The '80s were a transitional decade for country music: a time when artists could try out different styles and approaches -- and, by extension, adopt new traditions that would come to reverberate in the '90s and beyond.
From epic duets between Kelly Clarkson and her mother-in-law Reba McEntire to the decades-spanning career of the Judds, moms and daughters rule in country music.
Today, Naomi Judd is one of the most highly regarded country singers of her generation. But before she and daughter Wynonna Judd released their successful debut EP, Wynonna & Naomi, in 1983, she struggled to pay the bills.