CMT Awards Makeover: Today's Stars with Throwback Hair

People Country

By Alison Schwartz

06/04/2014 at 07:00 AM EDT

Like peanut butter and jelly or, say, the Internet and cat videos, country music and major hair just go together.

And while today's crop of Nashville regulars put plenty of time (read: hairspray) into their dos, we'd really like to see these singers return to the genre's roots (pun intended).

Ahead of Wednesday's CMT Music Awards, we're playing stylist for the female video of the year nominees to imagine what they'd look like rocking the styles and, more importantly, hair of yesteryear.

Carrie Underwood + Dolly Parton = Dollie Parwood

Carrie Underwood + Dolly Parton = Dollie Parwood

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Cassadee Pope + Kitty Wells = Kittadee Wope

Cassadee Pope + Kitty Wells = Kittadee Wope

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Kacey Musgraves + Reba McEntire = Recey McGraves

Kacey Musgraves + Reba McEntire = Recey McGraves

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Miranda Lambert + Bonnie Raitt = Bonnanda Rambert

Miranda Lambert + Bonnie Raitt = Bonnanda Rambert

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Sheryl Crow + Loretta Lynn = Loryl Low

Sheryl Crow + Loretta Lynn = Loryl Low

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Taylor Swift + Patsy Cline = Patlor Clift

Taylor Swift + Patsy Cline = Patlor Clift

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