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They transformed Austin and country music, and now, ‘They Called Us Outlaws’ is a film.
It is a sprawling, six-part, 12-hour undertaking, which includes rare performance footage from the now-defunct Armadillo World Headquarters.
It is a sprawling, six-part, 12-hour undertaking, which includes rare Performance Footage from the now-defunct Armadillo World Headquarters.
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Way back in 1976, RCA Records released a compilation album, featuring a new wave of country stars — Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser. Titled Wanted! The Outlaws, it earned its place in music history by becoming the first country album to be Platinum-certified, reaching sales of 1 million.
By that time, Nelson had made his famous move from Nashville to Austin, where he changed his image and his style. Heck, his entire persona. Those of us who remembered him showing up at a Sissy Farenthold for governor rally in Dallas in 1972, where he looked more like Howdy Doody, realized that Austin had helped trigger a major metamorphosis.
And now, we will soon be treated to a new documentary titled They Called Us Outlaws, a sprawling, 6-part, 12-hour undertaking which, of course, includes rare performance footage from the now-defunct Armadillo World Headquarters, which was to the outlaw movement what the Colosseum was to gladiators.
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