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Cowpunk
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A precursor to the alternative country-rock of the decade to follow, Cowpunk was a 1980s phenomenon incorporating the mood and texture of traditional country music with the energy and attitude of punk.
Cowpunk Artist Highlights
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Hickoids
Sun City Girls
Jason & the Scorchers
Meat Puppets
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The Long Ryders
Lone Justice
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Blood on the Saddle
Webb Wilder
Goober & the Peas
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Meat Puppets
Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
Up on the Sun
Jason & the Scorchers
Essential, Vol. 1 (Are You Ready for the Country?)
The Long Ryders
Final Wild Songs
Meat Puppets
Forbidden Places
Meat Puppets
Huevos
Meat Puppets
Out My Way
Jason & the Scorchers
Lost & Found/Fervor
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Lone Justice
Viva Lone Justice
Lone Justice
Live at the Palomino 1983
Lone Justice
The Western Tapes, 1983
The Long Ryders
Final Wild Songs
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Oh, Me
Curt Kirkwood
Meat Puppets
Up on the Sun
Curt Kirkwood
Meat Puppets
White Lies
Perry Baggs
Jason & the Scorchers
Looking for Lewis and Clark
Sid Griffin
The Long Ryders
No Longer Gone
Curt Kirkwood
Meat Puppets
Paradise
Cris Kirkwood
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Curt Kirkwood
Meat Puppets
Out My Way
Curt Kirkwood
Meat Puppets
Both Sides of the Line
Jason & the Scorchers
Harvest Moon
Jason Ringenberg
Jason & the Scorchers
Absolutely Sweet Marie
Bob Dylan
Jason & the Scorchers
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