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?
maxnewid
Another guy around the edges of the alt-country silo that deserves mention here is the late Jay Bennett. His solo stuff, his work with Edward (Edwin?) Burch, and his contribution to Wilco form a pretty impressive body of work IMHO.

Marty
There are some good bands on this list, but I have not seen anyone mention the drive by truckers