Outlaw country movement

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The Outlaw country movement was a 1970s country music subgenre and cultural shift in which artists like Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson rejected Nashville’s polished sound in favor of raw, independent, and often rebellious recordings.

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instanceOf country music subgenre
music movement
alsoKnownAs outlaw movement in country music
associatedWithPlace Austin, Texas
linked to: City of Austin

Nashville, Tennessee
businessModel greater control over recording process
ownership of masters by artists
reduced interference from record labels
culturalOrigin Nashville, Tennessee
Texas
United States
endTime late 1970s
genre country music
hasCharacteristic anti-establishment themes
artistic independence
emphasis on personal authenticity
raw production style
rebellious image
rejection of polished Nashville sound
songwriter autonomy
use of rock instrumentation
influenced Americana music
linked to: Americana

Red Dirt music
linked to: Outlaw country

alt-country
modern country rock
influencedBy Bakersfield sound
folk singer-songwriters
rock music of the 1960s
mediaLabel outlaw country
notableArtist Billy Joe Shaver
David Allan Coe
Guy Clark
Hank Williams Jr.
Jerry Jeff Walker
Jessie Colter
linked to: Jessi Colter

Johnny Cash
Kris Kristofferson
Merle Haggard
Tom T. Hall
Towns Van Zandt
Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson
notableWork Dreaming My Dreams
Honky Tonk Heroes
Red Headed Stranger
The Ramblin’ Man
Wanted! The Outlaws
opposedTo Nashville sound
peakPeriod mid-1970s
startTime early 1970s
stylisticOrigin Bakersfield sound
folk music
honky-tonk
rock and roll
traditional country
typicalTheme alienation from mainstream society
drinking and hard living
individual freedom
law-breaking and outlaws
rural working-class life

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Waylon Live associatedWithMovement Outlaw country movement
No Depression associatedMovement No Depression movement
linked to: Outlaw country movement
Jamey Johnson hasCreativeInfluenceFrom outlaw country movement
linked to: Outlaw country movement
Storms Never Last associatedWith Outlaw country movement
subject linked to: "Storms Never Last"
You Asked Me To associatedWithMovement Outlaw country movement