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Video: The Highwaymen - HighwaymanOriginal at YouTube
• Wed, Feb 25
By rss@youtube.com (UpperCanada1812) Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson perform the Jimmy Webb song "Highwayman" live. Filmed in March 1990 at Long Island's Nassau Coliseum. Author: UpperCanada1812 Keywords: steelandwater Added: February 25, 2009
My Highwaymen Tribute Video 2008Original at YouTube
• Mon, Jan 26
By rss@youtube.com (rekahuna) Author: rekahuna Keywords: The Highwaymen Highwaymen Highwaymen Tribute The Highwayman Johnny Cash Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson Kris Kristofferson Country Legends Added: January 26, 2009
Video: Family Tradition- cover of Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson "Luchenbach Texas"Original at YouTube
• Sun, Dec 21
By rss@youtube.com (familytradition71) We just played this together a couple of days ago for the first time so...lol Author: familytradition71 Keywords: Family Tradition(Luchenbach) Added: December 21, 2008
Video: Good Hearted Woman - as performed by RexMOriginal at YouTube
• Sun, Nov 2
By rss@youtube.com (RexMcN) Waylon Jennings hit - "Live" home video tribute to Waylon Jennings. Author: RexMcN Keywords: Good Hearted Woman Waylon Jennings RexM Highwaymen Willie Nelson Outlaws Added: November 2, 2008
Willie Nelson to Launch Outlaw Satellite Station (2/14/1991)
Original at stillisstillmoving.com
• Sun, Nov 8
By LindaLee The talent assempbed at press time inclued Nelson, Joe Ely, Kimmie Rhodes, the Geezinslaw Brothers, Butch Hancock and Turk Pipkin. Also announced in the press release were Dolly parton, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. More acts will be boked and added to the sho...
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Races Along to Country Music
Original at The Boot
• Thu, Oct 22
By Pat Gallagher I remember listening to all the greats - Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams Jr. and all those guys," Dale Jr. tells The Boot. "Dwight Yoakam [is] really cool and seems like a good guy and really laid back. He seems real intricate ... kind of unique in his personality."
Kris Kristofferson Honors Fellow Outlaws on New Album
Original at The Boot
• Thu, Sep 24
By Steve Baltin At 73, Kris Kristofferson has lived a life that transcends Hollywood legend. A Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, a serviceman, a movie star, a rebel, the songwriter of such classics as 'Me And Bobby McGee,' friend to the likes of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, lover to Janis Jopli...
What I'm For - Pat Green
Original at topix.com
• Mon, Jun 22
Texas native Pat Green got his start in country music while still attending college in the mid-'90s. As a teenager, Green quickly took to the sounds of several Lone Star State performers like Robert Earl Keen, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Willie Nelson.
Live from the Stockyards
Original at FWWeekly
• Wed, Jun 17
TX In the late '60s and early '70s, Texans Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson led an "Outlaw" movement against softer, slicker mainstream Nashville country, while Fort Worth-born Townes Van Zandt established cult hero status as country's hippie-folk prince ...
Booklet features Sesser Homecoming history
Original at Benton Evening News
• Tue, Jun 16
IL Waylon showed up in a Chevy school bus that was black and looked like it had been painted with a broom. He had Willie Nelson and Jessie Colter playing in his band,” Keith Ward recalled. The booklet also highlights members of the Sesser Homecoming ...
"Keep on keepin' on" with The Lonesome Heroes
Original at Examiner.com
• Tue, Jun 16
Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Hank Williams. Stories of the road. Tales of adventure, love, loss, despair, and...., fun. The Lonesome Heroes are a band cut from that cloth. New York City to Austin transplant Rich Russell writes about ...
Kid Rock Wows the Crowd at Friday's LP Field Show
Original at CMT.com
• Sat, Jun 13
TN Propelled by a band that included a saxophonist and two female backup singers, Kid Rock roared on with "Son of Detroit," a crowd-pleaser that tips its hat to such country icons as Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. ...
Tanya Tucker - My Turn
Original at TheCelebrityCafe.com
• Sat, Jun 13
NY Though it is far from the essential Tanya Tucker collection, “My Turn” gives a taste of the singer's flintiness that made her an associate of country music rebels such as Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings.
Terrell's tuneup
Original at Santa Fe New Mexican
• Thu, Jun 11
NM Naked Willie by Willie Nelson. Lots of casual fans believe that Willie sprang out of the Outlaw era of the 1970s, along with Waylon and Jerry Jeff and the boys. Many are unaware that he made a bunch of records in the 1960s. ...
Genoa parks strike up the bands
Original at The Courier News
• Thu, Jun 11
IL Sponsored by, Citizens First National Bank, the performance will feature the traditional classics of Hank Williams, Roger Miller and George Jones along with the "outlaw" classics of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Johnny Cash. ...
Holly Williams interview: Dolly Parton via Radiohead
Original at Telegraph.co.uk
• Thu, Jun 11
United Kingdom Williams, whose father and mother (a backing singer for the likes of Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings) split up when she was a child, wasn't interested in a career in music until late in her teens. “I wasn't brought up around the music business that ...
LiveDaily Interview: Nanci Griffith
Original at LiveDaily.com
• Thu, Jun 11
As a teenager in Texas, when I heard her music--and it was championed by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson ("Slow Movin' Outlaw")--it sounded like it had always been there. We did a radio show and talked about what it means as an artist to have a ...
Country music warms to social networks
Original at topix.com
• Thu, Jun 11
If somehow transported into modern times and given the instructions that go along with life as a country music entertainer these days, Waylon Jennings might have taken a moment to ask, "Are you sure Hank tweeted this a'way?" Hank Williams didn't tweet, and neither did Waylon or Willie Ne...
