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Also Known As	progressive country

Photos

Waylon Jennings, wearing a black hat and leather vest, sings into a microphone while playing guitar on stage under warm lighting.

Emmylou Harris sits on stage playing an acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone, with a dark background behind her.

Brandi Carlile smiles while playing acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone on stage, wearing a light-colored suit jacket.

Sturgill Simpson, performing as Johnny Blue Skies, plays a red electric guitar on stage in front of a microphone, wearing a camouflage shirt, with a drummer in the background.

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Topics

country music bluegrass

Key People

Waylon Jennings, wearing a black hat and leather vest, sings into a microphone while playing guitar on stage under warm lighting.

Waylon Jennings

American musician

Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson

American musician

Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

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