In 1983, as the Country Music Association celebrated its 25th anniversary, country music was at an interesting crossroads, with bluegrass and traditional honky-tonk material, for instance, finding their way back to mainstream country radio. Still, those roots of the genre had to compete with the polished, pop-leaning “Nashville Sound” that…

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