So happy to see someone give Chris Cagle some respect

A bittersweet memory of Ricky Van Shelton. My late mom was a BIG fan of him. My grandmother was dying of cancer in the mid 90s. She was a die hard Christian and watched the TBN network constantly. Her and mom was watching one day when RVS was on talking about his album "Don't overlook salvation " and she made the mention of how she'd like to have it. Well,fast forward to November of that year,the Monday following Thanksgiving my grandmother passed away peacefully in her sleep. By her wishes she was to be buried by sunset (no religious ties to such far as I'm aware. Her desire was to not be embalmed so that was deemed necessary) but we buried her According to her wishes. Upon returning home we checked the mail to find a small box. Enclosed was the RVS cassette mom had wanted. She cried like something awful and played it until she wore it out.

One of my greatest memories when I lived in Nashville was when I was in the ASCAP building for a songwriter meeting and I saw Ritchie McDonald, of then Lonestar, sit down at the piano in the lobby and started singing "I'm Already There". It's something that I'll never forget.

Aging myself here, but anyone remember Restless Heart? Their song by the same name, restless heart…sigh, it’s still one of my Husband and I’s favorites that we sing together often. They had quite a few wonderful songs, and like many, seemed to just fall off. Lord, I could think of some amazing country music groups and artists like Neal McCoy was another. Miss so many of the more traditional country music singers.

Bryan White and Billy Dean should have been included.

Just seen Chris Cagle in March. Amazing show as usual! People drove in from other states to this show and stood out in the snow waiting to get into the venue. It was great to see that he still had the love and support from so many people. His new songs are right up there with his old ones. He seems to be in a better place in life now (more content with his life) so fingers crossed he makes a come back in a huge way!

Bobbie Gentry recorded "fancy" in my hometown of Muscle Shoals, Alabama at FAME studios. Part of the famous "Muscle Shoals Sound ".

Yes Billy Currington. Back to the roots! Love him and his voice! People are crazy!

One singer that I miss hearing is John Berry. Such a great voice, just tugged on your heartstrings with music such as Your Love Amazes Me

Sweethearts of the Rodeo… they were short lived, and I loved them!

I was working at Starstruck Studios in Nashville in the late 90s when Andy Griggs was discovered and was working on his first record... some really great songs for sure. But for whatever reason, Andy just never got the traction that he deserved... the songs on his debut album, for the most part, were GREAT... so who knows what happened. Great video! Thanks!!

I love, miss n met these guys. Daryle Singletary (rip) 2xs, Jeff Carson (rip), Ty Herndon. They had great songs.

Townes Van Zandt never vanished but was criminally underrated. Wrote a few songs some of the bigger guys got ahold of and kind of fell into obscurity

I always wondered what happened to the band Big House??? I loved their Big House album with Cold Outside, You Ain’t Lonely Yet, Roadhouse, and others. Great and different country band! Enjoyed this video very much! Thank you! 👏❤️👏

Clay Walker is another one you don't hear much from anymore. Or Mark Chesnutt or Mark Wills. All good singers. I loved all the singers on this list and I still listen to most of them especially Chris Cagle and Ricky Van Shelton.

my 1st thought was Ricky Van Shelton...He really did well. Just sad that he walked away.

Thank you CC! That was a fun trip down memory lane!

I never knew about "Fancy" until a few years ago. Reba really did a good job with it. Ricky Van Shelton is a good singer! I loved most all of his songs he released.

I wish Tracy Lawrence would get some airplay. Guy has a great voice. May be too country for modern pop (country) radio.

Also Tracy Bird "" little Texas "" I absolutely loved Ricky van Shelton "" Also Rick Trevino

I saw Chris Cagle at a very small town festival .... he and I are both from south Texas and I got to meet him and share a few words with him about how I felt about his songs Miss me baby and What kinda gone ...... he is a very humble man and even though he isn't as popular as he once was I would still go see him no matter what !!!! Love you Chris!!!!!

I have 2 favorites who fit in this title: John Michael Montgomery and David Kersh. Two of my all time favorites actually!

