Artist	Song
Waylon Jennings	Honky Tonk Heroes
from Honky Tonk Heroes (1990)
Willie Nelson	Whiskey River
from Shotgun Willie (2010)
Guy Clark	Desperadoes Waiting for a Train
from The Essential Guy Clark (1997)
Steve Earle	Copperhead Road
from Ain't Ever Satisfied - The Steve Earle Collection (1996)
Kris Kristofferson	Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
from Kris Kristofferson: Super Hits (1999)
Hank Williams, Jr.	Family Tradition
from Hank Williams, Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (1993)
Willie Nelson	Pancho and Lefty
from Revolutions of Time - The Journey 1975-1993 (1996)
Johnny Paycheck	Take This Job and Shove It
from The Soul & the Edge - The Best of Johnny Paycheck (2002)
David Allan Coe	You Never Even Called Me By My Name
from The Essential David Allan Coe (2004)
The Charlie Daniels Band	Long Haired Country Boy
from The Essential Charlie Daniels Band (2003)
Waylon Jennings	I'm Not Lisa
from Waylon & the Waymore Blues Band - Never Say Die Live! (2000)
Townes Van Zandt	Pancho and Lefty
from A Far Cry from Dead (2009)
Jimmy Dale Gilmore & The Flatlanders	Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown
from The Slaughter Rule (2003)
Billy Joe Shaver	Georgia On a Fast Train
from Hot Tracks: Train Super Hits (1998)
Jerry Jeff Walker	Pissin' In the Wind
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Jerry Jeff Walker (2002)
Shooter Jennings & George Jones	4th of July
from Put the O Back In Country (2005)
Travis Tritt	T-R-O-U-B-L-E
from The Very Best of Travis Tritt (2007)
Hank Williams III	I Don't Know
from Risin' Outlaw (1999)
Sammi Smith	Help Me Make It Through the Night
from The Number 1 Country Collection (2002)
Guy Clark	L.A. Freeway
from The Essential Guy Clark (1997)
Joe Ely	Honky Tonk Masquerade
from The Best of Joe Ely (2000)
Billy Joe Shaver	Try and Try Again
from Billy Joe Shaver: Greatest Hits (2007)
Waylon Jennings	Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
from Ultimate Waylon Jennings (2004)
Johnny Rodriguez	That's the Way Love Goes
from Johnny Rodriguez: The Hits (1997)
Willie Nelson	Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain
from Red Headed Stranger (2000)
Kinky Friedman	Sold American
from Sold American-30Th Anniversary (2006)
Steve Earle	John Walker's Blues
from Jerusalem (2002)
Waylon Jennings	Lonesome, On'ry and Mean
from The Essential Waylon Jennings (2007)
Hank Williams, Jr.	Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound
from Hank Williams, Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (1993)
David Allan Coe	Jack Daniel's, If You Please
from David Allan Coe: 17 Greatest Hits (1985)
Johnny Paycheck	I'm the Only Hell (My Mama Ever Raised)
from The Soul & the Edge - The Best of Johnny Paycheck (2002)
Steve Earle	Hard-Core Troubadour
from I Feel Alright (2008)
David Allan Coe	Drink Canada Dry
from Recommended for Airplay (1999)
Jerry Jeff Walker	Up Against the Wall, Red Neck
from Ultimate Collection: Jerry Jeff Walker (2001)
Kris Kristofferson	Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
from Kristofferson (2001)
Hank Williams III	Blue Devil
from Risin' Outlaw (1999)
Guy Clark	Texas Cookin'
from The Essential Guy Clark (1997)
Willie Nelson	Shotgun Willie
from Shotgun Willie (2010)
Joe Ely	She Never Spoke Spanish to Me
from The Best of Joe Ely (2000)
John Anderson	Black Sheep
from Anthology (2002)
Waylon Jennings	Me and Paul
from Waylon Live (1990)
Shooter Jennings	Solid Country Gold
from Put the O Back In Country (2005)
Jerry Jeff Walker	Like a Coat from the Cold
from Ridin' High (1990)
