The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Rounder has announced that Keep On Walkin', the third CD from The Grascals, will be released on July 15. Twelve new tracks are featured, with three compositions from Aubrey Holt, two songs co-written by the band's Jamie Johnson, and remakes of hits by Waylon Jennings and George Jones. It also features two firsts for the band [...]
lost at e minor (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The Weight are a Brooklyn-based quintet that makes sincere-sounding Waylon Jennings-David Allen Coe inspired outlaw country and Creedence-Skynyrd-tinged Southern rock. time savedtime saved
CMT News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... Cash (No. 65), Playlist: The Very Best of John Denver (No. 68) and Playlist: The Very Best of Waylon Jennings (No. 70).Re-entering the album chart at No. 75 is Justin Townes Earle's The Good Life.First-timers on the song chart are Adam Gregory's "Crazy Days" (No. 53) and Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" (No. 59). Dolly Parton's "Jesus & Gravity" returns to the list at No. 57.Immediately...
Diana Brunson's Inspired Blogging (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... business herself. Not that I know of, anyway. I believe the house we stayed in was the manager of Waylon Jennings. I remember a contract hanging on the wall that had Waylon's signature and the words, “F—ck You”. My sleeping quarters was the most uncomfortable place I had ever slept. Even the floor in my house is more comfortable than there. I slept on Waylon's old tour...
The Debatable Land (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
... take it from there (though Norm is really the man to ask about this). You also need some grunt: so Waylon Jennings' outlaw albums, Dreaming...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
... stars in the 1990s included overseeing records by the Rolling Stones, Brian Wilson, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Garth Brooks."But we were just too self-conscious to let that be our statement," says the bass player and songwriter, talking on the phone from New York. "We were trying to stretch the boundaries of what people could dance to. Our first single, "Wheel Me Out" [in...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Why didn't Merle Haggard or Waylon Jennings think of this?
Crunchy Con (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
I tell you this so you can be spiritually prepared for the great event, but we are only two days away from Willie Nelson's 75th birthday. Personally, I think just about the best thing about living in Texas is knowing that Willie Nelson lives here too. He is a secular saint here in Texas, and if you take a look at this old video of an iconic song he did with Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
ONE HELL OF A RIDE 4-CD, 100-SONG BOX SET CHRONICLES 50-PLUS YEARS OF RECORDINGS FROM 1954/55 TO 2007 WILLIE's LARGEST U.S. BOX SET EVER - HIT SINGLES, RARITIES AND TRACKS FROM 60 ALBUMS ON A DOZEN DIFFERENT RECORD LABELS Personal favorites range from four historic local Texas singles (1954/55 to 1960) to dozens of studio & live career touchstones, including collaborations with Waylon Jennings,...
Busy Gamer News (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
... (Is Weak for You)" by The Isley Brothers, "I’ll Be There" by The Jackson 5, "Good Ol’ Boys" by Waylon Jennings, "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas, "Lady Marmalade" by Patty Labelle, "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper, "Material Girl" by Madonna, "Independence Day" by Martina McBride, "Does He Love You" by Reba McIntire and Linda Davis, "Wind Beneath my Wings" by Bette Midler, "Broken Wings"...
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
"Our idea is that, you know, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings had independent careers when they got together in the ...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AND Q&A WITH DIRECTOR RICK BIEBER AND WAYLON PAYNE - WHO STARS AS GARLAND - WILL FOLLOW CRAZY, WHICH ALSO STARS ALI LARTER, JUST WON 'BEST SCREENPLAY' AWARD AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S METHOD FEST LOS ANGELES, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- CRAZY, an independent feature film inspired by the tragic life and groundbreaking music of legendary 1950s-era guitarist Hank Garland,...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
... recorded by Kris Kristofferson, The Allman Brothers, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Waylon Jennings, and he is an obvious inspiration to Todd Snider, The Bottle Rockets, Cracker and Hank Williams III, among many more. It's arguable that Shaver invented modern alternative country – Waylon Jennings's 1973 album Honky Tonk Heroes was comprised substantially...
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 04/20/2008
Floyd Ramsey, who hosted sessions by Duane Eddy, Waylon Jennings, Wayne Newton, Alice Cooper and Elton John, has died at 82.
Geezer Music Club (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
... next few years worked almost exclusively in Austin, doing things his way. He was soon joined by Waylon Jennings and - so the legend goes - the outlaw movement was born. Of course, there were a few other rebels doing their thing too, including Charlie Daniels, David Allan Coe, and others, and eventually even Southern rockers like the Allmans and Lynyrd Skynyrd became part of the movement...
