Jeremy Tepper, a champion of the outlaw country genre in his work as program director at SiriusXM, has died at 60., who relentlessly championed the outlaw country genre by highlighting both its revered icons and rebellious upstarts in his role as program director for SiriusXM’s “Outlaw Country” channel, died Friday. Tepper’s wife, the singer-songwriter Laura Cantrell, announced his death of a heart attack at their home in New York City. He was 60.
Born in 1963, Tepper was a graduate of NYU, where he majored in journalism. In 2004, he joined the satellite-radio giant SiriusXM as program director of a new channel launched by Steven Van Zandt called “Outlaw Country.” Backed by an army of eccentric, often outspoken DJs, including Nixon, former WWE wrestler Hillbilly Jim,’s Johnny Knoxville, Steve Earle, and Elizabeth Cook, Tepper established a community for misfits and outsiders — both artists and listeners alike.
On Saturday, artists and colleagues remembered Tepper. “Lost my good friend Jeremy Tepper last night. An incredibly tragic loss so young,” Van Zandt. “He ran my Outlaw Country station on SiriusXM brilliantly. It is actually quite a complicated format and he made it look easy.”, SiriusXM said Tepper “profoundly influenced us with his unwavering dedication to music and innovative spirit. His contributions, in shaping Outlaw Country and Willie’s Roadhouse, are beyond measure.
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