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Waylon Jennings’ 20 best songs prove he’s an essential outlaw pioneer

Waylon Jennings died in 2002 at the age of 64, one year after being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Throughout ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1985, a History-Making Outlaw Country Classic Reached Double-Platinum Status

Forty-one years ago today, a landmark Outlaw Country album featuring Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings went 2x Platinum.
Minnesota's New Country

Remember When Waylon Jennings Gave His Final Performance?

Waylon Jennings was ailing and at the end of a long career when he gave the final major concert performance of his career in ...
Taste of Country

Remember When ‘Wanted! The Outlaws’ Made Country Music History?

This compilation project from Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser did something no country album ...
Tennessean

Shooter Jennings releases passion project with dad Waylon Jennings 23 years after his death

Shooter Jennings recruited Waylon's old band mates to polish up the tunes. The first single, "Songbird" released on Father's Day, June 15 2025, which was also Waylon Jennings' birthday. Gift to Waylon ...
AZ Central

How one night in Tempe sparked Willie Nelson's outlaw country revolution

Willie Nelson saw Waylon Jennings perform at JD’s nightclub in Tempe in 1965 and was immediately impressed. Nelson and Jennings rebelled at Nashville's music restrictions, sparking the outlaw country ...