Keith Urban's Rough Ride to Country Fame Nov 16, 2009
" Kidman stood by her man and since then has even become something of a country music fan herself. "Early on, I went out and I bought a Waylon Jennings greatest hits," Urban said. "I played Waylon in the car, and she loved it immediately. And she loves George Strait. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Stanfield indicted Nov 10, 2009
He also was band member for country-western singers Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. Jim also believed in and practiced all Native American traditions and cultures. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)
Chuck Prophet looks back Nov 2, 2009
"It's not an official record. One weekend. we got locked in the studio, and I was bragging how I could recite Waylon Jennings' 'Dreaming My Dreams' record by memory. So we started with one song, and by the end of the weekend we recorded the whole album. My friend, who was on tour with a bunch of new country acts, told me he bought it and put it on the tour bus and a fight broke out.". Chuck Prophet, "Let Freedom Ring" (2009). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Hushpuppies album a tribute to South Oct 22, 2009
It has taken eight years for The Hushpuppies band to release its second independent CD, but lead vocalist Todd Cowart said fans will find the wait to be more than worthwhile. Sweet Magnolia follows the band's 2001 acclaimed album Songs from the Big House ; not a reference to Reidsville State Prison, but rather to the band's sharecropper's shack rehearsal spot south of Millen, Ga. (The Augusta Chronicle)
George Jones: Still Doin' Time Oct 12, 2009
It's not the number of hits, but the way he can wring every last bit of emotion out of a song that awed fellow singers like Waylon Jennings, who said, "If all of us could sing the way we wanted to, we would all sound like George Jones.". "Well, that was very nice of him!" Jones laughed. (CBS News)
Local Musician Ed Rohan Performs at 'Songwriters Mecca' Oct 9, 2009
On his My Space page, he adds Waylon Jennings, Jim Croce, Elvis, Johnny Cash and Bob Seger to that list. "I listen mostly to old music," admits Rohan, but he also is interested in new musicians. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Son Volt keeps the wheels turning Sep 25, 2009
But that would have meant forgoing the muscular version of Waylon Jennings s Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way that brought things to a frenzied conclusion. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Peltier returns to the stage following cancer treatment Aug 29, 2009
In the second half of the show, his backup band switched to include former players with Waylon Jennings. Waymore's Outlaws, as they're kn 00004000 own, include vocalist/guitarist Tommy Townsend, lead guitar Eugene Moles, drummer Ritchie Albright and Jerry Bridges on bass, as well as Fred Newell on steel guitar. (Anchorage Daily News)
Jamey Johnson and James Otto to perform at Third Harvest Jubilee Concert Aug 26, 2009
"The whole album is one lonesome song, and that's why it's called 'That Lonesome Song.' Every song is lonesome in its own way, even the funny ones.Chuck Vipperman, news director for Danville radio station WBTM and music lover,became a fan of Johnson's album the first time he heard it."It's like Waylon Jennings' soul has been reincarnated," Vipperman said. "Johnson's music evokes the seminal 'outlaw movement' of the 1970s, where Waylon and Willie helped country music recapture its soul. Jamey... (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
Singing again Aug 25, 2009
Of all his influences, Peltier is quick to cite Waylon Jennings and his band, Waymore s Outlaws. That s why it is shear excitement when Peltier talks about his new CD titled Ken Peltier and Waymore s Outlaws. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Seahawks DT Craig Terrill rocks on Aug 6, 2009
"And a lot of people are hearing it.The gig with Brooks was in front of 5,000 screaming fans."Kind of intimidating, but a pretty big high," Terrill said.He strummed the National Anthem for 67,000 people prior to a Seahawks playoff game in 2007, when he was on the injured list.Thousands have bought Terrill's first album, "CT," which Mattingly said was made for less than $10,000 in a "homemade" manner. It was released in January 2008. Terrill self-marketed it online through his MySpace page,... (Muscatine Journal, IO)
SEAHAWKS CAMP: It's a rock 'n' roll lifestyle for Terrill Aug 6, 2009
Craig liked country music's Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. Terrill's songs have a mix of both backgrounds in them. (Missoulian, MT)
Top Entertainment Stories Trivia Quiz - Gone country Jul 31, 2009
The Information you need. Thursday, July 30, 2009. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
16 Tons surfaces briefly from underground scene Jul 17, 2009
"We do play a lot of fiddle tunes and hard-driving workingman songs. We emphasize the lifestyle of the working class. We really don't play any love songs, but we've got plenty of songs about tragedy, especially ones involving train wrecks. ... Different bluegrass bands lean in different directions - some like to jam, some go off into jazz and some just stick with tradition. If we have an outright influence, it's from artists like Hank Williams, Waylon Jennings and Jerry Reed - classic country... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Ex-UH coach Glanville still fixing Portland State Jun 23, 2009
