From midday to well after sundown on Friday (Aug. 7), Day 2 of Country on the River 2015 was jam-packed with country music, country music and, yes, more country music.
It's one of the highest forms of flattery in country music, giving a shout out to the artist or artists who helped paved the way for today's country stars.
We've heard such shout outs in songs sung by Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Blake Shelton and Jason Aldean.
The current cutting edge song "1994" by Jason Aldean pays major tribute to one of the pioneers of honky tonk cou