in American history and than 25 years of experience teaching at the college level He has written several magazine articles and than a dozen books The history books he has written for a variety of publishers range from An Atlas of the Baby Boomer Generation to Presidents. Kindle outlaws still at large! 2023 His fondness for classic rock music and for Outlaw country from the 1970s and from the current scene led him to write his non fictional saga Outlaws Still at Large In it he discusses the connection between the earlier music the era of Willie Nelson Waylon Jennings and David Allan Coe and the music of today and presents several artist profiles among them Blackberry Smoke Whitey Morgan Wayne Mills Lydia Loveless Neil Alexander Hamilton has a Ph. Fiction outlaws still at large! 2023 in American history and than 25 years of experience teaching at the college level He has written several magazine articles and than a dozen books The history books he has written for a variety of publishers range from An Atlas of the Baby Boomer Generation to Presidents. The outlaws worth watching His fondness for classic rock music and for Outlaw country from the 1970s and from the current scene led him to write his non fictional saga Outlaws Still at Large In it he discusses the connection between the earlier music the era of Willie Nelson Waylon Jennings and David Allan Coe and the music of today and presents several artist profiles among them Blackberry Smoke Whitey Morgan Wayne Mills Lydia Loveless and Jackson Taylor A music CD complements the book Events surrounding Outlaws Still At Large led him in turn to write his fictional account The Fire Inside Music for the Soul Murder for the Demon site_link The first ever book to cover the history of the renegade Outlaw country music movement from its beginnings in the 1970s to its resurgence today Outlaws Still At Large draws from the author s interviews with current artists to reveal a rich vibrant music scene beneath the mainstream Nashville gloss while it shows the trials and adventures of life on the road Hamilton traveled than 20000 miles with the Outlaws to get his story and in the end the music changed his life One of the Outlaws Shooter Jennings who is the son of 1970s Outlaws Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter says about Hamilton and this Besides his insanely neurotic attention to detail or his relentless obsession with perfection Neil is someone who cares very deeply for music and art He cares so deeply that he s willing to spend as much time as he finds necessary to do this right to do it true and do justice to the thing he loves and protects with such grace and dignity He is like us a warrior Hamilton begins with a historical background to the rise of country music and the Outlaw movement before offering five chapter profiles on prominent Outlaws from the 1970 Waylon Willie Nelson Billy Joe Shaver Johnny Paycheck and David Allan Coe He then shows how the 1970s Outlaw movement faded how Nashville pop regained its crown and how the current Outlaw movement has emerged From there he presents chapter profiles on 15 current artists including Shooter Blackberry Smoke Elizabeth Cook Dallas Moore Jackson Taylor Jason Boland Lydia Loveless Whitey Morgan Wayne Mills Joey Allcorn and Hellbound Glory The book concludes with a look at the promoters behind the Outlaw scene and the emergence of Outlaw music on SiriusXM radio Hamilton found that there s really no one Outlaw musical form Some of the artists are most heavily influenced by Hank Williams others by Elvis Presley or by the 1970s Outlaws or by Southern rock or even punk rock Yet beneath this diversity and creativity there remains a central attachment to country s roots and to the belief that music should be created primarily for the heart and not the wallet even if it means many a hungry night in a low pay honky tonk If readers bathed in music history get a feeling that Hamilton formatted the book in word similar to the way that Willie Nelson formatted his path breaking album Red Headed Stanger in music they will be right on the mark That structure is meant to convey the continuing link between country roots past and present and the continuing belief that country music based on sincerity still has something to say in a society awash with shallow forms and fleeting moments Outlaws Still At Large A Saga of Roots Country Music Since the 1970s

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