DarlingMissMarple, I loved Keith Whitley. I think "Don't Close Your Eyes" is a beautiful song. It's such a shame that he died so young.
I know it isn't actually traditional country music, but I like a lot of the singers from the early to mid nineties that you never hear much about anymore like Travis Tritt, Mark Chesnutt, John Berry, Lonestar, Diamond Rio, Doug Stone, Sammy Kershaw, Hal Ketchum, Tracy Byrd, John Michael Montgomery, and Mindy McCready.