Lorene Jennings, who was Church of Christ and had been unaware of the college, changed the spelling to Waylon. It was changed after a Baptist preacher visited his parents and congratulated his mother for naming him after the Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas. The name on Jennings's birth certificate was Wayland. The Shipley line descended from his great-grandfather, a farmer and lawman from Tennessee, with Jennings adding that "along the way, a lot of Indian blood mixed in," including Cherokee and Comanche families. The Jennings family line descended from Irish and Black-Dutch. He was the son of Lorene Beatrice (née Shipley, 1920–2006) and William Albert Jennings (1915–1968). Wayland Jennings was born on June 15, 1937, on the J.W. In 2007, he was posthumously awarded the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award by the Academy of Country Music. In 2001, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Between 19, his appearances were limited by health problems. Jennings toured less after 1997 to spend more time with his family. During that period, Jennings released the successful album Will the Wolf Survive. Later, he joined the country supergroup The Highwaymen with Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash, which released three albums between 19. By the early 1980s, Jennings struggled with cocaine addiction, which he overcame in 1984. He appeared in films and television series, including Sesame Street, and a stint as the balladeer for The Dukes of Hazzard, composing and singing the show's theme song and providing narration for the show. He was featured on the 1978 album White Mansions, performed by various artists documenting the lives of Confederates during the Civil War. It was followed by Ol' Waylon and the hit song " Luckenbach, Texas". With Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser and Jessi Colter he recorded country music's first platinum album, Wanted! The Outlaws. After he gained creative control from RCA Records, he released the critically acclaimed albums Lonesome, On'ry and Mean and Honky Tonk Heroes, followed by the hit albums Dreaming My Dreams and Are You Ready for the Country.ĭuring the 1970s, Jennings drove outlaw country. He recorded for independent label Trend Records and A&M Records, but did not achieve success until moving to RCA Victor, when he acquired Neil Reshen as his manager, who negotiated significantly better touring and recording contracts. Jennings then formed a rockabilly club band, The Waylors, which became the house band at "JD's", a club in Scottsdale, Arizona. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens. Jennings gave up his seat on the ill-fated flight in 1959 that crashed and killed Holly, J. In 1958, Buddy Holly arranged Jennings's first recording session, and hired him to play bass. 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. Jennings started playing guitar at the age of eight and performed at age fourteen on KVOW radio, after which he formed his first band, The Texas Longhorns. He pioneered the Outlaw Movement in country music. Waylon Arnold Jennings (born Wayland Arnold Jennings June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor.
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