Hot Tunes

March, 2008

Gary Allan makes no apol­ogies for his old-school music. It's soulful and rough around the edges instead of poppy and pol­ished. He may have a hard time getting his stuff onto todays country radio, but five platinum and goldalbums in a row say he's keeping the juke joints and watering holes happy. No wonder: He filters his love of Bakersfield honk through a straight-up punk outlook. Here are his five favorite country and five favorite punk albums, plus what gets him fired up about each.\WAYLON J...