By the early 1980s, Jennings struggled with a cocaine addiction, which he overcame in 1984.© 2022 - The Community Foundation of Middle TennesseeĪbout Us | Advertise | Donate | Submit an Event | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Contact Us Jennings also appeared in films and television series, including Sesame Street, and a stint as the balladeer for The Dukes of Hazzard, composing and singing the show’s theme song and providing narration for the show. Jennings was featured in the 1978 album White Mansions, performed by various artists documenting the lives of people in the Confederacy during the Civil War.
It was followed by Ol’ Waylon and the hit song "Luckenbach, Texas". With Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser and Jessi Colter he recorded country music’s first platinum album, Wanted! The Outlaws. During the 1970s, Jennings became one of the main figures of outlaw country. After he gained creative control from RCA Records, he released the critically acclaimed albums Lonesome, On’ry and Mean and Honky Tonk Heroes, followed by the hit albums Dreaming My Dreams and Are You Ready for the Country. He recorded for independent label Trend Records and A&M Records, but did not achieve success until moving to RCA Victor, taking on Neil Reshen as a manager, who negotiated significantly better touring and recording contracts for him. Jennings then formed a rockabilly club band, The Waylors, which became the house band at "JD’s", a club in Scottsdale, Arizona. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens. Jennings gave up his seat on the ill-fated flight in 1959 that crashed and killed Holly, J. In 1958, Buddy Holly arranged Jennings’s first recording session, and hired him to play bass. Jennings left high school at age 16, determined to become a musician and worked as a performer and DJ on KVOW, KDAV, KYTI, KLLL, in Coolidge, Arizona, and Phoenix. Jennings started to play guitar at age of eight and first performed at age 12 on KVOW radio, after which he formed his first band, The Texas Longhorns. He is best known as one of the founding pioneers of the Outlaw Movement in country music. Waylon Arnold Jennings (born Wayland Arnold Jennings J– February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician.
You'll Never Take Texas Out Of Me (2 versions) You Went Out With Rock 'N' Roll (2 versions) You Deserve The Stars In My Crown (2 versions)
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Women Do Know How to Carry On (3 versions) Whatever Gets You Through the Night (2 versions) Me And Bobby Mcgee (originally by Roger Miller) Busted flat in Baton Rouge headed for the trains Feelin’ nearly faded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained Took us all the way to New Orleans. Time Between Bottles of Wine (2 versions) The Old Mother’s Locket Trick (2 versions) Put Me on a Train Back to Texas (3 versions) May I Borrow Some Sugar From You (2 versions) Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will) (2 versions)
If You Could Touch Her at All (2 versions) I'm Livin' Proof (There's Life After You) (2 versions) I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow (2 versions) I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself (2 versions) I Could Write a Book About You (2 versions) How Much Rain Can One Man Stand (2 versions) High Time (You Quit Your Lowdown Ways) (2 versions) (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me (3 versions)Ī Love Song (I Can't Sing Anymore) (2 versions)Īin't Livin Long Like This (2 versions)Īre You Ready for the Country (2 versions)Īre You Sure Hank Done It This Way (5 versions)īack Home (Where I Come From) (2 versions)Ĭrying Don't Even Come Close (2 versions)ĭefying Gravity (Executioner's Song) (2 versions) Albums Alphabetic list (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay (2 versions)
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