Singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson is one of the few "outlaws" left from the 1970s movement yet here the gifted writer is with his latest album.  While 'stripped down,' does the recording match Kristofferson's classic catalog?

Listen to a preview track from Kris' latest album.

Listen to a track from Adam Steffey's latest album One For The Road. Ronnie Bowman provides the lead vocals on the track.

With country music very much a pop confection, a ragtag collective of artists took the outsider spirit of rock n roll and turned it into a vast movement.  The Outlaw movement was coined after country music's first million-selling album "Meet The Outlaws." Aside from the "outlaws" profiled below, new artists such as Charley Pride ("Kiss an Angel Good Morning") and Conway Twitty ("Hello Darlin' ") emerged to break the mold of the Nashville Sound. Southern Country Rockers such as The Outlaws, The Marshall Tucker Band, David Allan Coe, The Charlie Daniels Band, and others took country to a new, higher level. Without a doubt, though, it was the outlaws who defined this era in country music.