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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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Webb Wilder
Sun City Girls
Meat Puppets
Jason & the Scorchers
Filthy Thievin' Bastards
Blood on the Saddle
The Long Ryders
Trainwreck Riders
Rank and File
Lone Justice
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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
Out My Way
Meat Puppets
Huevos
Meat Puppets
Forbidden Places
Jason & the Scorchers
Fervor EP
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Cowpunk Recent Releases
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Lone Justice
Live at the Palomino 1983
Lone Justice
The Western Tapes, 1983
The Long Ryders
Final Wild Songs
Lone Justice
This Is Lone Justice: The Vaught Tapes, 1983
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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
Flak Jacket
Sid Griffin
The Long Ryders
Out My Way
Curt Kirkwood
Meat Puppets
Paradise
Cris Kirkwood
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Curt Kirkwood
Meat Puppets
Nail It Down
Curt Kirkwood
Meat Puppets
Harvest Moon
Jason Ringenberg
Jason & the Scorchers
Absolutely Sweet Marie
Bob Dylan
Jason & the Scorchers
Harvest Moon
Jason & the Scorchers
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