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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 commercialism, social conventions and the slick and shiny “Nashville Sound.”
When most people think of outlaw country, they think of Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, David Allan Coe and Merle Haggard.
These titans of the subgenre propelled the movement — both individually, and in some cases, collaboratively — by recording songs that they’d often written themselves, and featured production that more closely mirrored a live performance experience in comparison to the pop-influenced studio sound popular in Music City recording studios.
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The term outlaw country and its parameters solidified across the late ’60s and early ’70s, making it hard to pinpoint an early start date.
But the term likely came into popular usage thanks to the song “Ladies Love Outlaws,” originally by Lee Clayton, after Jennings released his version in 1972.
In the years leading up to the ’70s, Jennings had grown progressively more disillusioned with Nashville’s country music industry and the limits it imposed on how he presented himself and the kind of music he recorded.
Read More: The Best Waylon Jennings Songs Show His Outlaw Side
Jennings had been a top earner for RCA Records in the ’60s, but in 1972, he hired a new manager named Neil Reshen to help him reject the label’s resigning terms and forge greater artistic control.
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Around that same time, per Holler, Kris Kristofferson was preparing to release his first studio album, and he was similarly leery of caving to record labels’ restrictions or produce a conventional Nashville sound. Other artists, like Nelson, were also running into friction with the industry’s limits, too.
Wanted! The Outlaws
On Jan. 12, 1976, Waylon Jennings, Tompell Glaser, Willie Nelson and Jessi Colter released a compilation album called Wanted! The Outlaws.
Many of the songs had already been released in the years before that point, often by other artists such as Billy Jo Shaver, Steve Earl, Buck Owens and Jimmie Rodgers. Also featured was a cover of “Suspicious Minds,” which was written and recorded by Mark James but popularized by Elvis Presley.
The project served as a capsule of what outlaw country music sounded like at the time. It also proved that this daring, experimental subgenre could be commercially successful despite rebelling against the existing tropes and formula of Music City.
It became the first country music album in history to be platinum certified, meaning it reached sales of a million units.
Creative freedom was a hallmark of outlaw country when it came to lyrical subject matter, too. In this list, you’ll find a lot of lines about travel and the open road, more than a few about drugs and some that don’t make any attempt at all to hide their contempt for the Nashville powers that be.
Though some artists, such as Coe and Johnny Paycheck, served jail time before ascending to stardom, this movement wasn’t specifically about being a literal outlaw.
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The label applied more broadly to artists who rejected the status quo, who wanted to side step Nashville’s country hit formula of the day in order to fulfill their own artist-driven, independent vision.
(That being said, the outlaws sure did break or bend the law a lot: But those are stories for another day.)
Keep reading for Taste of Country’s recap of 30 songs that defined the first iteration of the outlaw country movement. Most of these classics were released in the ’70s, though some came out in the ’80s and ’90s, and one or two even released in the 2000s.
What you’ll find here is an essential songbook, and not an attempt to define what counts as outlaw country music today. It turns out, trying to pinpoint an outlaw sound in 2026 is a bit of a complicated endeavor, and deserves an examination all its own.
Keep watching Taste of Country for more on that later, and for now, read on to revisit the 30 songs that define the outlaw country movement.
With its roots in the ’60s and the honky-tonk style forged by Hank Williams, outlaw country music began to snowball in the ’70s as more and more artists bristled against the genre’s commercialism, social conventions and the slick and shiny “Nashville Sound.”
Though some artists like Johnny Paycheck and David Allan Coe had served jail time before their success, the “outlaw” label applied more broadly to those artists who rejected the status quo in Nashville. Many of the definitive songs of the movement speak directly to that rebellion, while others simply embody an artist-driven, independent musical vision that sidestepped Nashville’s country hit formula of the day.
Keep reading for a round-up of 30 songs that define the outlaw country movement.
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Orsted shares jumped Tuesday after a U.S. judge ruled that work could resume at the company’s Revolution Wind project off the coast of Rhode Island.
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James Harden passed Shaquille O’Neal for ninth place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.
The LA Clippers guard made a 3-pointer early in the third quarter Monday night against the Charlotte Hornets at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, pushing his career total to 28,598 points in his 1,187th regular-season game. O’Neal had 28,596 points in 1,207 games over 19 years.
“Shaquille O’Neal, somebody that I literally grew up watching here in L.A.,” Harden said. “Him and Kobe [Bryant] doing their thing, winning multiple championships, the most dominant big man in the history of the game. It’s a true honor, it’s a testament to the work that I put in.”