Nor was it advice from the late country music star Waylon Jennings, an old friend, who told the former NFL coach, "Don't you dare die with the music inside of you.". It was, instead, a visit to U.S. military troops in Iraq that drove Glanville back to the sidelines first at Hawai'i and now, for the past two years, at Portland State. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Links to other featured weather-related tunes Jun 17, 2009
by Waylon Jennings, also Allison Krauss 10/3/07. by Bill Evans 9/26/07. (USA Today -- Weather)
Johnny Cash: The Man in Black Jun 3, 2009
His sales dropped, but Cash stayed in the limelight, becoming part of The Highwaymen with Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings. Cash died September 12, 2003 from complications from diabetes. (Suite101.com)
Oak Ridge Boys tackle White Stripes on new album May 28, 2009
Jennings, the son of the late Waylon Jennings and a country rocker in his own right, initiated the project. He invited them to sing with him on his 2007 album "The Wolf," introduced them to his producer, David Cobb, and asked them to perform at one of his shows. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Memorial Day tribute May 21, 2009
Elvis was my favorite, and I listened to Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Tanya Tucker, said Baker. Baker now enjoys making cannons and weaponry and participating in Civil War reenactments across the U.S. at events like the local Texas Renaissance Festival. (Navasota Examiner, TX)
Mamas, dont let your babies grow up to be liars (84) May 20, 2009
With apologies to Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, we need a new song to teach to our children from birth: Mamas, dont let your babies grow up to be liars. . (Boerne Star, TX)
Roy Clark, Barbara Mandrell Join Hall Of Fame May 18, 2009
" Crowell led a harmonica-heavy rendition of Roy Orbison's "Candy Man" for McCoy, 68, a multi-instrumentalist best known for his harmonica work. McCoy's first session was "Candy Man" in 1961. Since then, he's recorded with Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Simon, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Tanya Tucker and many more. "Well, I never really cared for harmonica or harmonica players until I heard Charlie McCoy," said Harold Bradley, a veteran... (Click2Houston, TX)
Anita Carter, 'Songbird' May 18, 2009
In addition to solo performances, it features rarities she recorded with the Carter Sisters (which included Mother Maybelle, June, Anita, and their other sister, Helen) and duets with Waylon Jennings, Hank Snow, and Johnny Cash. "Songbird" is a reminder that Anita Carter, who passed away in 1999, is the great singer you never heard but shouldn't miss out on any longer. (Boston Globe)
New Inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame (9:54p.m.) May 18, 2009
Since then, he's recorded with Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Simon, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Tanya Tucker and many more. "Well, I never really cared for harmonica or harmonica players until I heard Charlie McCoy," said Harold Bradley, a veteran session guitarist who formally inducted McCoy. (WTVR.com, VA)
Clark, Mandrell, McCoyjoin Hall of Fame May 18, 2009
Mark Humphrey / APMusician Charlie McCoy has recorded with Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, Ringo Starr and many others. . (MSNBC -- Music)
Georgetown resident and veteran teacher discusses why we're losing teachers May 15, 2009
Change some of words and it s Mamas, don t let your babies grow up to be cowboys, the Ed and Patsy Bruce song made famous by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. For Cheryl Sherry Kenney of Georgetown it s a cry of frustration over the way we treat the very people we count on to educate our children. (Georgetown Record, MA)
Stephen Bruton, 60, guitarist, songwriter May 11, 2009
Mr. Bruton, who had played with Kris Kristofferson for nearly 40 years and whose songs had been recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Jimmy Buffett, and numerous others, died at the Los Angeles home of his friend since childhood, musician-producer T Bone Burnett, with whom he had recently completed work on a film, "Crazy Heart," that Burnett is producing and for which he asked Mr. Bruton to produce the music. "We finished it about two weeks ago," Burnett said Saturday. (Boston Globe)
Country artist Jake Owen to perform on May 14 Apr 28, 2009
It s like that Waylon Jennings quote up there on my wall. I m not doing this for the money. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
NEW ALBUMS: Let the music of this year's Jazz Fest come to you Apr 28, 2009
The New Orleans transplant and onetime skate punk teams with the Galactic rhythm section on a genre-defying album that pumps soul into funk, blues and roots-rock on a dozen originals plus remakes of Delbert McClinton's Here Come the Blues Again, Buck Owens' Crying Time and Waylon Jennings' I Can Get Off on You. Kermit Ruffins Livin' a Treme Life (out Tuesday). (USA Today -- Life)
Country Funeral Music Ideas for an ... Apr 19, 2009
A few older country performers and groups popular with older men are Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Tom T. Hall, Gene Autry, Charlie Pride, Clint Black, and The Statler Brothers. Good Music Selections for the Prelude. (Suite101.com)
Earth Day On Salado Creek Celebrates Earth And The Arts Apr 14, 2009
