Date: April 29, 2007 - Late Edition - Final, Section 2, Page 27
Headline: Mess With This Texan, You'll Pay in a Song

(The full article can be found HERE.)

"Ms. Lambert, 23, cites the usual outlaw influences - Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard - as well as the well-regarded singer-songwriters Steve Earle, Buddy Miller, Jerry Jeff Walker and Guy Clark. In essence, Ms. Lambert is an alt-country singer operating covertly in the mainstream. "Dwight Yoakam, the Dixie Chicks - I think there's a way to be really cool and mainstream, too, " she said."