ZZ Top
That little ol' band from Texas.
Three Texans, beards, blues. Billy Gibbons plays guitar like he's spent a lifetime listening to John Lee Hooker and Lightnin' Hopkins because he has. 'Tres Hombres,' 'Eliminator' — boogie, blues, and the slyest groove in southern rock.
- Lightnin' Hopkins
- Muddy Waters
- John Lee Hooker
- The Allman Brothers Band
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
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.