Lucinda Williams
"The musicians who came to define the alt.country boom of the late 80s and 90s believed themselves to be outside of the country music establishment and its ethos of the time. As
Lucinda Williams, one of the best alt.country musicians of the era, put it, 'I definitely don’t feel a part of what I call the straighter country music industry of Nashville. I’m definitely not connected with that world. I guess I’m sort of considered an outlaw here, along with
Steve Earle.' The term alt.country (sometimes dubbed “insurgent country”) describes a number of musicians who eschewed the pop-infused country music that had begun to take hold in the late 70s and 80s. ... Though
its roots reach back to country music icons such as
Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, and
Willie Nelson, the most direct relevant forerunners to alt.country are Gram Parsons and
The Flying Burrito Brothers, who were playing a mix of traditional country music and rock from the late 60s. ..."
Gram Parsons
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