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Waylon Jennings: The Tender Heart of an Outlaw
He was the toughest man in country music — the outlaw who stared down Nashville, the baritone who sounded like thunder, the survivor of Buddy Holly’s plane crash who carried that ghost his whole life. But those who knew Waylon Jennings best tell a different story: of a man who wept at his children’s recitals,…
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How Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson Created “Waylon & Willie”: The Story Behind the Outlaw Masterpiece
By 1978, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson were the undisputed kings of outlaw country — two Texans who had broken Nashville’s rules, grown their hair long, and taken creative control of their own records. They were also the best of friends, brothers in all but blood. Sooner or later, they had to make an album…
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The Untold Story of Waylon Jennings: The Outlaw Who Stole Country Music Back
If country music in the 1970s had a rebel flag, it would have been flying from Waylon Jennings’ guitar. With a baritone growl, a Telecaster twang, and a stare that could melt a record executive, Jennings helped tear down Nashville’s polished studio system and built outlaw country in its place — music made by the…