A recurring series featuring memorable events and stories from before
Gretchen Wilson at rehearsals for the 39th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas (Photo by Ron Wolfson/WireImage for Bragman Nyman Cafarelli)
THE JOHNNY CASH SHOW – Airdate: April 1, 1970. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)SHEL SILVERSTEIN;JOHNNY CASH
American singer and musician Maybelle Carter (1909-1978) of The Carter Family, playing the autoharp as the band perform live at Columbia Recording Studios, possibly during the recording of 'An Historic Reunion' at Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, June 1966. Maybelle and her daughters had also performed as The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle. (Photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
CIRCA LATE 1960s: Country musician Merle Haggard performs on stage with Bonnie Owens during a late 1960's concert. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
