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 NERFINISHED
Nashville, Tennessee NERFINISHED
businessModel greater control over recording process
ownership of masters by artists
reduced interference from record labels
culturalOrigin Nashville, Tennessee NERFINISHED
Texas NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Red Dirt music NERFINISHED
alt-country
modern country rock
influencedBy Bakersfield sound NERFINISHED
folk singer-songwriters
rock music of the 1960s
mediaLabel outlaw country
notableArtist Billy Joe Shaver NERFINISHED
David Allan Coe NERFINISHED
Guy Clark NERFINISHED
Hank Williams Jr. NERFINISHED
Jerry Jeff Walker NERFINISHED
Jessie Colter NERFINISHED
Johnny Cash NERFINISHED
Kris Kristofferson NERFINISHED
Merle Haggard NERFINISHED
Tom T. Hall NERFINISHED
Towns Van Zandt NERFINISHED
Waylon Jennings NERFINISHED
Willie Nelson NERFINISHED
notableWork Dreaming My Dreams NERFINISHED
Honky Tonk Heroes NERFINISHED
Red Headed Stranger NERFINISHED
The Ramblin’ Man NERFINISHED
Wanted! The Outlaws NERFINISHED
opposedTo Nashville sound NERFINISHED
peakPeriod mid-1970s
startTime early 1970s
stylisticOrigin Bakersfield sound NERFINISHED
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