those words were sung by Marie Osmond when she opened her variety show with her brother, Donny & Marie, during their four-year stint on

100 Greatest Women, #83: Bonnie Guitar

April 11, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 2

100 Greatest Women #83 Bonnie Guitar Singer. Songwriter. Session Guitarist. Record Producer. Label Owner. The list of women who have many of these titles to their credit isn’t very long. That Bonnie Guitar was all

100 Greatest Women, #84: Charly McClain

April 9, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 6

100 Greatest Women #84 Charly McClain Sometimes, you can have a pretty long run of hits while still remaining under the radar. Charly McClain was a mainstay on country radio for more than a decade,

Dixie Chicks guest on The Simpsons this Sunday

April 8, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 4

Talk about combining two of my favorite things in the world! This week, the Dixie Chicks will guest as themselves on The Simpsons. In the episode “Papa Don’t Leech”, Homer meets up with Lurleen Lumpkin,

100 Greatest Women, #85: Gretchen Wilson

April 6, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 24

100 Greatest Women #85 Gretchen Wilson Never underestimate the power of good timing. When Gretchen Wilson finally landed a recording contract after years of laboring in obscurity, country radio was more hostile to female artists