List of outlaw country artists explained

The following is a list of notable outlaw country artists.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Daniel Antopolsky: the drifter who swapped country music for chickens. Hann . Michael . April 30, 2018 . The Guardian . 2023-07-25.
  2. Web site: Sound Advice: Scott H. Biram with Strahan & The Good Neighbors Sunday • Southgate House Revival . Breen . Mike . January 27, 2016. CityBeat . 2023-07-25 . An "Outlaw Country" artist in the truest sense, Biram signed with Bloodshot in 2005.
  3. Web site: Ed Bruce, country singer who wrote iconic tune, dies at 81. Ball. Tim. January 8, 2021. New York Daily News. 2023-07-20.
  4. News: Get your outlaw country fix with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard at Marx Cafe in Mount Pleasant . Hahn . Fritz . May 8, 2012 . The Washington Post . 2023-07-24.
  5. Web site: Guy Clark, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductee, Dead at 74 . May 17, 2016 . Vulture . 2023-07-25. Clark, who was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004, was long known as a pioneer of the outlaw country subgenre.
  6. 10 Country Albums Rolling Stone Loved in the 1970s You Never Heard . Edwards. Gavin. August 30, 2019 . Rolling Stone. 2023-07-25. Country-rock songwriter Lee Clayton arguably was responsible the term "outlaw country" in 1972.
  7. News: Songwriter's Racist Songs From 1980's Haunt Him . Neil . Strauss . September 4, 2000 . . 2023-07-25.
  8. Web site: Jessi Colter Biography by Jason Ankeny . Ankeny . Jason . . 2023-07-25.
  9. News: Stegall . Tim . December 3, 2021 . Beaumonster: A Memoir by Jesse Dayton . 2024-03-12 . Austin Chronicle . en-US.
  10. Web site: STEVE EARLE: SO YOU WANT TO BE AN OUTLAW. Paul . John . June 23, 2017 . . 2023-07-24. Steve Earle reaffirms his country outlaw status with the appropriately titled, outlaw country primer So You Want to Be an Outlaw..
  11. Web site: An Unapologetic Insurgent, Kinky Friedman Ponders 'Resurrection' In Later Life. Zimmerman . Lee . December 29, 2019 . American Songwriter . 2023-07-25 . If Kinky Friedman had done nothing more than share his daring and defiant brand of outlaw country in the early '70s and merely mined his associations with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson as part of that celebrity circle, it likely would have been enough to ensure his immortality..
  12. Web site: ETHAN HAWKE DIRECTS 'BLAZE,' TRUE STORY OF OUTLAW COUNTRY ARTIST BLAZE FOLEY. Jordan . Marsha . October 2, 2018. ABC7 Chicago . 2023-07-25.
  13. Web site: Meredith Ochs' Top 10 CDs of 2005. Ochs. Meredith . December 17, 2005. . 2023-07-25. NPR music reviewer Meredith Ochs shares her picks for the year's best CDs, from the "sacred-meets-profane" rock of the White Stripes to outlaw country singer Merle Haggard..
  14. Web site: Outlaw Country Singer Randy Howard Dies in Shootout With Bounty Hunter . Whitaker . Sterling . June 11, 2015 . Taste of Country. 2023-07-25.
  15. Web site: Ray Wylie Hubbard talks new album, collaborations, getting kidnapped by Willie Nelson . Kelly . Lauren. July 16, 2020. Houston Life . 2023-07-25 . His sound is described as outlaw country blending sounds of country, rock and roll, blues and folk music..
  16. Web site: Shooter Jennings Bringing Outlaw Country Tunes to Gruene Hall This Weekend . Courtney . James . October 18, 2018 . San Antonio Current . 2023-07-25.
  17. Web site: The 50th anniversary of when Waylon Jennings and Billy Joe Shaver created outlaw country. Scalia . Christopher J. . June 23, 2023 . Washington Examiner . 2023-07-25.
  18. Web site: American Outlaw Country Singer-Songwriter Cody Jinks Journeys Through Time On Latest Record, 'Mercy'. Patania . Matthew . Nov 22, 2021 . Pulse Music Magazine. 2023-07-25.
