Waylon Jennings
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Music: Nashville or Bust:Week 23: George Strait, The Exception...don't count, however, since they transcend country. They belong to everyone, and so, to a lesser extent, do Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams, Dolly Parton, and George Jones. Cash and Nelson are quintessential Exceptions in part... In this article: George Strait, Johnny Cash, Strait Country, Nashville, Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, Screwdriver, and Western swing |
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Pitchfork | October 08, 2009
Nick Oliveri - Death Acoustic
Death Acoustic is a pretty strange record and there isn't much precedent for it beyond perhaps the outlaw country of singers such as Hank Williams and Waylon Jennings, men who sold the idea of themselves as kinds of modern-day desperados.
In this article: Nick Oliveri, Josh Homme, Era Vulgaris, Queens of the Stone Age, Songs for the Deaf, Methane, Dead Weather, Dean Fertita, Hank Williams, and Dwarves
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Wikipedia | July 20, 2009
Mel Hague
...Golden Guitar Awards. In his act he covered Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, Don Williams, Waylon Jennings, Bobby Bare, Randy Travis, Alan Jackson, Confederate Railroad, The Tractors and The Mavericks. Hague's last public...
In this article: Mel Hague, Hank Williams, Canada, BBC Radio Sheffield, Cerebral palsy, England, Bobby Bare, Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, and Don Williams
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L.A. Times - Music News | August 14, 2009
Dylan, Nelson and Mellencamp are still major league talent
...like eons, but the details get shaped and refined subtly as time rolls on. Nelson opened with "Whiskey River," gave a nod to his departed pal Waylon Jennings with "Good Hearted Woman," dispatched his own '60s standards in a time-tested...
In this article: Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Together Through Life, Love Sick, Beer for My Horses, Crazy, Ballad of a Thin Man, You Were Always on My Mind, and All Along the Watchtower
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Kansas City Star | July 22, 2009
Local live music this weekend: Josh Ritter at Bottleneck, Jesse Dayton and Supersuckers at Knuckleheads
...has backed up the likes of Neko Case. In April, Doe and the Sadies released "Country Club," a collection of covers (Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Hank Snow, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams) and originals. This spring they embarked on a tour...
In this article: John Doe, Josh Ritter, Wallflower, Audiovox, Amazon, Nick Drake, and Jamie Cullum
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Dreaming My Dreams
...to great critical acclaim and considerable commercial success. A number of the songs on the album were tributes to Jennings' heroes, including Hank Williams and Bob Wills. Three singles were released successfully: "Are You Sure Hank Done...
In this article: Dreaming My Dreams, RCA Victor, Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Buddah Records, and Neil Diamond
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Hank Williams
...Williams Said It Best" by Guy Clark and also covered recently by Mick Harvey. "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" by Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?", "If Old Hank Could Only See Us Now", and...
In this article: Hank Williams, Jr., Drifting Cowboys, Johnny Cash, and Jett Williams
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A.V. Club RSS Feeds | May 26, 2009
Music: Nashville or Bust: Week 12: Hank Williams' Lost Highway
...of the detractors now "riding on his name. " In "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way," Jennings invokes Williams' example to condemn the rhinestone-studded soullessness of contemporary country. Multiple generations of self-styled rebels have...
In this article: Hank Williams Jr., Your Cheatin' Heart, Nashville, A.V. Club, Cosmology, and Ramblin' Man
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www.washingtonpost.com | March 25, 2007
Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean: A Country Hit and a Miss
...while the guitar vibrato set a swampy mood. Bentley's pedal-steel-drenched "That Don't Make It Easy Loving Me" reminded listeners of Waylon Jennings's many I'm-not-worthy numbers of the '70s. Aldean's covers, bizarrely, came from the...
In this article: Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Toby Keith, Johnny Cash, Patriot Center, God, Folsom Prison Blues, Johnny Cash, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, and Hicktown
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Gary Perkins
...for Lefty Frizzell's band) and had become fast friends with the likes of Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Hank Williams Jr., Glen Campbell and Buck Owens. He was always asked to MC their shows and by the...
In this article: Gary Perkins, Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, San Diego, Country rock, KSON, El Paso Times, and Cancer
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Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an influential American country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets. He escaped death in the February 3, 1959 plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson when he gave up his seat to the latter. By the 1970s, he had become associated with so-called "outlaws," an informal group of musicians who worked outside of the Nashville corporate scene. A series of duet albums with Willie Nelson in the late 1970s culminated in the 1978 crossover hit, "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys". In 1979, he recorded the theme song for the hit television show The Dukes of Hazzard, and also served as the narrator ("The Balladeer") for all seven seasons of the show.
He continued to be active in the recording industry, forming the group The Highwaymen with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson. Jennings released his last solo studio album in 1998. In 2001, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
- Name At Birth:
- Waylon Arnold Jennings
- Also Known As:
- Waymore
- Birth Date:
- June 15, 1937
- Birthplace:
- Littlefield, Texas, United States of America
- Death Date:
- February 13, 2002
- Place of Death:
- Chandler, Arizona, United States of America
- Occupation:
- Singer-songwriter, Musician
- Record Label:
- RCA Victor, MCA, Epic
- Years Active:
- 1959 – 2002
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