Category: Country

The lightning didn’t cause the storm. Sure, if you were only looking directly in front of you, the flash might have been the first sign of the storm that you recognized, but it had actually been slowly brewing in the distance for a while. The same goes for vintage tees. We see a flash like a celebrity wearing a vintage shirt and it’s easy to assume that caused the hype storm, but isn’t that just a little short-sighted? Enter Country Tees. Ah, the underdog of the vintage band tee family. Ignored, neglected, and butt of stereotypical jokes. Vintage Country t-shirts ... Read more

A t-shirt gallery of bands whose sum may not be greater than its parts. Shirt #3: The Highwaymen Members: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson Availability: Check Defunkd’s Country Line-up Album: Highwayman 2 Date: 1990 Fact: These four country outlaws originally formed in 1985 without a name (or even a symbol, take that prince!) when they released the album Highwayman. Approximate value: $50 View the previous Asia t-shirt.

A vintage tee gallery inspired by today’s date. On June 15, 1937 one of country music’s greats was born. There’s not a lot of country artists that will make the pages of Defunkd, but Waylon was one of the genres pioneering “outlaws.” Jennings secured his own recording rights and rebelled against the “Nashville sound” which had become soft – straying from its raw honky-tonk roots. Cash, Nelson and Hank Williams Jr. were also part of this movement. Of course, WJ is best known by our generation for his work with the outlaws of Hazzard County – he created the theme ... Read more