So many of those hits are the ones I grew up listening to on the radio sitting there with my dad, it is no wonder now that most of them have disappeared that when I do listen to music it is country musics past not present!

I think Billy Currington is awesome and he had so many number 1 hits but never won any awards

Bryan White, Martina Mcbride, Gretchen Wilson, Diamond Rio, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Ricochet, Kellie Pickler, Cyndi Thompson, Jana Kramer, Sawyer Brown, Mark Wills, Chuck Hicks, Cowboy Troy, John Michael Montgomery, Hunter Hayes, Vince Gill, Jamey Johnson, Josh Gracin, Little Texas

Chris Cagle needs to come back. Country music needs him!

Country has been gone for more than 20 years

I have seen Lonestar twice. The first time it was with Cody singing & the second time was when Richie returned. They performed at a local harvest festival. They were the first band/performer to be invited more than once.

How about Juice Newton? She had a string of #1's and top ten songs in the 80's like Queen of Hearts, Angel of the morning, The Sweetest Thing and Loves Been A Little Bit Hard On Me

Interesting, and entertaining. There's a lot of that I'll probably need to watch again. But I enjoyed the support.

Bobbie Gentry's single Fancy was a smash hit. #31 pop, #26 country, #8 adult contemporary and a healthy four month run on the Billboard hot 100 pop singles chart. In Canada, #1 country, #26 pop. It sold 1 million singles in North America and earned Bobbie her third straight A.C.M nod for top country female and a grammy nomination for best vocal performance female. All this despite the fact it was banned on hundreds of radio stations in secondary markets.

Just went to a Billy Currington concert a couple days ago.

Ricky van Shelton and Billy currington are damn good singer's and should get more air play

Sylvia was one of the hottest rising stars in 1982. My sister and I and some friends saw Sylvia in concert in 1983. A very lovely woman with a great voice. Don't know what happened to her. Miss her voice greatly.

The Band Perry have been gone for a few years now and they had some pretty good albums before they left the country genre!

I would love to see one on Keith Harling! “Santas got a Semi” “Papa Bear” “Coming back for you”

Chris cagal had throat cancer and had multiple surgeries and he said that his last album would be his last still was my favorite in the 2000s

It's sad to see how many great country singers there were and just left the music scene, I love the new and old country music, but still alot of the old country music was great, I play some of the old country songs I have on my playlist, Tracy Lawrence, Collin Raye, Tracy Byrd, Alabama, Dolly Parton, John Denver, Kenny Rogers, and many more great country singers that are gone, but I love alot of the new country singers

It should be noted that the music business simply isn’t the same as it once was. A lot of these artist probably made their money and didn’t want to put up with the rat race and the BS of the business for a fraction of the pay they once received. Pennies per play on a streaming service doesn’t equal what album sales were back in the day. Today’s artist really need to have a hefty tour schedule to make big money, and tours are an expensive gamble, not to mention time consuming, and a hard family life.

While the band Lonestar May have disappeared, Ritchie McDonald is touring with Larry Stewart and Tim Rushlow, in a band called the Frontmen. I just saw them perform live in Lancaster, PA.

Shawn Camp, Kentucky Headhunters, LeAnn Rimes, Big House, Radney Foster, Jo Dee Messina, Jessica Andrews...

I miss Gary Allan, Andy Griggs, and Phil Vassar!!!

I miss billy currington he was one of my favorite but recently hes been all over the place

The problem with these artists "disappearing" really has more to do with country radio than the artist. Let's face it, only a couple of the artists on this list play what I guess would be considered as new traditional country and country radio has swapped them out in favor of pop and r&b musicians. Country music isn't dying, it's dead. There are a few of the old school guys and a handful of new artists still flying the flag but that's pretty much it.

Interesting, I had front row tickets to a Lonestar concert two nights ago. The guys were awesome! Leaves me thinking your posts are less than up to date. Oh by the way, Lonestar has a record dropping later this year.

