The Flying Burrito Brothers
Rhinestone suits and broken hearts in the canyon.
Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman walked out of the Byrds and into Nudie suits embroidered with marijuana leaves. 'The Gilded Palace of Sin' (1969) is the foundational country-rock record — pedal steel, Bakersfield twang, and a band that meant every word about cheating, drinking, and the long way home.
- George Jones
- Buck Owens
- The Louvin Brothers
- The Byrds
- Gram Parsons
- Eagles
Pull the thread
USA · 1944 — 1997
Townes Van Zandt
The patron saint of the kitchen-table songwriters.
USA · 1953 — present
Lucinda Williams
Louisiana made audible.
USA · 1978 — present
Sturgill Simpson
Walked into Nashville with a haircut and an attitude.
USA · 1991 — present
Tyler Childers
Appalachia, unfiltered and unembarrassed.
USA · 1988 — present
Sierra Ferrell
Sings like she found the songs in a creek bed.
USA · 1984 — present
Charley Crockett
Keeps the bones, throws out the gristle.
USA · 1979 — present
Jason Isbell
Wrote 'Southeastern' and meant it.
USA · 1983 — present
Margo Price
Outlaw country with a working-class spine.