The Boot Staff

The connection between a country music legend and the football icon is a surprising one.

On Oct. 15, 1969, Cash took home a record-setting five CMA Awards, including the night's highest honor, Entertainer of the Year.

Fall is upon us, which means it's time for football, cool nights, cozy scarves and sweaters ... and pumpkin everything.

Country legend Williams was born on Sept. 17, 1923.

On Sept. 15, 2003, Lambert signed a record deal with Epic Records, a few months after coming in third on 'Nashville Star'.

On Sept. 14, 1979, Rogers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

On Sept. 13, 2009, Swift's acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards for "You Belong With Me" was infamously interrupted by Kanye West.

Celebrate the good times!

On Sept. 12, 2003, Cash passed away after suffering complications from diabetes.

He's is nothing less than a national treasure and an absolute legend in not just the country genre but music as a whole.

They may be stars now, but some of country music's most popular performers really paid their dues in their early days.

Nothing beats a cool country soundtrack to crank up while you're exploring those wide-open spaces in your chosen mode of transportation.