I love Billy and I wish we could see him once again! Come on back to us! 🥰🥰

Chris LeDoux was definitely one of my favorites back in the day. I know he has passed away now, but kinda just disappeared from country music long before that😢

other country singers/bands that somehow disappeared : Gloriana, Thompson Square, The Lost Trailers, Jimmy Wayne, Phil Vassar, Love & Theft, Brett Eldredge, Kellie Pickler, Big & Rich, Randy Houser, Sugarland, Keith Anderson, Jerrod Neimann, and Montgomery Gentry (since Troy died of course)

I've met Chris before and he was the nicest person ever. He wrote Miss Me Baby the day that I saw him and he sang it from a piece of paper because he just had written it.

My band got to open for Chris Cagle twice...he is awesome and so are his fans...by far my favorite shows we ever did

I saw Lonestar in 2019 at the Frederick, MD fair with Terri Clark and they were great. Ritchie was with them. There are way too many singers for everybody to be famous. I saw the Wreckers open for Keith Urban and they were good.

awesome video brother thank you

I bet really no one remembers HOT APPLE PIE! The lead singer was Brady Seals which was kinda the co singer along with Tim Rushlow of the band Little Texas! They only had the one album, but I loved it!

Another one is Easton Corbin! I loved his music back then! I know he still makes songs but you don’t really hear his stuff on the radio anymore 😩

Wow, Lonestar.. they still tour all the time. There have been a number of lineup changes but still a great band. I may be partial; my old buddy Robby Wilson has been their bass player for quite a number of years now. We grew up playing music together. I knew he would make it in the music business. Aside from being a very talented person, he is the kind of guy you could stay cooped up on a tour bus with for 9 straight months and still like the guy when it was over. That is him at 6:16 in the lower right corner.

Billy Currington - he admits to violent rages and has gone for anger management more than once

No mention of the Kentucky headhunters, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kathy Mattia

Hunter Hayes, Jimmy Wayne, Blain Larson, Doug Supernaw, Billy Dean, Little Texas, Diamond Rio, Trick Pony, Collin Raye, Clint Black, Patty Loveless, Chely Wright and Trisha Yearwood

Lee Roy Parnell, Suzy Bogguss, Hal Ketchum

Keith Anderson, I love him and he hasn't done an album since 2008. What happened to him?

I remember seeing Billy Currington on the Disney Christmas special last December performing big band style Christmas songs. It was different for sure.

Here’s another one who I miss Billy Dean

Here are a few more names: Bryan White Travis Tritt Ricky Skags Shania Twain Swyer Brown Mark Chestnut David Ball Wade Hayes

I miss Restless Heart

Glad someone's giving Bobbie Gentry the props deserved on Fancy!

You didn't mention James Otto 😥

Chris, Bobbie and Lone Star ⭐️ we miss you all and especially your beautiful country music!! Bring Country Back.

Chris had vocal cord issues as he announced in Manhattan, Kansas, shortly after his last album

Band Perry, Julie Reeves, Ronna Reeves, Patty Loveless, mark Mcguinn

I wish Country Music Radio would play Bobbie Gentry’s version of Fancy. It’s far superior to the Reba McIntire version, IMHO

What happened to Clint Black, Blackhawk, Joe Diffy, Terry Clark, Lori Morgan?

Easton Corbin is one i wonder about, dude was the cats meow in the mid 2000’s and then He was gone.

A few more. The Wilkinsons, Lila McCann, Gretchen Wilson, Jessica Andrews

Ricky you rocked it. Miss the golden county music.

Saw John a few weeks ago in Athens. His Christmas concert. It was wonderful. He sounded so good.

Travis Tritt was a huge guy. You can put Kenny Chesney since he has pretty much dropped out of the scene. I still believe Gary Allen is the most under rated guy in Nashville.

Another one two just gone were Lila McCann and Carolyn Dawn Johnson(CDJ)

Great music lonestar

Saw Chris Cagle at Adams State University Gymnasium as a Freshman in High School...blew the roof off the place...couldn’t hear right for three days...during the concert, if I remember right he explained he was just burnt out a bit, not as young as he used to be, wanted to stay home and ride cutting horses... top five concerts I’ve been to, and I’ll always be grateful I ran back out from the college dorms we were staying in and he stuck around to autograph an album for me, the last guy in line. I also introduced two mutual friends that night, who are married now.

