Category
page 1Outlaw country singers

Johnny Cash
American country singer (1932–2003)
Willie Nelson
American country musician (born 1933)
Kris Kristofferson
American country singer, songwriter and actor (1936-2024)

Emmylou Harris
American singer, songwriter and musician
Waylon Jennings
American country musician (1937–2002)

Shel Silverstein
American poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and children's writer (1930-1999)

Merle Haggard
American country music songwriter, singer, and musician (1937–2016)
Chris Stapleton
American country musician
Hank Williams Jr.
American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1949)

David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe was an American singer and songwriter. Coe took up music after spending much of his early life in reform schools and prisons, and first became notable for busking in Nashville. He initially played mostly in the blues style, before transitioning to country music, becoming a major part of the 1970s outlaw country scene. His biggest hits include "You Never Even Called Me by My Name", "Longhaired Redneck", "The Ride", "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile", and "She Used to Love Me a Lot".
Aaron Lewis
American musician
Kinky Friedman
American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and columnist (1944–2024)
Billy Joe Shaver
American country singer (1939–2020)
Jerry Jeff Walker
American country singer (1942–2020)
Ed Bruce
American country music songwriter and singer (1939–2021)
Travis Tritt
American singer
Jessi Colter
American country singer
Shooter Jennings
American musician and record producer
Sammi Smith
American country singer (1943–2005)
Ben Hoffman
American comedian and musician from Kentucky
Johnny Paycheck
American country singer (1938–2003)
Terry Allen
American conceptual artist and musician (born 1943)
Nikki Lane
American singer-songwriter
Jamey Johnson
American country musician

Ray Wylie Hubbard
American musician
Blaze Foley
American country singer and songwriter (1949-1989)
Scott H. Biram
American country musician
Lee Clayton
American songwriter and musician (1942–2023)