Artist· US country musician

Waylon Jennings

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Recent music news highlights various milestones and tributes related to Waylon Jennings, including reflections on his legacy, influential collaborators, and chart-topping achievements, such as his 1977 No. 1 album and the enduring impact of his outlaw country sound.

Artist· US country musician

Waylon Jennings

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Americana UK Aug 17

Waylon Payne “Wayward”

Waylon Payne Chuck Leavell Glenn Worf Matt Chamberlain Harrison Whitford Frank Liddell Miranda Lambert

American Songwriter Aug 16

Born 87 Years Ago Today to a Single Mom in Texas, the Hard-Living Outlaw Poet Willie Nelson Once Called the “Greatest Living Songwriter”

Willie Nelson 1930s Billy Joe Shaver Waylon Jennings Kris Kristofferson Elvis Presley Johnny Cash

American Songwriter Aug 15

Born 80 Years Ago Today in Oklahoma, the Masterful Storyteller Behind Blockbuster Hits by Glen Campbell, Waylon Jennings, and More

Glen Campbell Waylon Jennings Jimmy Webb Donna Summer Elvis Presley Johnny Rivers Frank Sinatra Johnny Cash

American Songwriter Aug 14

5 Decades Ago Today, Waylon Jennings Hit No. 1 With the Outlaw Country Album That Took on Neil Young, the Marshall Tucker Band, and Featured a Grammy-Winning Classic

Waylon Jennings Neil Young The Marshall Tucker Band Jimmy Webb

Taste of Country Aug 14

23 Country Music Feuds Fans Still Argue About

Brittany Aldean Charley Crockett Chase Rice Eric Church Garth Brooks Gavin Adcock

Americana UK Aug 13

Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

Waylon Payne Willie Nelson Sammi Smith Waylon Jennings Kris Kristofferson Miranda Lambert Lee Ann Womack Parker McCollum

It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine Aug 13

Before RCA: Gary Stewart’s Early Recordings on ‘One Track Mind’

Gary Stewart Bob Dylan Emmylou Harris Nicolette Larson Rodney Crowell The Allman Brothers Band Waylon Jennings

American Songwriter Aug 12

13 Years Ago Today, Country Music Said Goodbye to a Revolutionary Outlaw and One-Third of a Famed Sibling Trio

Waylon Jennings Tompall Glaser Willie Nelson Jessi Colter Marty Robbins Johnny Cash

American Songwriter Aug 12

Born 99 Years Ago Today, “The Thin Man From West Plains” Who Became a Nashville Country Legend and Helped Launch Dolly Parton to Stardom

Dolly Parton Porter Wagoner Willie Nelson Waylon Jennings Norma Jean Speck Rhodes

2 articles Aug 11

Brandon Flowers The Killers Bruce Springsteen Bob Dylan Johnny Cash Waylon Jennings Stuart Price Oasis

NME, RTBF – Musique

American Songwriter Aug 10

Zach Top and the Red Clay Strays Deliver a Stirring MSG Performance of the Kris Kristofferson Classic Covered by Everyone From Elvis to Willie Nelson

Kris Kristofferson The Red Clay Strays Zach Top Elvis Presley Willie Nelson Tyler Childers Waylon Jennings George Jones Brandon Coleman

Saving Country Music Aug 9

Unreleased John Prine, David Allan Coe Songs Grace New Projects

David Allan Coe John Prine Gary Nicholson Howie Epstein Shelby Singleton Steve Goodman Waylon Jennings Gary Stewart

American Songwriter Aug 8

Born 94 Years Ago Today in Florida, Country Music’s Stuttering Storyteller and Father of a 90s Country Hitmaker

Grand Ole Opry 1930s Mel Tillis Pam Tillis Ray Price Brenda Lee

American Songwriter Aug 7

Chris Stapleton Brings Out Zach Top for a Must-See Performance of the Rodney Crowell Classic Waylon Jennings Took to No. 1

Chris Stapleton Waylon Jennings Zach Top Rodney Crowell

Rolling Stone France Aug 7

Shaboozey voit grand sur The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales

Shaboozey Leon Bridges Kehlani Gunna Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson Sam Elliott

American Songwriter Aug 7

Waylon Jennings Got His Big Break Thanks to a Fellow Musician Risking His Own Career

Waylon Jennings Bobby Bare Chet Atkins

American Songwriter Aug 7

Born 76 Years Ago Today in the Lone Star State, the Songwriter Mentored by Guy Clark Who Wrote Hits for Bob Seger and Waylon Jennings

Guy Clark Bob Seger Waylon Jennings Rodney Crowell Emmylou Harris Jerry Reed Rosanne Cash Johnny Cash Vince Gill

Saving Country Music Aug 6

Album Review – Robert Henry & the Repeaters – “Down The Road”

Buck Owens Waylon Jennings

Billboard Aug 6

Belmont’s Johnny Cash Archives: A Resilient Moment to Start a New Chapter

Johnny Cash Willie Nelson Waylon Jennings Kris Kristofferson Rosanne Cash John Carter Cash

American Songwriter Aug 5

Born 83 Years Ago Today in Orange County, the Singer Discovered by Marshall Grant, Championed by Johnny Cash, and Immortalized by a Kris Kristofferson Classic

Johnny Cash Kris Kristofferson Sammi Smith Willie Nelson Waylon Jennings Jerry Jeff Walker Grand Ole Opry

Americana UK Aug 17

Waylon Payne “Wayward”

Waylon Payne Chuck Leavell Glenn Worf Matt Chamberlain Harrison Whitford Frank Liddell Miranda Lambert

American Songwriter Aug 15

Born 80 Years Ago Today in Oklahoma, the Masterful Storyteller Behind Blockbuster Hits by Glen Campbell, Waylon Jennings, and More

Glen Campbell Waylon Jennings Jimmy Webb Donna Summer Elvis Presley Johnny Rivers Frank Sinatra Johnny Cash

Taste of Country Aug 14

23 Country Music Feuds Fans Still Argue About

Brittany Aldean Charley Crockett Chase Rice Eric Church Garth Brooks Gavin Adcock

It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine Aug 13

Before RCA: Gary Stewart’s Early Recordings on ‘One Track Mind’

Gary Stewart Bob Dylan Emmylou Harris Nicolette Larson Rodney Crowell The Allman Brothers Band Waylon Jennings

American Songwriter Aug 12

Born 99 Years Ago Today, “The Thin Man From West Plains” Who Became a Nashville Country Legend and Helped Launch Dolly Parton to Stardom

Dolly Parton Porter Wagoner Willie Nelson Waylon Jennings Norma Jean Speck Rhodes

American Songwriter Aug 10

Zach Top and the Red Clay Strays Deliver a Stirring MSG Performance of the Kris Kristofferson Classic Covered by Everyone From Elvis to Willie Nelson

Kris Kristofferson The Red Clay Strays Zach Top Elvis Presley Willie Nelson Tyler Childers Waylon Jennings George Jones Brandon Coleman

American Songwriter Aug 8

Born 94 Years Ago Today in Florida, Country Music’s Stuttering Storyteller and Father of a 90s Country Hitmaker

Grand Ole Opry 1930s Mel Tillis Pam Tillis Ray Price Brenda Lee

Rolling Stone France Aug 7

Shaboozey voit grand sur The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales

Shaboozey Leon Bridges Kehlani Gunna Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson Sam Elliott

American Songwriter Aug 7

Born 76 Years Ago Today in the Lone Star State, the Songwriter Mentored by Guy Clark Who Wrote Hits for Bob Seger and Waylon Jennings

Guy Clark Bob Seger Waylon Jennings Rodney Crowell Emmylou Harris Jerry Reed Rosanne Cash Johnny Cash Vince Gill

Billboard Aug 6

Belmont’s Johnny Cash Archives: A Resilient Moment to Start a New Chapter

Johnny Cash Willie Nelson Waylon Jennings Kris Kristofferson Rosanne Cash John Carter Cash

American Songwriter Aug 16

Born 87 Years Ago Today to a Single Mom in Texas, the Hard-Living Outlaw Poet Willie Nelson Once Called the “Greatest Living Songwriter”

Willie Nelson 1930s Billy Joe Shaver Waylon Jennings Kris Kristofferson Elvis Presley Johnny Cash

American Songwriter Aug 14

5 Decades Ago Today, Waylon Jennings Hit No. 1 With the Outlaw Country Album That Took on Neil Young, the Marshall Tucker Band, and Featured a Grammy-Winning Classic

Waylon Jennings Neil Young The Marshall Tucker Band Jimmy Webb

Americana UK Aug 13

Interview: Waylon Payne on the ‘family’ business and pulling Willie Nelson’s beard

Waylon Payne Willie Nelson Sammi Smith Waylon Jennings Kris Kristofferson Miranda Lambert Lee Ann Womack Parker McCollum

American Songwriter Aug 12

13 Years Ago Today, Country Music Said Goodbye to a Revolutionary Outlaw and One-Third of a Famed Sibling Trio

Waylon Jennings Tompall Glaser Willie Nelson Jessi Colter Marty Robbins Johnny Cash

2 articles Aug 11

Brandon Flowers The Killers Bruce Springsteen Bob Dylan Johnny Cash Waylon Jennings Stuart Price Oasis

NME, RTBF – Musique

Saving Country Music Aug 9

Unreleased John Prine, David Allan Coe Songs Grace New Projects

David Allan Coe John Prine Gary Nicholson Howie Epstein Shelby Singleton Steve Goodman Waylon Jennings Gary Stewart

American Songwriter Aug 7

Chris Stapleton Brings Out Zach Top for a Must-See Performance of the Rodney Crowell Classic Waylon Jennings Took to No. 1

Chris Stapleton Waylon Jennings Zach Top Rodney Crowell

American Songwriter Aug 7

Waylon Jennings Got His Big Break Thanks to a Fellow Musician Risking His Own Career

Waylon Jennings Bobby Bare Chet Atkins

Saving Country Music Aug 6

Album Review – Robert Henry & the Repeaters – “Down The Road”

Buck Owens Waylon Jennings

American Songwriter Aug 5

Born 83 Years Ago Today in Orange County, the Singer Discovered by Marshall Grant, Championed by Johnny Cash, and Immortalized by a Kris Kristofferson Classic

Johnny Cash Kris Kristofferson Sammi Smith Willie Nelson Waylon Jennings Jerry Jeff Walker Grand Ole Opry

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