Many of the ones from the 80s, 90s and some before then have came out wit a music that hit some charts like Billboard Hot 50 Country, Billboard Radio Airplay Indicator, CDX and Music Row. Briam McComas is back with a band callec The Desert City Ramblers with one song reaching top 30. Tanya Tucker, Jeannie Seely, Sammy Kershaw, Travis Tritt and Joe Nicholls have new stuff out. Tracy Byrd, Ronnie Dunn, Randy Travis, Terry McBride and Mickey Gilly have hits recently on the texas chart. Billy Dean and Collin Raye have new music as well.

What about what happened to The Kinleys, The Lynn sisters, James Bonamy, Kevin Sharp, River Road, Ricochet, Eric Heatherly, Linda Davis, Robert Ellis Oral, Pirates of the Mississippi, Rick Travino, Ty England, Trick Pony, Archer Park, Michael Peterson, Darryl Dodd, Chad Brock, Lisa Brokop, Lisa Angelle, Tammy Cochran, Michelle Wright

Deana Carter and Gretchen Wilson were both multi-platinum artist who declined shortly after.

My favourite country artist who vanished was Larry Boone.He wrote great songs and his voice had a lovely warmth to it.Some of his songs were covered by George Strait and Don Williams no less.

Just seen lonestar ten days ago in bay city, mi!! They were awesome!!!

JeannePruitt was one of my favorites. She mostly performed at the Opry from 80s on.

Chris Cagle you’re a great artist you have a great music we truly miss you brother. 🙏👍

Hunter Hayes was huge in the early 2010s but fell off sometime after releasing The 21 Project and has since disappeared from relevance.

What happened to Sawyer Brown, John Michael Montgomery, Pam Tillis, Deana CarterI love her strawberry wine

Hopefully Brad Paisley doesn't fade in popularity. He has so many great songs and albums. Mud on the Tires is one of the best Country albums of all time, IMO, not a bad tune on that album.

One of my favorite artists which unfortunately has passed away in the past years was Darrell Singleterry you really only heard that one song from him too much fun and you never heard anything else and I believe the reason why Chris Cagle quit music I remember him hearing him say ones do you have enough money in the bank and they want to spend more time with his wife and kids

Chris is back on tour…love seeing him back out there

Perfect Stranger, Jason Michael Carrol, Lila McCann and Jessica Andrews are some other Country singers/groups I remember that dissappeared.

I worked in country radio from 1994-1998. A lot of artist came through there with high hopes. Some, like Trace Adkins, stayed around, most, like Paul Brandt, were short lived.

yeah Chris was indeed a underatted singer. I have him on my playlist. Lonestar was great too. Another band I love back then, was Pirates of the Mississippi, Diamond Rio. Sawyer Brown. Little Texas, Hal Ketchum, Josh Gracin.

What about Billy Dean or Collin Raye? I'm super glad y'all brought up Ricky Van Shelton he was an amazing vocalist then there's Anita Cochran. What about Jessica Andrews? I also like to see LeAnn Rimes make a purely country album on a major label and see what happens. I also thought Blaine Larsen had amazing potential. I loved both of these major Label records. What about Mo Pitney amazing voice in the nicest guy you'd ever want to meet. I also love James Dupree the KZfaqr that is on the Randy Travis tour singing Randy's hits because unfortunately Randy no longer can

Lots I'd like to know about, Ty Herndon, John and Audrey Wiggins, Terri Clark, Holly Dunn, Pam Tillis to name a few.

Billy is so underrated!!!!!

Mark chesnutt never forgot a Southeast Texas Roots however the bigger Clay Walker guy he left everything behind he dropped his band when he become famous and his band played small

Whatever happened to Colin Raye or Tracy Byrd. These were 2 very big stars whose careers just seemed to stop.

Several of our good artists have passed away, but I didn't realize it.