Country music lost it’s country back in the early 1960s. In the 1970s it became mostly 1950s rock and roll for a while. I still prefer real country music from the 1930s-1964.
Spade Coley
Bob Wills
Hoyle Nix
Slim Willet
Ray Rogers
Butler Boss
Buddy Walker
Tex Williams
It’s the music I was rocked to sleep by on the High Plains.
But then, music must move on or we would be still listening to variations of 15th century chamber music.
There are a lot of Texans on your list.