Steve Earle

Steve Earle did for country in the 1980s what Waylon Jennings did for it in the '70s--released it from the shackles of commerciality and overproduction by introducing a bad-ass, rock-friendly outlaw aesthetic. Besides his talents as a singer/songwriter, Earle is a producer/entrepeneur who's worked with many other artists (some on his own label) and helped foster a new wave of progressive country. He's also a dedicated political activist who's done much for a variety of progressive causes.

• Buddy Miller
• Dave Alvin
• Dwight Yoakam
• Jason & The Scorchers
• Joe Henry
• Lucinda Williams
• Lyle Lovett
• Rank & File
• The Beat Farmers
• The Knitters
• The Long Ryders
• The Mavericks
• The Morells
• Uncle Tupelo

• Bob Dylan
• Bruce Springsteen
• David Allan Coe
• David Olney
• Guy Clark
• Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Joe Ely
• John Prine
• Merle Haggard/George Jones/Conway Twitty
• Neil Young
• The Pogues
• The Rolling Stones
• Townes Van Zandt
• Waylon Jennings
• Willie Nelson

• BR5-49
• Charlie Robison
• Cheri Knight
• Chris Knight
• Five Chinese Brothers
• Hadacol
• Jack Ingram/Beat Up Ford Band
• Old 97's
• Robbie Fulks
• The Backsliders
• The Jayhawks
• Whiskeytown
• Wilco

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