The official show title is “Bakersfield & Beyond: Music for Mavericks, Outlaws, and Romantics.” Tonight we explored the Outlaws. In some way, the guys over in Bakersfield were Outlaws because they did music outside of the Nashville norm. However, the folks associated with Outlaw Country were a bit scruffier and longer of hair than their more polished counterparts in Nashville, or even in Bakersfield.
There are a couple of stories about where the term “Outlaw Country” came from. One is that David Allan Coe was a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club. The other is that it came from the Lee Clayton song “Ladies Love Outlaw” sung by Waylon Jennings. However, the term came in to being, there is no doubt that Outlaw Country is a whole lot more rocking that the country coming out of Nashville then or now.
Artist | Cut | Album | Label |
Tim Hus | Bakersfield Music | Bush Pilot Buckaroo | Stony Plain Records |
The Allman Brothers Band | Ramblin’ Man | Best of the Allman Brothers | universal records |
Bob Dylan | Outlaw Blues | Bringing It All Back Home | Columbia |
Dan Covill | Outlaw Country | Outlaw Country – Single | Crystal Records |
Dan Fogelberg | The OutLaw | Analogue Pathways | Sony Music Entertainment |
Lynyrd Skynyrd | Gimme Three Steps | The Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd | Geffen |
The Marshall Tucker Band | Can’t You See | Outlaw Country | Legacy Recordings |
Molly Hatchet | Flirtin’ With Disaster | Greatest Hits | Deadline Music |
Waylon Jennings | Ladies Love Outlaws | The Essential Waylon Jennings | Sony Music Entertainment |
Waylon Jennings | Honky Tonk Heroes | Honky Tonk Heroes | RCA Records Label Nashville |
Waylon Jennings | Dont You Think This Outlaw Bit’s Done Got Out of Hand | The Essential Waylon Jennings | Sony Music Entertainment |
Wes St. Jon | Oilfield Outlaw | Oilfield Cowboy | Star-Key Records |
Johnny Cash with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings & Kris Kristofferson | Highwayman | The Essential Johnny Cash | Columbia/Legacy |
Hank Williams III | Country Heroes | Straight to Hell | Bruc Records |
Emmylou Harris | Luxury Liner | Luxury Liner | Warner Bros. |
Neko Case | Lady Pilot | Blacklisted | Anti/Epitaph |
David Allan Coe | Need a Little Time Off for Bad Behavior | The Essential David Allan Coe | Sony |
Dennis Olson | Truck Drivin’ Outlaw | Super 16 Hits: Keep On Truckin’ | K-Tel |
Hank Williams Jr. | Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound | That’s How We Do It in Dixie | Curb |
Jackson Taylor & The Sinners | Outlaw Women | Dark Days | Smith Entertainment |
Johnny Cash | I Walk The Line | Cash/The Legend | Sony/BMG |
Gretchen Wilson | Here For The Party | The Very Best of Outlaw Country | MCA |
Hank Williams Jr. | All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight | The Very Best of Outlaw Country | MCA |
Jessi Colter | Why You Been Gone So Long | Outlaw Country | Legacy Recordings |
Jessi Colter and Waylon Jennings | Suspicious MInds | Wanted! Outlaws | BMG Entertainment |
Johnny Paycheck | The Outlaw’s Prayer | The Soul & the Edge – The Best of Johnny Paycheck | Epic/legacy |
Hank Williams | Ramblin’ Man | 40 Greatest Hits | mercury |
Jimmie Rodgers | Blue Yodel # 8 (Muleskinner Blues) | Blue Yodel – the Recorded Legacy | Synergie OMP |
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers | Make It Last | North of Bakersfield | Dionysus |