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Originally Posted by Telemarkman
I'm listening to his music (on his myspace) as I write this.
I like his style and I like almost all of his favorites and influences, and Phillip Moore is obviously a great picker, and I'm sure thankful there are still artists keeping the outlaw tradition alive  .
On the other hand, I've never seen a "clean" outlaw - they were always dirty, sweatty, dusty and raggy and sounded like they had too many whiskeys and cigarettes  .
This guy both sounds and looks very clean, and the whole production is real smooth, without any sharp corners, and it makes me wonder if Ray is really an outlaw after all  .....
Still I prefer him to most of todays "pop" country though  .
Don't get mad at me ... I'm only being honest ... |
An outlaw is a person living the lifestyle of outlawry, meaning literally "outside the law".
I feel that Ray lives outside of Nashville's 'comfort zone'. It's not really the music sound (Although I think the neo-traditional electric sound of his records is pretty outlaw) it's whether or not the cooks on Music Row like you. Ray's been playin' around in Nashville for the past 15 or so years, and has been fighting tooth and nail to get his stuff out. Warner Bros. took up the challenge, but barely marketed it. It still sold
very well. Ever since that Ray's been trying to get free of the conformity that they enforce and finally managed to do so recently.
What does all my gibberish mean? That Ray doesn't abide by Nashville's laws and is, therefore, an outlaw. Well, at least in my opinion.