List of outlaw country artists

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The following is a list of notable outlaw country artists.

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  2. ↑ Breen, Mike (January 27, 2016). "Sound Advice: Scott H. Biram with Strahan & The Good Neighbors Sunday • Southgate House Revival". CityBeat. Retrieved July 25, 2023. An "Outlaw Country" artist in the truest sense, Biram signed with Bloodshot in 2005
  3. ↑ Ball, Tim (January 8, 2021). "Ed Bruce, country singer who wrote iconic tune, dies at 81". New York Daily News. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  4. ↑ Hahn, Fritz (May 8, 2012). "Get your outlaw country fix with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard at Marx Cafe in Mount Pleasant". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Guy Clark, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductee, Dead at 74". Vulture. May 17, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2023. Clark, who was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004, was long known as a pioneer of the outlaw country subgenre
  6. ↑ Edwards, Gavin (August 30, 2019). "10 Country Albums Rolling Stone Loved in the 1970s You Never Heard". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 25, 2023. Country-rock songwriter Lee Clayton arguably was responsible the term "outlaw country" in 1972
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  10. ↑ Paul, John (June 23, 2017). "STEVE EARLE: SO YOU WANT TO BE AN OUTLAW". PopMatters . Retrieved July 24, 2023. Steve Earle reaffirms his country outlaw status with the appropriately titled, outlaw country primer So You Want to Be an Outlaw.
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  14. 1 2 Brodsky, Rachel (January 12, 2023). "The Story Behind Every Song On Margo Price's New Album Strays". Stereogum . Retrieved July 25, 2023. Price tends to be slotted into the Outlaw Country category by journalists, who liken her to genre pillars Tanya Tucker and Emmylou Harris.
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  21. ↑ Ryan, Stuart (March 25, 2024). "Janis Joplin covered his songs and he was in a supergroup with Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings – Kris Kristofferson is a movie star and outlaw country icon with a classic acoustic style". Guitarworld . Retrieved June 1, 2024.
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  23. ↑ Jensen, Andrew (January 8, 2020). "From alt-rock to outlaw country, Aaron Lewis shares struggles amid success". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved July 25, 2023. Lewis is leaving his performing band the Stateliners behind to share his brand of outlaw country in "its purest form," with only a microphone and his acoustic guitar.
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  29. ↑ Pilley, Max (February 25, 2019). "Orville Peck – The outlaw country singer who believes effort is king". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
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  36. ↑ Hudak, Joseph (October 24, 2020). "Jerry Jeff Walker, Outlaw Country Architect and 'Mr. Bojangles' Songwriter, Dead at 78". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
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