My Favourite Top 3 Country Singers
 

1. Luke Bryan
2. Brad Paisley
3. Alan Jackson

What’s your favourite top 3 country singers?

Put all your links down below of your favourite videos, new or old country music :band:

Classic country
1.Keith Whitley
2.Johnny Cash
3.George Jones

Modern
1.Chris Stapleton
2.Clay Walker
3.Diamond Rio

Today it's:
Lyle Lovett
Roger Wallace
Margo Price

Guy Clark
Townes Van Zandt
Kris Kristofferson

1. Jason Molina
2. Marty Robbins
3. Johnny Cash

1. Slim Whitman (cause he saved the world from an alien invasion)
2. Marty Robbins
3. Gram Parsons

1. Iris DeMent
2. Klara and Johanna Söderberg
3. Juice Newton tied with Judee Sill

Honorary mention to Emmylou Harris, she did a duet with both Gram Parsons, and also Iris DeMent.

I don't listen to a whole bunch of country, but of the times I've let myself fall under the spell of the twang, these stood out the most:

Dwight Yoakam (although he's more Honky Tonk than Country)
Willy Nelson (his vocal timbre is unmatched)
Roy Clark (virtuosity on many instruments)

HM's: Johnny Cash, and also Kris Kristofferson for his songwriting.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRU9i9egr7A

Welcome to the site,thank you for your thread!!

My top 3??

Probably

Conway Twitty
Tennesee Ernie Ford
Jimmy Dean


I like traditional country the best,to me the newer stuff is NOT country music.......

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The Dude understands.

Cheater! It's "Top 3 Country Singers" Not "Top 2 Singer with Third Place free-for-all of a musician with a dubious singing ability." Heck if that was the case then I would have putthe fingerpicking virtuoso Chet Atkins in 3rd. or Bob Wills 3rd. cause he played a mean fiddle.

I'm not a pretentious music snob with instrumental prejudices. I only see sound.

Classic era:

Willie Nelson
George Jones
Loretta Lynn

Old time:

Maybelle Carter
Dock Boggs
Roscoe Holcomb

Americana:

Johnny Cash (American Recordings Era)
Townes Van Zandt
Gillian Welch

Bluegrass:

Bill Monroe
Earl Scruggs
Ralph Stanley

Overall top 3:

3) Townes
2) Mother Maybelle
1) Willie

In order...