Randy Howard

After working in local clubs, outlaw country singer Randy Howard made his name on Bobby Lord's television series, after which he had his own show. He wrote "God Don't Live in Nashville, Tennessee" and "She's a Lover," both of which appeared on his first LP, 1976's Now and Then. His breakthrough came in 1983 with the scandalous "All-American Redneck," an ode to the country lifestyle so racy it was banned from country radio. Eschewing radio altogether, his label marketed the single to jukeboxes, where it became a honky tonk staple and a sort of Southern cultural phenomenon, spaw...