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 he seventies were a period of rebellion in Texas music -- against
the current national disco craze, against the syrupy, overwrought tendencies in the Nashville country scene, and against the status quo in general.
The feeling was manifested best in the myth of the outlaws of country music, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings in particular. Willie and Waylon
and many other songwriter-performers, including Johnny and Edgar Winter in their rhythm and blues-derived rock, ZZ Top with their hedonistic Tex-rock,
and Joe Ely in his personal vision quest, were forging their own personal statements rather than simply following the dictates of the national market. Insisting on their roots, they drew inspiration
from traditional performers like Flaco Jimenez and Lightnin' Hopkins, who have always generated an enhanced version of the types of music they were
raised on, be it country, conjunto, or blues.
Read about Flaco Jimenez
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