Outlaw country would likely not be what it is today without contributions from famed country singer Merle Haggard. He really embodied the lifestyle. He was formerly incarcerated, and much of his music ...

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 ...

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 ...