Brian Fairbanks Willie, Waylon, and the Boys

About the author:

Brian Fairbanks worked as an investigative reporter at Gawker and the Consumerist. He has also written for the Guardian, Business Insider, the New York Observer, Nerve, and many more, and is the author of Wizards: David Duke, America’s Wildest Election, and the Rise of the Far Right.

About the book:

Willie, Waylon, and the Boys: How Nashville Outsiders Changed Country Music Forever is the tragic and inspiring story of the leaders of outlaw country and their influence on today’s alt-country and Americana superstars, tracing a path from Waylon Jennings’s survival on the Day the Music Died through to the Highwaymen and on to the current creative and commercial explosion of Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Zach Bryan, Jason Isbell, and the Highwomen.

Photo by Nkechi Chibueze.

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