His popularity skyrocketed through the ’70s. But his excessive lifestyle and substance abuse caught up with him. In the end, ...

These outlaw country deep cuts are the rewards you get when you press play on an album from the 1970s and let it go.

Eric Geadelmann trains his camera in tight on the neck of Bruce Robison’s guitar, the shot moving down the frets with the songwriter’s fingers as he winces out a poignant take of Waylon Jennings’ “You ...

Back in the ’70s, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, the iconic rule-breakers who launched the outlaw movement, were redefining country music one twangy hit at a time. Their first major No. 1 to peak ...

This is the bold, loudmouth “Hard Headed Woman” everyone paid to see Saturday night — and they got their money’s worth in the Illinois native’s set that was as much honky-tonk as it was straight ...

A sweeping new documentary series chronicling the origins of outlaw country is headed to Austin for its world premiere. They Called Us Outlaws – The Cosmic Cowboys, Honky Tonk Heroes and Rise of ...

There was a time when the phrase “outlaw country” wasn’t just a slogan to sell blue jeans. Once, it referred to artists who stood outside the traditional lines of the music establishment. Sure, ...

Robert Duvall and Waylon Jennings had a special bond. The outlaw country star’s son Shooter Jennings reflected on it in the immediate aftermath of Duvall’s passing this week. “Oh man! Robert Duvall ...

“This concept has been brewing for 17 years, but it took a 12-year hiatus while I was with Shake Shack,” says Dustin Dykstra. And now that Dykstra has a space to go with the concept, he is “hitting ...

Jim McBride, a former postal worker from Alabama whose ability to write catchy country songs inflected with honky-tonk flair resulted in a long string of hits for artists such as Alan Jackson, Waylon ...