{"id":12335,"date":"2020-01-14T04:40:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T09:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=12335"},"modified":"2020-01-14T04:40:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T09:40:25","slug":"10-most-unforgettable-country-music-moments-of-the-2010s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2020\/01\/10-most-unforgettable-country-music-moments-of-the-2010s\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Most Unforgettable Country Music Moments Of The 2010s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boot listed the &#8220;10 Most Unforgettable Country Music Moments of the 2010s.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the Route 91 tragedy was #1. On the bright side, Garth Brooks returned, and Chris Stapleton got discovered.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the list:<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>The Route 91 Massacre in 2017.<\/strong> Final count: 59 people died and over 800 were injured.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wFynly6jLSs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>2. <strong>Tomatogate in 2015.<\/strong> If you&#8217;re not familiar. A consultant tried to explain the lack of female country artists on the charts by saying they&#8217;re the tomato in the salad, while males are the lettuce. At the very least, it ignited an important conversation.<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Randy Travis Gets Arrested, Suffers a Stroke, Continues to Recover. <\/strong>Randy had big troubles in 2012 when he was arrested twice for alcohol-related incidents. The next year he had a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. His recovery continues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BncS_J7cqk8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>4. <strong>Taylor Swift Leaves Country Music in 2014.<\/strong> Our loss is pop music&#8217;s gain, right?<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>Troy Gentry Dies in a Helicopter Crash.<\/strong> It was in September of 2017 when he accepted that helicopter ride.<\/p>\n<p>6. <strong>Joey Feek of Joey + Rory Valiantly &#8211; and Publicly &#8211; Battles Stage IV Cancer.<\/strong> She was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2014. She died two years later at the age of 40.<\/p>\n<p>7. <strong>Garth Brooks Returns.<\/strong> He retired in 2000 to raise his two daughters, and although he popped up here and there, he kept his word. In 2014, he was back.<\/p>\n<p>8. <strong>George Strait &#8220;Rides Away&#8221; From the Road in 2012.<\/strong> &#8220;Cowboy Rides Away&#8221; was his farewell tour, but he&#8217;s still recording music and performing when it pleases him.<\/p>\n<p>9. <strong>Glen Campbell Fights Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease.<\/strong> He was already battling the disease when he went public in 2011. The Rhinestone Cowboy left us two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>10. <strong>Chris Stapleton&#8217;s 2015 CMA Awards Night Catapults Him into Superstardom.<\/strong> Hopefully, you were watching that night when he went from hard-working country singer to &#8220;Why is this guy not a superstar?&#8221; The good news? He is now.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2iB-BOCM2tg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boot listed the &#8220;10 Most Unforgettable Country Music Moments of the 2010s.","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":12337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"No","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[340,67,252,1122,1619,1618,1616,554,177,250,1617],"class_list":["post-12335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-chris-stapleton","tag-garth-brooks","tag-george-strait","tag-glen-campbell","tag-joey-rory","tag-joey-feek","tag-justin-timberlake","tag-randy-travis","tag-route-91-harvest-festival","tag-taylor-swift","tag-troy-gentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 15:06:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2020\/01\/10-most-unforgettable-country-music-moments-of-the-2010s\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12336,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12335\/revisions\/12336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}