Waylon Jennings
Built the outlaw template and refused to let Nashville own it.
Waylon played bass for Buddy Holly, lost a coin toss that saved his life, and spent the next forty years making the kind of records that gave a name to a movement. 'Honky Tonk Heroes' is the Genesis of outlaw country.
- Hank Williams
- Buddy Holly
- Bob Dylan
- Willie Nelson
- The Highwaymen
- Jessi Colter
Waylon Jennings on tape
Late-night listening. Hit play and let it run.
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.