  19. Web site: On the Beat: Jamey Johnson to bring true outlaw country to Bourbon . October 19, 2018. Lincoln Journal-Star. 2023-07-25.
  20. Web site: Ryan . Stuart . 2024-03-25 . Janis Joplin covered his songs and he was in a supergroup with Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings – Kris Kristofferson is a movie star and outlaw country icon with a classic acoustic style . 2024-06-01 . Guitarworld.
  21. Outlaw Country Singer Nikki Lane Goes 'All or Nothin' on New Album . Rolling Stone . March 5, 2014 . December 2, 2014 . Newman, Jason.
  22. Web site: From alt-rock to outlaw country, Aaron Lewis shares struggles amid success. Jensen. Andrew. January 8, 2020 . Anchorage Daily News . 2023-07-25. Lewis is leaving his performing band the Stateliners behind to share his brand of outlaw country in "its purest form," with only a microphone and his acoustic guitar..
  23. Web site: Outlaw Country Singer C.W. McCall in Hospice . Howard . Jonathan. February 16, 2022 . Outsider . 2023-07-25.
  24. Web site: Outlaw country singer Wayne Mills dies in bar shooting. Duke. Alan . November 25, 2013 . CNN . 2023-07-25.
  25. Web site: Whitey Morgan brings outlaw country to Bend . McElhiney . Brian . December 6, 2018 . Bend Bulletin . 2023-07-25.
  26. Web site: Lineup For 2023 Outlaw Music Festival. Peacock . Tim . April 25, 2023 . uDiscoverMusic . 2023-07-25.
  27. Johnny PayCheck dies at 64 . Susman . Gary . February 20, 2003. . 2023-07-25.
  28. Web site: Orville Peck – The outlaw country singer who believes effort is king . Pilley . Max . February 25, 2019. Loud and Quiet. 2023-07-25.
  29. Web site: The Story Behind Every Song On Margo Price's New Album Strays . Brodsky . Rachel . January 12, 2023 . . 2023-07-25 . Price tends to be slotted into the Outlaw Country category by journalists, who liken her to genre pillars Tanya Tucker and Emmylou Harris. .
  30. Fraser. Max. 2018. Down in the Hole: Outlaw Country and Outlaw Culture. Southern Cultures. 24. 3. 83–100. 10.1353/scu.2018.0034. 149612754. 1534-1488.
  31. Web site: Outlaw country artist Billy Joe Shaver dead at 81. Hall . Kristen M.. October 28, 2020 . Associated Press. 2023-07-25.
  32. Book: Mellard, Jason. https://books.google.com/books?id=204WBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT129 . Progressive Country:How the 1970s Transformed the Texan in Popular Culture. 2013 . University of Texas Press . 978-0-292-75467-6 . The New Cross Between Baba Ram Dass and Sam Bass.
  33. Book: Tucker. Stephen R.. Sammi Smith. Kingsbury. Paul. McCall. Michael. Rumble. John. The Encyclopedia of Country Music. 2012. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-539563-1. 468. Second.
  34. News: COUNTRY MUSIC'S NEW PAIR OF OUTLAWS . Himes . Geoffrey . August 28, 1996. Washington Post . 2023-07-25 . Tritt was an outsider, playing a mix of Southern rock and outlaw country in Atlanta bar bands before signing a record deal..
  35. News: Outlaw country star gets the respect she deserves in 'The Return of Tanya Tucker' . Murray . Noel. October 20, 2022 . LA Times . 2023-07-25.
  36. Jerry Jeff Walker, Outlaw Country Architect and 'Mr. Bojangles' Songwriter, Dead at 78. Hudak. Joseph . October 24, 2020 . Rolling Stone . 2023-07-25.
  37. Web site: Wheeler Walker, Jr. Biography . Deming . Mark . . 2023-07-25.
  38. Web site: Hank Williams, Jr. Biography . Erlewine. Stephen Thomas . AllMusic . 2023-07-07.
  39. Web site: Meet the New Queer Queen of Outlaw Country. Guerrero . Desiree . April 30, 2020 . . 2023-07-25.
  40. Web site: Hank Williams III Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio . .