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Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is considered one of the pioneers of the outlaw movement in country music . Jennings started playing guitar at age eight and performed at fourteen on KVOW radio, after which he formed his first band, the Texas Longhorns.
Waylon Albright "Shooter" Jennings (born May 19, 1979) is an American musician and record producer. He is the son of country singers Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter . In a career spanning three decades, Jennings has explored a variety of musical genres.
William Curtis Harness Jr. (born May 31, 1980), professionally known as Struggle Jennings, is an American rapper from Nashville, Tennessee. [2] Jennings was one of the original members of Yelawolf 's Slumerican label roster along with Bubba Sparxxx .
Waylon's son Shooter Jennings performed a cover of this song on CMT Crossroads as a duet with Jamey Johnson. On the tribute album I've Always Been Crazy: Tribute to Waylon Jennings, the song was covered by Metallica frontman James Hetfield. Ben Hoffman, performing as Wheeler Walker Jr., performed a cover on the podcast "Your Mom's House".
Jennings, who died in 2002 at age 64, started his career playing in Holly's band. He had been set to fly on the plane that crashed in 1959, killing Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P.
At this time, Mirriam adopted her stage name, Jessi Colter. She chose the name based on a story her father once told her about an accomplice of Jesse James, Jesse Colter. The couple then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and had one son, Waylon Albright "Shooter" Jennings (b. 1979). Jennings and Colter were married until his death.
William Curtis Harness Jr., professionally known as Struggle Jennings at his home Nov. 30, 2023, in Hendersonville, Tenn. Jennings and his daughter Brianna Harness have a new single coming called ...
Goin' Down Rockin': The Last Recordings is a posthumous album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released on September 25, 2012.The release includes eight unreleased songs written and recorded by Jennings along with his bassist Robby Turner during the last years of his life, as well as eight songs never released before in any version.