Had she merely been the person who bestowed the "Outlaw" name on the renegade music of Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and others in the mid-Seventies, Hazel Smith would be regarded as one of country music's most important non-performers. Smith, however, was much more than that. A publicist, songwriter, manager, journalist, radio and television host, cookbook author, tastemaker and trusted
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hazel Smith, 'Outlaw Country' Journalist and Artist Confidante, Dead at 83
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