In 1973 he produced "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean". The theme song was written by Steve Young, a songwriter and performer who never made it in the mainstream, but whose songs helped to create the outlaw style. The follow-up album for Jennings was "Honky Tonk Heroes" and the songwriting hero was Texan Billy Joe Shaver. Like Steve Young, Shaver never made it big, but his 1973 album "Old Five and Dimers Like Me" is considered a country classic in the outlaw genre.