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Waylon - An Autobiography (Hardcover, New)
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Waylon - An Autobiography (Hardcover, New)
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Born dirt-poor (his family had the dirt floor to prove it), Waylon
Jennings took all the grit of his hometown of Littlefield, Texas,
into his soul and his sound. From childhood, this son of a farm
laborer considered nothing else but playing music. Stubborn enough
never to lose sight of his goal, dumb enough not to realize how
long and hard the road, he started as a country disc jockey in
Lubbock, then signed on as a protege of fellow Texan Buddy Holly,
missing the plane crash that claimed Holly's life by an accident of
fate. Cut in the mode of Hank Williams and Carl Smith, yet
determined to infuse conservative country music traditions with the
energy of rock and roll, Waylon broke the closed society of
Nashville sessions in the sixties. Under the tutelage of legends
like Porter Wagoner and Ernest Tubb, he shared living quarters with
Johnny Cash, took songwriting tips from Roger Miller and
encouragement (often unsolicited) from Willie Nelson, and hung out
after hours with Kris Kristofferson and George Jones. In the wake
of country's own distinctive counterculture, when southern-fried
acid freaks met - and partied with - diehard good ol' boys, Waylon
helped give America something genuinely new. His 1976 anthology
album, Wanted: The Outlaws, was a stunning platinum success,
heralding a sound and a mood that evoked the country's pioneer
spirit, a restlessness always pushing at the horizon and looking
toward the next ridge. But while the artist and performer devoured
life and rewrote the rules of the nation's popular music, the star
binged on an endless stream of cocaine and pills and staggered
through three failed marriages. Ultimately - and inspiringly -
Waylon triumphed over his drughabit, proving he would fight for the
right to sing his song. At the same time, he ended his long search
for the right woman and married Jessi Colter, a country-singing
great in her own right and now Waylon's wife for more than a
quarter of a century. Today, two-time Grammy winner and
sixteen-time chart-topper Waylon Jennings keeps the country fires
raging, joining fellow superstars Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and
Kris Kristofferson on their sold-out international tours as the
Highwaymen.
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