The Boot Staff

Kenny Rogers has died. He was 81 years old.

A country music icon was almost on the plane with him ...

On Jan. 13, 1968, Cash played a concert at California's Folsom Prison.

In 1976, some of Music City's most eccentric, outside-the-box artists turned the town upside down, staging a commercial revolution against the Nashville establishment that resulted in a paradigm shift in country music.

The influence that Presley had on both rock and country music can hardly be overstated.

Jan. 3, 1950, was an historic day for country music, although no one was aware of it at the time.

Talk about an anniversary to remember!

On Oct. 4, 1974, the first-ever Volunteer Jam was held at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville.

On Sept. 19, 1973, Parsons passed away from an overdose of morphine and alcohol.

He's is nothing less than a national treasure and an absolute legend in not just the country genre but music as a whole.