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Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings 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. Jennings left high school at age sixteen, determined to become a musician, and worked as a performer and DJ on KVOW, KDAV, KYTI, KLLL, in Coolidge, Arizona, and Phoenix. In 1958, Buddy Holly arranged Jennings's first recording session, a cover of Jole Blon, and hired him to play bass. Jennings gave up his seat on the ill-fated flight in 1959 that crashed and killed Holly, J. P. "the Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens. Jennings then returned to Texas, taking several years off from music before eventually moving to Arizona and forming a rockabilly club band, the Waylors, which became the house band at "JD's", a club in Tempe, Arizona. He recorded for independent label Trend Records and A&M Records, but did not achieve success until moving to RCA Victor in 1965. In 1972 he acquired Neil Reshen as his manager, who negotiated significantly better touring and recording contracts. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylon_Jennings) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

Songs

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The Highwayman
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Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) (feat. Willie Nelson)
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Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
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Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys
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I've Always Been Crazy

Albums

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Waylon's World

2022
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High Wire

2021
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Right For The Time

2007
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Down The Road

2022
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Fenixon

2014
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Sally Was A Good Girl

2007
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At JD's

2022
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Back To Back - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson

2009
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WAYLON JENNINGS (Deluxe Edition)

2022
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Waylon Forever

2008

Singles & EPs

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Songbird

Single2025
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Waylon Jennings Talking About Writing Songs

Single2013
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Golden Country: Best Of Waylon Jennings

EP2015

Videos

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Live performances

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Good Hearted Woman/Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be ...

Waylon Jennings9M views
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Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) (Live Version) (feat. Willie Nelson)

Waylon Jennings9.6M views
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I've Always Been Crazy (Never Say Die Film) (feat. Travis Tritt)

Waylon Jennings2.2M views
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Suspicious Minds (Never Say Die Film) (feat. Jessi Colter)

Waylon Jennings887K views
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Waymore's Blues (Never Say Die: The Final Concert Film, Nashv...

Waylon Jennings648K views

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Outlaw Country

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Country Murder Ballads

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Sunshine Americana

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Presenting Willie Nelson

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Presenting Johnny Cash

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Country Gold

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Country Jukebox

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Songs About Mama

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Classic Country

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Patriotic Country

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