Tompall Glaser, who died in Nashville on 12 August 2013 aged 79 after a long illness, is remembered as an influential figure in outlaw country despite having less solo commercial success than Willie Nelson or Waylon Jennings. His importance lay in helping artists gain greater creative control, particularly through Glaser Sound, the Nashville studio he and his brothers established in 1970.

Glaser first found success with Chuck and Jim in Tompall & the Glaser Brothers, who recorded 12 top-40 MGM hits and won the CMA Vocal Group of the Year award in 1970. He sang backing vocals on Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire”, co-produced Waylon Jennings’ 1973 album Honky Tonk Heroes, and appeared on the million-selling 1976 compilation Wanted! The Outlaws; his best solo single, “Put Another Log on the Fire”, reached number 21 in 1975.