Scotty Wray

As we look back on 2022 and before we look forward to 2023, it’s important we take the time to pay tribute to the important individuals in country music who left us over the last year, and who left a mark on the country and roots music world that will never fade. 2022 saw some absolute titans of the music leave us.

Alabama, Anita Kerr, Blake Mevis, Bobbie Nelson, Bobby Flores, Brad Martin, C.W. McCall, Charlie Gracie, Dallas Frazier, Dallas Good, Deborah McCrary, Don Edwards, Eddie Pleasant, Gary Adams, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Ian Tyson, In Memoriam, Jake Flint, Jeff Carson, Jeff Cook, Jerry Allison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jim Miller, Jimbeau Hinson, Jody Miller, Joe Chambers, Joe Gilchrist, Larry Petree, Lavender Country, Loretta Lynn, Luke Bell, Mary Jane Thomas, McCrary Sisters, Mickey Gilley, Miranda Lambert, Naomi Judd, Olivia Newton John, Patrick Haggerty, Peter Cooper, Ralph Emery, Ray Edenton, Robert Gordon, Roland White, Ronnie Hawkins, Scotty Wray, The Band, The Crickets, The Judds, The Sadies, Thom Bresh, Warner Mack, Western Centuries