Ray Wylie Hubbard

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With his mane of gray hair and his purple John Lennon sunglasses, Ray Wylie Hubbard looks like one part Eastern mystic, two parts desert prophet — and not at all like someone who wrote one of the most durable honky-tonk anthems of the last 40 years. Although "Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother" made Hubbard a sort of Bard of the beer-joint jukebox back in the 70s, his work has matured considerably. He thanks a sobered-up Stevie Ray Vaughan for helping him get clean and serious about his music, and over the past 20 years, Hubbard has become one of roots music's most revered songwriters. ( NPR)