[119] Simultaneously, a era of various country artists outside of California emerged that turned down the perceived cultural and musical conservatism related to Nashville's mainstream country musicians in favor of more countercultural outlaw country and also the folk singer-songwriter traditions of artists for instance Woody Guthrie, Gram Parsons a

The impact of rock music in country is now additional overt in the course of the late 2000s and early 2010s as artists like Eric Church, Jason Aldean, and Brantley Gilbert have experienced success; Aaron Lewis, former frontman to the rock group Staind, had a moderately successful entry into country music in 2011 and 2012, as did Dallas Smith, forme