Tony Douglas

It is sometimes easy to get swept up in moments and convince yourself that it has never been as bad as it is now. But one thing is hard to argue: the amount of loss that occurred in country music in 2013 was to a degree the genre has rarely, or never experienced before. 2013 seemed to be a year of suffering through one unfortunate news story after another.

Braxton Schuffert, Cal Smith, Chet Flippo, George Jones, Hank Williams, Jack Clement, Jack Greene, Jody Payne, Johnny Bush, Johnny Paycheck, Mindy McCready, Patti Page, Pay Price, Roger Miller, Rolling Stone, Slim Whitman, Tammy Wynette, The Andrews Sisters, The Jordanaires, Tompall Glaser, Tony Douglas, Wayne Mills, Willie Nelson