Through the years, Shakes songs and albums have frequented the Billboard charts, with many, including Deep in the West, Youve Got a Lover, Put Yourself in My Shoes, One More Payment, and Our Kind of Love being recorded by such distinguished artists as Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Ricky Skaggs, Clint Black, and Carolyn Dawn Johnson. From his 1976 album, Songs on the Radio, to his eighth CD, What this Heart Holds, Shakes music is a testament to... (KWTX.com, TX)
Sunday Mornin' Man Recalls NYC -- Barely Apr 9, 2009
A Rhodes scholar and former Army helicopter pilot who quit the service to write songs in Nashville, Kristofferson played with pals Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings in the Highwaymen. He also carved out a respectable acting career, ranging from co-starring with Barbra Streisand in "A Star Is Born" to a more recent turn in "He's Just Not That Into You.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Grammy Museum: Sounding off in downtown L.A. Apr 7, 2009
Third floor: Put on headphones to listen to Smokey Robinson, Waylon Jennings, Carole King, Ludacris and others explain their songwriting process. Then walk yourself through the making of a recording via eight booths in which you can record vocals (with producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis), mix a rock song (with engineer Eddie Kramer), etc. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Wayne Kenneth Rennerfeldt (2) Apr 4, 2009
His favorite country artists were Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash, who he admired for many reasons. His true talent was definitely music, which he loved so much. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Renewal pays Mar 30, 2009
He quotes Waylon Jennings hits in his conversations and Dire Straits lyrics in his songs (Sweet Thing's reference to a "lovestruck Romeo" is straight from Straits' Romeo & Juliet). And there's always lots of Lindsey Buckingham. (USA Today)
More of this story... Mar 4, 2009
After a brief move to Las Vegas, Fonseca began to get in touch with his country roots while living on his mother's ranch in Woodlake, listening to the likes of R.L. Burnside, Dave Hole, Bukka White, Hank Williams Sr., Hank Jr. and Waylon Jennings. He got his first guitar at age 17 and by 20 was one of the best slide guitarists in the country and had already recorded his first album. (The Exeter Sun, CA)
Melancholy, maybe, but not for long Feb 15, 2009
CD with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessie Colter and Tompall Glaser can take the sting out of a subliminal, yet growing blue feeling as another box of memories is emptied. At the same time, it still leaves enough of a gentle ache to remind one of bittersweet days in Virginia Beach, Va. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
Throat cancer may cost Valley singer Peltier his voice Feb 15, 2009
Earlier this month, after two days of meetings with doctors at Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center, he spent another two days in a Mississippi studio with Waymore's Outlaws, the band that once backed country music superstar Waylon Jennings. Peltier wanted to finish his third album before his chemo and radiation treatments began -- and with them, the risk of losing his voice. (Anchorage Daily News)
COLUMN / Remembering pioneer of rock n roll Feb 13, 2009
Richardson talked Waylon Jennings, one of Holly s back up players, off the plane. Richie Valens and the other back-up man, Tommy Allsup, flipped a coin to decide which one would fly. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Salados Wildflower Art Show Blooms With Art, Wine & Fine Entertainment Feb 10, 2009
Rooted in the western ballads of Marty Robbins and progressive country music of Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, Brian Burns as produced four CDs, all with hits much like his Ive Been Everywhere (In Texas). More Stories. (KWTX.com, TX)
On 50th anniversary of Buddy Holly crash, young Alta pilot is not forgotten Feb 8, 2009
One legendary truth is that a young Waylon Jennings was supposed to be on the flight. The future country music hall of famer had decided to go with Holly, but gave his seat up to Richardson, who was running a fever and had trouble fitting his stocky frame into the bus seats. (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)
Steeling for success Feb 8, 2009
The band started as a side project for the group, comprised of five songwriters and musicians, ranging in age from early 30s into the 50s, who collectively have performed with a Who s Who of rock, pop, country and bluegrass artists from Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Bill Monroe and the Dixie Chicks to Sting, Neil Diamond, Bob Seger and Al Green. As the story goes, mandolinist Mike Henderson and singer/guitarist Chris Stapleton, both writers of mainstream hits, were working up songs at Henderson... (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
Poetry, past and present Feb 8, 2009
While there, they designed and built instruments for Eric Clapton, Danny Gatton, Robert Cray and Waylon Jennings. Stevems moved to Alpine in 1990. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
Tom Brumley; steel guitarist helped mold 'Bakersfield sound' Feb 8, 2009
"Mr. Brumley later spent three years recording and touring with Chris Hillman and the Desert Rose Band.From 1989 to 2003, he performed with his sons, Todd and Tommy, in the Brumley Family Music Show in Branson, Mo.Over the last decade, he performed or recorded with artists such as Chris Isaak, Merle Haggard, Glen Campbell, Waylon Jennings, Ray Price, Reba McEntire, Rod Stewart, and Martina McBride.Born in Stella, Mo., Mr. Brumley was the third of six children. Their father was Albert E. Brumley,... (Boston Globe)
