Many country performers had been badly cheated in the past with regard to copyright and other rights to their creations.

In those four short years, he established the rules for all the country performers who followed him and,...

In the process, he became the most popular country performer of the 20th century, spending mo..

Finally in the 1980s, he began to win awards as a country performer.

"As a country performer, my mentors taught me to be a correspondent, to tell people's stories," he said.

They can appreciate a straight country performer like George Jones for being almost a folk hero.

Nelson is the first primarily country performer so honored.

As such, its early membership was largely composed of those country performers based in the west.

While all the artists to appear at the festival are considered country performers, they offer a wide variety of styles.

In the early 60's he turned himself into a country performer.