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Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer, songwriter and activist.Baez has a distinctive vocal style, with a strong vibrato. Her recordings include many topical songs and material dealing with social issues.Baez began her career performing in coffeehouses in Boston and Cambridge, and rose to fame as an unbilled performer ... ... ( read more! ) ... Browne was born October 9, 1948, in Heidelberg, Germany, where his father Clyde Jack Browne, an American serviceman, was stationed for his job assignment with the Stars and Stripes newspaper. Brownes mother, Beatrice Amanda (ne Dahl), was a Minnesota native of Norwegian ancestry. Browne has three siblings. Roberta "Berbie" Browne was born in 1946 i ... ... ( read more! ) .John R. "Johnny" Cash (born J. R. Cash February 26, 1932 September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Although he is primarily remembered as a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock ... ... ( read more! ) ... Michael Cimino (February 3, 1939 July 2, 2016) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for writing and directing The Deer Hunter and Heavens Gate, the latter of which was initially poorly received before being re-assessed positively in subsequent decades. ... ... ( read more! ) ... Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker and artist. As a young man, Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1954, and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). During th ... ... ( read more! ) Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 - September 28, 2024) was an American country singer, songwriter, and actor. Among his songwriting credits are "Me and Bobby McGee," "For the Good Times," "Sunday Mornin Comin Down," and "Help Me Make It Through the Night," all of which were hits for other artists.In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country ... ... ( read more! ) Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist. Nelson was one of the main figures of the Outlaw Movement, a subgenre of Country music that developed between the end of 1960s and early 1980s. The critical success of the albums Shotgun Willie, Phases and Stages, and the commercial ... ... ( read more! ) Robert John "Bob" Neuwirth was an American folk singer, songwriter, record producer, and visual artist. He was noted for being the road manager and associate of Bob Dylan, as well as the co-writer of Janis Joplins hit song "Mercedes Benz". ... ... ( read more! ) John Prine (October 10, 1946 April 7, 2020) was an American country folk singer-songwriter. He was active as a composer, recording artist, and live performer from the early 1970s until his death, and was known for an often humorous style of country music that has elements of protest and social commentary. ... ... ( read more! ) Alan Steven Rudolph (born 18 December 1943) is an American film director and screenwriter.Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Rudolph, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ... ... ( read more! ) William Lance "Billy" Swan is an American Country singer-songwriter, best known for his 1974 single, "I Can Help". ... ... ( read more! )