Lee Clayton: Live at Rockpalast (1980)

As one of American Country-Rock Music"s most respected singer/songwriters, Lee Clayton has been cited by Bono of U2 as an important influence. And you can hear why on this blistering set, that also includes songs from the darkly controversial "Naked Child" album. Country-rock songwriter Lee Clayton arguably was responsible the term "outlaw country" in 1972 with his song "Ladies Love Outlaws," a hit for Waylon Jennings. On this second album, he explored obsession, ugly romances, and addiction - the guitar solos in songs like "Silver Stallion" went down easy, but nothing else did. Clayton quit the music business in the Eighties in favor of writing books and plays; since then, both the Highwaymen and Cat Power have covered "Silver Stallion."