Some country artists were in acclaimed duos or bands before venturing into solo careers; others were in little-known groups, and going solo was the first step to massive success.
50 years ago, it was planned as an 8-day music festival, pulling over 60,000 people to a small Louisiana town on the Atchafalaya River. But barely anyone knows it ever happened.
Country music is as American as football / apple pie / insert-any-other-cliche-phrase-here, so it makes sense that, from time to time, the genre's artists would don some patriotic clothing.
There's nothing like a concert: the spectacle of live music, the experience of seeing songs you love brought to life ... and the possibility of the unexpected.