Pat Green

A stalwart member of the Red Dirt country circuit of the 2000s and 2010s, Pat Green rooted his country music in the eccentric Texas troubadours of the 1970s, leaning heavily on the work of Robert Earl Keen, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Willie Nelson. Green found his voice by marrying this idiosyncratic outlaw sensibility with rousing arena rock, a combination that came alive on-stage. Through his constant touring and regular records, Green became a star in Texas by the turn of the millennium, leading to a run on major labels in the 2000s. He had some success on the charts -- "Wave o...