From sold out stadium shows to albums that play for nearly two hours, Morgan Wallen is doing things big, to say the least. It’s why we’ve included him on our list of modern country artists who are important to the genre. A native of Sneedsville, Tenn., the country hitmaker was not destined to do music. In fact, he had a dream of playing baseball professionally until an injury sidelined him, thus making way for a musical pivot. The move wasn’t completely out of left field (pun totally intended).