Top 10 Alt-country bands


http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2013/04/alt_country_best_bands.php

Attached is an URL for an interesting article in the Dallas paper about the Alt-country sub-genre. I really like most of these bands. If you don't dance to the Gourds, you don't have a spine. I would add Alejandro Escovedo and Steve Earle to this group. Any other alt-country artists of note?
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Sons of Bill......saw then in a small venue in Charlotte and bought all 3 CD's after the show.....if you like Steve Earle & Poco, chances are you will like these guys....by the way Poco should be on this list!!
Cross Canadian Ragweed, Jason Boland, Jason Isbell, Robert Earl Keen, Chis Knight, Stoney Larue, Bleu Edmonson, Roger Creager, Whitey Morgan, Randy Rogers, Whiskey Myers, Hank III, Cory Morrow,

Jerry Jeff Walker (live) is the first I heard sneaking into my otherwise rock and roll circle back in the 70's.  

Gurf was Lucinda Williams' original guitarist/bandleader/producer, and is great on his own as well. He is playing and producing around Austin now.

Buddy Miller, the best bandleader/guitarist/singer/producer in the world currently---a real MVP! Makes great records, with and without his wife Julie, as well as Emmylou Harris.

Someone already mentioned them, but surely the best and most influential Band who can be called A-C has to be The Band, who were an alternative to the whole musical and cultural climate of the late 60's, showing the way out of that mess. And we would be remiss in not reminding ourselves that Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis are about as Country as you can get, and were very alternative to Nashville for long periods of time. Okay, they're not Bands, but.....

After reading the posts above, I think The Jawhawks should be included here.

Going back to roots..

Flying Burrito Brothers
Eagles
CCR