An associate of the country outlaw generation that included Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, Larry Jon Wilson's burly baritone burr brought tableaux like Ohoopee River Bottomland and Sheldon Church Yard to vivid life, but his refusal to compromise curtailed his Seventies career after just a few albums.
2008 saw Wilson's 'comeback' album released in the UK, a stripped-down, acoustic, world-weary self-titled album that garnered great critical acclaim.