In some respects, the Country Music Association has always done better than a lot of organizations within the "Nashville machine" at incorporating women into its mission.
Singer/songwriter Bobbie Gentry who wrote the classic "Ode to Billy Jo" and the Reba McEntire classic "Fancy" is being honored with a marker on the Mississippi State Country Music Trail. These markers help country music fans retrace the steps and lives of Mississippians who have made country music history. Bobbie Gentry is one of those very people that are meant to be honored a