, natural jump from the Appalachian ballads and reels they already loved to traditional country music. The resulting hybrid was called country-rock, but it was the flip-side of the Outlaws coin. Whether they were honky-tonkers embracing rock or rockers embracing honky-tonk, they created a new kind of country music that resonated with the Confederate Diaspora, the descendants of ...
was an attack on the slick countrypolitan sound that had polished all the rough edges off country music, but it was also an admission that Jennings and his fellow Outlaws had added some rough edges that Hank Sr. had never dreamed of. Jennings didn’t sound like Hank Sr. but he was working the same job: providing down-to-earth songs for working-class ...
first and second and stardom a distant third, and was the graduate school for some of the finest country songwriters of the 1970s. Introduction | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country Styles & Forms | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country ...
, and its alumni include bassist Tony Garnier, fiddler Link Davis, singer Mary Ann Price and steel guitarist Cindy Cashdollar. Styles & Forms | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country Personalities | Johnny Bush | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country ...
but the son left plenty of space for the father’s storytelling; the result was some of the best country-rock of the 1990s. Styles & Forms | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country Personalities | Shel Silverstein | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country ...
back to cut the more obviously country projects John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline, which helped kick off the country-rock movement. Styles & Forms | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country Personalities | The Eagles | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country ...
some cohesion with his annual Volunteer Jam charity concerts, but he gradually became more conservative in his music and his politics. Styles & Forms | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country Personalities | The Dillards | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country ...
the sparkly, masked ‘Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy’, and he recorded prison songs and pornographic party records in addition to his country fare. Styles & Forms | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country Personalities | Jessi Colter | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country ...
and he revived his career in 1990 by co-founding the Texas Tornadoes supergroup with Flaco Jimenez, Augie Meyers and Doug Sahm. Styles & Forms | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country Personalities | The Flatlanders | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country ...
voted CMA’s Entertainer Of The Year in 1987, and he became the official singer of television’s Monday Night Football in 1989. Styles & Forms | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country Personalities | Steve Young | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country ...
Hazel Dickens and was lionized by critics, Talley sold few records and turned to selling real estate late in his career. Styles & Forms | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country Personalities | Townes Van Zandt | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country ...
introduced unknown songwriters such as Guy Clark, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Gary P. Nunn and Michael Martin Murphey to the world. Styles & Forms | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country Personalities | The White Brothers | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country ...
recordings and often sang duets with her, but Colter’s biggest moment was her 1975 No. 1 hit, ‘I’m Not Lisa’. Styles & Forms | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country Personalities | Charlie Daniels | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country ...
but his remarkable songs were eagerly recorded by everyone from Tammy Wynette and Johnny Cash to Bonnie Raitt and The Everly Brothers. Styles & Forms | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country Personalities | Linda Ronstadt | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country ...
a lead singer and scoring five Top 20 country singles between 1968 and 1972, including 1969’s ‘You Gave Me A Mountain’. Styles & Forms | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country Personalities | The Byrds | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country ...
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