Heartworn Highways

Heartworn Highways
Directed byJames Szalapski
Written byJames Szalapski
Produced byGraham Leader
StarringGuy Clark
Townes Van Zandt
Steve Earle
David Allan Coe
Rodney Crowell
Gamble Rogers
Steve Young
The Charlie Daniels Band
Larry Jon Wilson
CinematographyJames Szalapski
Edited byPhillip Schopper
Distributed byFirst Run Features (theatrical)
Navarre Corporation (DVD)
Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution
Release date
  • May 13, 1981 (1981-05-13)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Heartworn Highways is a documentary film by James Szalapski whose vision captured some of the founders of the Outlaw Country movement in Texas and Tennessee in the last weeks of 1975 and the first weeks of 1976. The film was not released theatrically until 1981. It has since gained cult status amongst fans of the genre.