In the late ’70s, country got a makeover—or perhaps, more aptly, a makeunder. For the last decade or so, the Nashville scene had brought a glitz and glamour that purists thought sullied the spirit of ...
On this day (November 24) in 1976, Wanted! The Outlaws became the first country album to receive Platinum certification. The album, released by RCA to capitalize on the popularity of the Outlaw ...
The outlaw country movement had already been in full swing for a few years when Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser and Jessi Colter united to release Wanted! The Outlaws. But this project ...
Fifty-something years after Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, Tompall Glaser Jerry Jeff Walker and a whole host of others set up the framework for outlaw country, the movement is alive ...
Waylon Jennings died in 2002 at the age of 64, one year after being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Throughout his career, he remained an honest artist fighting to record his music the ...
According to drummer Tony Mazzone, one of the founders of Mason Dixon Line, the band experimented with other forms of country music before deciding to focus on what resonated most with the people who ...