Outlaw country movement

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The Outlaw country movement was a 1970s country music subgenre and cultural shift in which artists like Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson rejected Nashville’s polished sound in favor of raw, independent, and often rebellious recordings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country music subgenre ⓘ
music movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs outlaw movement in country music ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Austin, Texas ⓘ
linked to: City of Austin

Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ
businessModel greater control over recording process ⓘ
ownership of masters by artists ⓘ
reduced interference from record labels ⓘ
culturalOrigin Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
United States ⓘ
endTime late 1970s ⓘ
genre country music ⓘ
hasCharacteristic anti-establishment themes ⓘ
artistic independence ⓘ
emphasis on personal authenticity ⓘ
raw production style ⓘ
rebellious image ⓘ
rejection of polished Nashville sound ⓘ
songwriter autonomy ⓘ
use of rock instrumentation ⓘ
influenced Americana music ⓘ
linked to: Americana

Red Dirt music ⓘ
linked to: Outlaw country

alt-country ⓘ
modern country rock ⓘ
influencedBy Bakersfield sound ⓘ
folk singer-songwriters ⓘ
rock music of the 1960s ⓘ
mediaLabel outlaw country ⓘ
notableArtist Billy Joe Shaver ⓘ
David Allan Coe ⓘ
Guy Clark ⓘ
Hank Williams Jr. ⓘ
Jerry Jeff Walker ⓘ
Jessie Colter ⓘ
linked to: Jessi Colter

Johnny Cash ⓘ
Kris Kristofferson ⓘ
Merle Haggard ⓘ
Tom T. Hall ⓘ
Towns Van Zandt ⓘ
Waylon Jennings ⓘ
Willie Nelson ⓘ
notableWork Dreaming My Dreams ⓘ
Honky Tonk Heroes ⓘ
Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
The Ramblin’ Man ⓘ
Wanted! The Outlaws ⓘ
opposedTo Nashville sound ⓘ
peakPeriod mid-1970s ⓘ
startTime early 1970s ⓘ
stylisticOrigin Bakersfield sound ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
honky-tonk ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
traditional country ⓘ
typicalTheme alienation from mainstream society ⓘ
drinking and hard living ⓘ
individual freedom ⓘ
law-breaking and outlaws ⓘ
rural working-class life ⓘ

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Waylon Live → associatedWithMovement → Outlaw country movement ⓘ
No Depression → associatedMovement → No Depression movement ⓘ
linked to: Outlaw country movement
Jamey Johnson → hasCreativeInfluenceFrom → outlaw country movement ⓘ
linked to: Outlaw country movement
Storms Never Last → associatedWith → Outlaw country movement ⓘ
subject linked to: "Storms Never Last"
You Asked Me To → associatedWithMovement → Outlaw country movement ⓘ