Harden, who began the night 14 points behind O’Neal, finished with 32 points and 10 assists in the Clippers’ 117-109 win against the Hornets. He had 13 points in the first half — including 11 in the first quarter — and scored 11 in the third and eight in the fourth to increase his scoring total to 28,614.
Harden entered the night averaging 25.6 points per game, his highest average since the 2019-20 season (34.3 points per game) when he won the last of three straight league scoring titles.
Harden, who began the game with 28,582 career points in his 17th season, faces a steep climb to the next spot. Wilt Chamberlain is eighth with 31,419 points, in just 1,045 games over 14 years. LeBron James is the all-time leader with 42,601 points entering his game with the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday. Following him are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Dirk Nowitzki and Kevin Durant.
Harden recently moved up to 12th on the all-time assists list (8,604). The 11-time All-Star also ranks second in 3-pointers made (3,291), behind Stephen Curry.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a crime with a lasting impact. And often, sex crimes can take years to get reported. “There’s a lot of times that a 13-year-old is too afraid to come forward. And by the time they’ve gotten the courage up to come forward, the statute of limitations has expired, and there is […]
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ROME — Pope Leo XIV met with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado in a private audience at the Vatican on Monday, during which the Venezuelan leader asked him to intercede for the release of hundreds of political prisoners held in the Latin American country.
The meeting, which hadn’t been previously included in the list of Leo’s planned appointments, was later listed by the Vatican in its daily bulletin, without adding details.
Machado is touring Europe and the United States after she reemerged in December after 11 months in hiding to accept her Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.
“Today I had the blessing and honor of being able to share with His Holiness and express our gratitude for his continued support of what is happening in our country,” Machado said in a statement following the meeting.
“I also conveyed to him the strength of the Venezuelan people who remain steadfast and in prayer for the freedom of Venezuela, and I asked him to intercede for all Venezuelans who remain kidnapped and disappeared,” she added.
Machado also held talks with Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, who was Nuncio in Venezuela from 2009 to 2013.
Pope Leo has called for Venezuela to remain an independent country after U.S. forces captured former President Nicolás Maduro in his compound in Caracas and took him to New York to face federal charges of drug-trafficking.
Leo had said he was following the developments in Venezuela with “deep concern,” and urged the protection of human and civil rights in the Latin American country.
Venezuela’s opposition, backed by consecutive Republican and Democratic administrations in the U.S., had vowed for years to immediately replace Maduro with one of their own and restore democracy to the oil-rich country. But U.S. President Donald Trump delivered them a heavy blow by allowing Maduro’s vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, to assume control.
Meanwhile, most opposition leaders, including Machado, are in exile or prison.
After winning the 2025 Nobel Prize for Peace, Machado said she’d like to give it to or share with Trump.
Machado dedicated the prize to Trump, along with the people of Venezuela, shortly after it was announced. Trump has coveted and openly campaigned for winning the Nobel Prize himself since his return to office in January 2025.
The organization that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize — the Norwegian Nobel Institute — said, however, that once it’s announced, the prize can’t be revoked, transferred or shared with others.
“The decision is final and stands for all time,” it said in a short statement last week.
Found by a source on Reddit, user u/After_masterpiece533 posted that the Album Of The Year website had a brand new release for Poison The Well that very much has not been announced yet. While whispers have been floating about ever since the band started posting cryptic teasers on their socials and Ticketmaster accidentally leaked a handful of tour dates for this year, this is the first real piece of information – if true – available about the rumoured record.
Called Peace in Place, slated for release on March 20th of this year, it’s going to be released via Sharptone Records and has ten tracks. And according to the same user, the new single will be out tomorrow, because it’s already released in New Zealand.
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It should be noted that there is only one contributor listed for this new album information – first name, Austyn – and as much as this is most likely correct information, take it with a grain of salt until the band or record label confirms it.
The leaked Poison The Well tour dates are also as follows, which would coincide with a March 20th album release date:
March 20th – Miami, FL @ Las Rosas
March 21st – Ft. Lauderdale @ Culture Room
March 23rd – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
March 24th – Winter Park, FL @ Conduit
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Deliveries of Volkswagen-branded vehicles in 2025 fell 1.4% on year as the market environment in China remained challenging while U.S. tariffs hit demand in North America.
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PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers will once again head into an offseason where he will have to make a decision about his future in the NFL.
Rodgers’ 21st season came to a crashing halt on Monday night after the Texans scored 23 points in the fourth quarter en route to a 30–6 win over the Steelers in the AFC wild card round. The 42-year-old watched the game’s final drive from the sideline after throwing a pick-six on what could possibly be the final throw of his Hall of Fame career.
