By 1972, after seven years of recording with RCA, Waylon Jennings had about enough of the control and the restrictions that the "Nashville Sound" imposed to country music artists. Jennings was by the time regarded as a "raising artist" but he still needed the right thing. Around the same time, singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver was also pushing to succeed in music, but he needed a voice for his compositions. Their paths crossed just before the 1972 "Dripping Springs Reunion", a concert regarded as the "Redneck Woodstock". Waylon was on the b… read more
By 1972, after seven years of recording with RCA, Waylon Jennings had about enough of the control and the restrictions that the "Nashville Soun… read more
By 1972, after seven years of recording with RCA, Waylon Jennings had about enough of the control and the restrictions that the "Nashville Sound" imposed to country music arti… read more
Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing guitar at eight and began performing at 14 on KVOW radio. His first band was The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a DJ on KVOW, KDAV, KYTI, and KLLL. In 1958, Buddy Holly arranged Jennings's first recording session, of "Jole Blon" and "When Sin Stops (Love Begins)". Holly hired him to play bass. In Clear Lake, Iowa, the story is told that Jennings gave up his seat on the ill-fated flight in 1959 that crashed and killed Holly,… read more
Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing guitar at eight and began performing at 14 on KVOW radio.… read more
Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing guitar at eight and began performing at 14 on KVOW radio. His first band was The Texas Longhorns. Jenni… read more