David Allan Coe	The Ride
from The Essential David Allan Coe (2004)
Willie Nelson	Me and Paul
from Platinum & Gold Collection (2003)
Waylon Jennings	Old Five and Dimers (Like Me)
from Honky Tonk Heroes (1990)
Hank III	I'm a Long Gone Daddy
from Timeless - Hank Williams Tribute (2001)
Jerry Jeff Walker	I Ain't Living Long Like This
from Too Old to Change (2005)
David Allan Coe	Willie, Waylon and Me
from David Allan Coe: 17 Greatest Hits (1985)
Waylon Jennings	Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
from Dreaming My Dreams (2001)
The Highwaymen	If He Came Back Again
from The Road Goes On Forever (10th Anniversary Edition) (2005)
Willie Nelson	Bloody Mary Morning
from The Essential Willie Nelson (1995)
Johnny Rodriguez	Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico
from The Best of Johnny Rodriguez: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection (2006)
Old 97's	King of All the World
from Hit By a Train - The Best of Old 97's (2006)
Hank Williams, Jr.	If You Don't Like Hank Williams
from Hank Williams Jr.: 20 Hits (1995)
Billy Joe Shaver	You Ought to Be With Me When I'm Alone
from The Real Deal (2007)
Jerry Jeff Walker	Comfort and Crazy
from Jerry Jeff (2005)
Tony Joe White & Jessi Colter	Fireflies In the Storm
from The Heroines (2008)
Guy Clark	The Last Gunfighter Ballad
from The Essential Guy Clark (1997)
Cowboy Jack Clement	Dreaming My Dreams With You
from Guess Things Happen That Way (2004)
Shel Silverstein	The Taker
from The Best of Shel Silverstein His Words His Songs His Friends (2005)
Cowboy Jack Clement	Trapped In an Old Country Song
from Guess Things Happen That Way (2004)
Kinky Friedman	Get Your Biscuits In the Oven and Your Buns In Bed
from Sold American-30Th Anniversary (2006)
Billy Joe Shaver	Whiteman's Watermelon
from Salt of the Earth (2000)
Joe Ely	Tennessee's Not the State I'm In
from The Best of Joe Ely (2000)
Kris Kristofferson	From the Bottle to the Bottom
from The Essential Kris Kristofferson (2004)
The Flatlanders	Right Where I Belong
from Now Again (2002)
Shooter Jennings	Busted In Baylor County
from Put the O Back In Country (2005)
Sammi Smith	Birmingham Mistake
from Country Masters: Sammi Smith (2005)
The Flatlanders	Baby Do You Love Me Still?
from Wheels of Fortune (2004)
John Anderson	I Just Came Home to Count the Memories
from John Anderson: Ultimate Hits (2004)
Ray Wylie Hubbard	Screw You, We're from Texas
from Growl (2010)
Sammi Smith	Willie
from Country Masters: Sammi Smith, Vol. 2 (2005)
Townes Van Zandt	Waitin' 'Round to Die
from Rear View Mirror (1997)

Comment:

In the early ’70s, the creative freedom that drove rock ’n’ roll rode into Nashville. Waylon Jennings fired the first shot, taking control of his music from country music’s mafia of producers, writers, and song-pluggers. His example was followed by mavericks like Willie Nelson (“Pancho and Lefty”), Kris Kristofferson (“Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down”), and David Allan Coe (“Drink Canada Dry”), who turned up their amps and played to crowds where hippies and rednecks stood side-by-side. Their predecessors, peers, and progeny are all here, singing the songs that rocked the country establishment to its core. Here, we give you the movement’s pioneers and standard-bearers . . . and if you’re wondering if the outlaw spirit is alive and kickin’ in the 21st century, just cue up Shooter Jennings (son of Waylon and Jessi Colter) on “4th of July” (featuring old-timer George Jones). Those Nashville rules weren’t broke for nothing.

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