“Six Days” remains in contemporary times one of trucking’s most popular songs -- a decade ago around Overdrive's 50th anniversary, readers voted the track as the No. 1 trucking song of all time. It ...

The story of outlaw country starts in very different places, depending on who is spinning the yarn. Historian Joe Nick Patoski wonders if it all started in 1972, after Willie Nelson’s home outside ...

In his autobiography, Waylon Jennings explained the ethos of Outlaw Country. In his eyes, it wasn’t about crime or being an “outlaw.” Instead, it was about artists going against the grain of the ...

This iconic tune was originally recorded and written by Ed and Patsy Bruce. That version is beautiful, but Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson put together a cover of the tune for their 1978 duet album ...

It's not a genre. And it's not (always) literal. There are hundreds of songs out there with debauchery in the lyrics or raw instrumentation. There are beloved "outlaw" artists who aren't on this list.

With its roots in the '60s and the honky-tonk style forged by Hank Williams, outlaw country music began to snowball in the early '70s as more and more artists bristled against the genre's ...

It was “Truck Driver’s Blues,” performed by the Texas Wanderers and sung by piano player Moon Mullican and at other times by Cliff Bruner, said Todd Uhlman. He’s an assistant professor who’s ...