P.S. I assume it was the publicists/A&R guys/record labels, etc. that really ran with the whole Outlaw tag. Do you know much about that?

Could not agree more. I just purchased Ol' Waylon a couple days ago (had it on the computer, but wanted it on vinyl). And speaking of good covers: Ol Waylon's got a version of Til I Gain Control Again That floors me. Willie's got a good one too. Like you say, thank god we don't have to pick just one.

Well, that's not what Outlaw was about. It was about not being Nash Vegas slick. (Shit, David Alan Coe would be the king of Outlaw country if it were all about bein a huge dick.) And Willie Big 3 albums of the 70s could not be less commercial. (Shotgun Willie, Phases and Stages, and Red Headed Strager). I don't…