“I’m not going to make any emotional decisions at this point,” Rodgers said when asked if this game will impact his decision. “It was such a fun year. … Been a great year overall in my life, and this has been a really good part of that, coming here and being a part of this team. It’s disappointing to be sitting here with the season over.”
Rodgers alluded to this likely being his final season shortly after he signed a one-year deal with the Steelers. There have been rumblings, however, that Rodgers might be open to playing another season for Pittsburgh given his and the team’s success during the regular season, which included an AFC North title.
“Just get away and have the right conversations,” he said when asked what his process will be in terms of making a decision.
While he didn’t open up about his future, Rodgers did express appreciation and gratitude for what could have been his lone season with the Steelers. After two turbulent seasons in New York, Rodgers had a largely successful year in Pittsburgh that culminated with his first trip to the postseason since 2021, his second-to-last season with the Packers.
“I was fortunate to play in an incredible football city for 18 years and never took it for granted and enjoyed that time there,” he said. “This has been a really beautiful backend to the first 18, to be able to be here for a year. This is a special place. It’s got tradition, it’s got excellence, it’s got all-time greats. You just look around the stadium tonight, just to see the fans. There wasn’t a big splattering of Texans fans, and there’s a lot to be said for that.
“There are only a few really special places in the league that have the tradition and the town and the organization, and I’m thankful to have played for two of them.”
Prior to Rodgers’ press conference, Steelers running back Jaylen Warren was asked if he wants Rodgers to come back next season. Warren didn’t hesitate before giving his answer.
“Yeah, I do,” he said. “It was definitely an honor to play with a guy like that, a future Hall of Famer. I enjoyed it.”
Mobile phones in Iran were able to call abroad Tuesday after a crackdown on nationwide protests in which the internet and international calls were cut.Several people in Tehran were able to call The Associated Press and speak to a journalist there. The AP bureau in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was unable to call those numbers back.Video above: Donald Trump says Iran wants to negotiate with the U.S. after his threat to strike the countryIranians said text messaging appeared to remain down, and witnesses said the internet remained cut off from the outside world.Iran cut off the internet and calls on Thursday as protests intensified.U.S. President Donald Trump has said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its crackdown on protesters that activists said had killed at least 646 people.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, speaking to the Qatar-funded satellite news network Al Jazeera in an interview aired Monday night, said he continued to communicate with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff.The communication “continued before and after the protests and are still ongoing,” Araghchi said. However, “Washington’s proposed ideas and threats against our country are incompatible.”White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Iran’s public rhetoric diverges from the private messaging the administration has received from Tehran in recent days.Video below: Scenes from the Los Angeles protest in support of the Iranian people“I think the president has an interest in exploring those messages,” Leavitt said. “However, with that said, the president has shown he’s unafraid to use military options if and when he deems necessary, and nobody knows that better than Iran.”Meanwhile, pro-government demonstrators flooded the streets Monday in support of the theocracy, a show of force after days of protests directly challenging the rule of 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian state television aired chants from the crowd, which appeared to number in the tens of thousands, who shouted “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!”Others cried out, “Death to the enemies of God!” Iran’s attorney general has warned that anyone taking part in protests will be considered an “enemy of God,” a death-penalty charge.
Mobile phones in Iran were able to call abroad Tuesday after a crackdown on nationwide protests in which the internet and international calls were cut.
Several people in Tehran were able to call The Associated Press and speak to a journalist there. The AP bureau in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was unable to call those numbers back.
Video above: Donald Trump says Iran wants to negotiate with the U.S. after his threat to strike the country
Iranians said text messaging appeared to remain down, and witnesses said the internet remained cut off from the outside world.
Iran cut off the internet and calls on Thursday as protests intensified.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its crackdown on protesters that activists said had killed at least 646 people.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, speaking to the Qatar-funded satellite news network Al Jazeera in an interview aired Monday night, said he continued to communicate with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff.
The communication “continued before and after the protests and are still ongoing,” Araghchi said. However, “Washington’s proposed ideas and threats against our country are incompatible.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Iran’s public rhetoric diverges from the private messaging the administration has received from Tehran in recent days.
Video below: Scenes from the Los Angeles protest in support of the Iranian people
“I think the president has an interest in exploring those messages,” Leavitt said. “However, with that said, the president has shown he’s unafraid to use military options if and when he deems necessary, and nobody knows that better than Iran.”
Meanwhile, pro-government demonstrators flooded the streets Monday in support of the theocracy, a show of force after days of protests directly challenging the rule of 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian state television aired chants from the crowd, which appeared to number in the tens of thousands, who shouted “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!”
Others cried out, “Death to the enemies of God!” Iran’s attorney general has warned that anyone taking part in protests will be considered an “enemy of God,” a death-penalty charge.
