Albums by Waylon Jennings
ALBUMFenixonShooter Jennings & Waylon Jennings
ALBUMGoin' Down Rockin': The Last Recordings (Deluxe Version)Waylon Jennings
ALBUMWaylon ForeverWaylon Jennings & The .357's
ALBUMWaylon Sings Hank WilliamsWaylon Jennings
ALBUMClosing In On the FireWaylon Jennings
ALBUMRight For the TimeWaylon Jennings
ALBUMWaymore's Blues (Part II)Waylon Jennings
ALBUMToo Dumb for New York City, Too Ugly for L.A.Waylon Jennings
ALBUMIf I Can Find a Clean ShirtWaylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
ALBUMThe EagleWaylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings's Popular Music Videos
Drift Away (Never Say Die Film)
Waylon Jennings & The Waymore Blues Band
Outlaw Shit (feat. Yelawolf & Waylon Jennings)
Struggle Jennings
Can't You See (Never Say Die Film)
Waylon Jennings & The Waymore Blues Band
The Making of Goin' Down Rockin'
Waylon Jennings
Wild Ones (Official Video)
Waylon Jennings
Never Could Toe the Mark
Waylon Jennings
I've Always Been Crazy (Never Say Die Film)
Waylon Jennings & The Waymore Blues Band
The Weight (Never Say Die: The Final Concert Film, Nashville, Jan. '00)
Waylon Jennings & The Waymore Blues Band
Never Been to Spain (Never Say Die Film)
Waylon Jennings & The Waymore Blues Band
America (Official Video)
Waylon Jennings
Artist Playlists
Waylon Jennings Essentials
The pride of Littlefield, Texas was the face of outlaw country.
Inspired by Waylon Jennings
His outlaw family tree is at turns trippy, tough, and titanic.
Waylon Jennings: Deep Cuts
The outlaw king had a knack for taking covers someplace new.
Waylon Jennings: Influences
Rock 'n' roll rebels and first-gen honky-tonkers laid his path.
Artist Biography
The essence of outlaw country—hard living, broken hearts, and a life led rambling, among other things—is distilled in Waylon Jennings’ booming baritone. Born in Texas in 1937, Jennings dropped out of school at 16 with the dream of becoming a musician, and got his chance when rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Buddy Holly tapped him to play bass in his band. After giving up his seat for the infamous 1959 plane ride that would end the lives of Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens, Jennings established the honky-tonk roots of what would become his signature sound in the ‘60s with songs like the toe-tapping “Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line.” But it wasn’t until the ‘70s that Jennings became the outlaw icon—a scruffy, towering cowboy in a wide-brimmed hat—of legend. Jennings made this version of himself known with 1973’s Honky Tonk Heroes, a record dense with electrifying twang and hardcore country that stood in stark contrast to the genre’s mainstream offerings in Nashville. While Music City might’ve had its issues with Jennings, he was in good company with songwriters, including fellow Texan Willie Nelson, a longtime collaborator he eventually joined in country supergroup Highwaymen—alongside Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson—in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Jennings passed away in the early 2000s, but his influence looms large over country music, particularly in its 2010s outlaw resurgence through artists like Sturgill Simpson and Chris Stapleton.
Hometown
Littlefield, TX, United States
Genre
Country