Wanted! The Outlaws (Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser)

What is outlaw country? Is it the raw and rugged wild spirit, like in Hank Williams? Is it Johnny Cash playing at Folsom Prison? Or is it just a moniker used to ground a new generation of country artists that could thrive outside of the country music machine? Some would say it's the latter, but it's really a combination of the three. Before the 70s, if you were a country artist, you followed somewhat of a formula. You wrote songs that were of a certain length or a certain tone and continued to crank them out for the studio if you wanted to get radio play. This infamously ruffled the feathers of some of the greatest artists of the time, but they mostly had to just endure in spite of it. By the time the 1970s rolled around though, the rising stars of country were sick of it. The story of going to Nashville, selling your songs for enough money to eat, then seeing the money that your songs brings the artist and the studio was getting old fast. And Willie Nelson, someone that thrived on unconventional songwriting, was getting shut out by the industry each time he tried to do something different. Frustrated with RCA's response to his album "Yesterday's Wine" in 1972, Willie actually formally retired from music, but it was short lived. Waylon Jennings was also going through the Nashville music machine at the time, and by 1976 it was time to make a statement. They would not follow the arcane country rules that held them back. They would be free. They would be outlaws... with Brad, Jon, and Jake the Snake Foster!

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