Country music warms to social networks
Original at The Tennessean
• Thu, Jun 11
Hank Williams didn't tweet, and neither did Waylon or Willie Nelson. But while Nashville artists' social networking used to consist of beer at Tootsies or ... and more »
A rockin', boot-scootin' summer concert series
Original at The Courier News
• Tue, Jun 9
IL The band plays the traditional classics of Hank Williams, Roger Miller and George Jones along with the "outlaw" classics of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Johnny Cash. They also perform the country pop tunes of Garth Brooks, George Strait, ...
Pursuing the dream
Original at Annapolis Capital
• Mon, Jun 8
MD As a producer, he's worked with big names like Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. Ashley recorded her first four songs at Bucks Place Recording, a basement studio in Nashville. Photos of famous artists who have recorded there are tacked up on the walls ...
Wynonna To Appear With The Wannabeatles To Celebrate Sgt. Pepper ...
Original at Top40-Charts.com
• Wed, Jun 3
• 4 related articles
NY TheWannaBeatles.com Ken Mansfield: Mansfield has worked with artists as diverse as The Beatles, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, The Beach Boys, Stan Kenton, Judy Garland, Merle Haggard, Lou Rawls, Andy Williams, David Cassidy, Dolly Parton, ...
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Steve Earle to Launch New Season of His Exclusive SIRIUS XM Radio Show - SunHerald.com
Original at Biloxi Sun Herald
• Wed, Jun 3
SunHerald.com (press release) Outlaw Country listeners will hear all three generations of Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, David Allan Coe., Emmylou Harris, Dale Watson, Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, The Flying Burrito Brothers, ...
Memphis Film Festival Dusts Off Westerns: Stars of TV's Horse ...
Original at California Chronicle
• Sat, May 30
• 4 related articles
CA May 30--In 1978, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings sang, "Mammas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys." Fortunately for fans of movie and television Westerns, the celebrity guests coming to this year's Memphis Film Festival had been riding tall ...
Related articles from Las Vegas Review-Journal, NME.com, The Tennessean, Top40-Charts.com.
Dylan, Nelson, Mellencamp plan August concert in Lubbock
Original at LubbockOnline.com
• Thu, May 28
• 1 related articles
TX Nelson enjoyed his highest period of fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, releasing "Shotgun Willie" in 1973, "Phases and Stages" in 1974 and "Red-Headed Stranger" in 1975. "Wanted! The Outlaws," featuring Nelson with Waylon Jennings, ...
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'Celebration of the Arts' honors eight
Original at Montgomery Advertiser
• Sun, May 24
Neil Diamond, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris, Michael McDonald, Bette Midler, Anne Murray, Amy Grant, Keb' Mo' and Roberta Flack. ... and more »
John Michael Montgomery Eyeing Outlaw Tribute Album
Original at Billboard
• Thu, May 14
NY That's the music I cut my teeth on -- Hank (Williams) Jr., Willie (Nelson), Waylon (Jennings). "I want to bring back what I feel was one of the greatest eras of music. Not only was Southern rock huge, but the country music scene was really rockin', ...
Texas musician Stephen Bruton dies
Original at Reuters
• Mon, May 11
Billboard His songs were covered by a wide range of artists, including Raitt, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Patty Loveless. Bruton also released five solo records, most recently 2005's "From The Five." In addition to music, ...
Noted Guitarist Stephen Bruton Dies in Los Angeles
Original at CMT.com
• Mon, May 11
Billboard TN As a songwriter, his compositions were recorded by numerous artists, including Kristofferson, Raitt, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Martina McBride and Patty Loveless. Bruton also worked as an actor in the films Pat Garrett ...
Texas musician Stephen Bruton dies at 60
Original at LiveDaily.com
• Mon, May 11
Billboard Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Martina McBride and Patty Loveless also are among the artists who have covered Bruton's songs. In addition to working as a musician, songwriter and producer, Bruton worked as an actor, ...
Din e-post
Original at NRK
• Mon, May 11
Oslo Med det føyde de seg til en rekke artister som spilte inn Bruton-låter, sammen med blant andre Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett, Johnny Cash og Waylon Jennings. – Dette er et tap for stort til å telles. Jeg lærte mer fra ham enn jeg kan ...
Austin musician Stephen Bruton dies
Original at KVUE
• Sat, May 9
TX An acclaimed producer and songwriter, his songs have been recorded by Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash. In addition to playing with his own band, Bruton played every Sunday night at the Saxon Pub with the Resentments. Reuters - Billboard
Jim Russell's radio career spans 35 years
Original at Times Record News
• Sat, May 9
TX He fell in love with Waylon Jennings' music on a road trip to Las Vegas with a friend. To him, Texas Red Dirt melds Jennings and music like Willie Nelson with the rock he enjoys like Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin. Russell has seen all the country music ...
Mowin' Down the Roses With Jamey Johnson
Original at Washington Post
• Sat, May 9
DC You can find it in artists like Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Hank Jr., Waylon, pretty much anything written and sang by Kristofferson. Follow those paths. Willie Nelson, Johnny Paycheck, Ray Price, Mel Tillis, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn -- I don't want ...
Roots/Folk Music 08/05/09
Original at Belfast Telegraph
• Fri, May 8
United Kingdom Her songs have been recorded by such stellar acts as Willie Nelson, Wynonna Judd, Trisha Yearwood, Waylon Jennings, Peter Frampton, Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris. On this tour, Kimmie will be supported by her son, Jeremie Rhodes, ...
Chattanooga's Live Music Scene: Grateful Possum
Original at The Chattanoogan
• Thu, May 7
TN My sentimental favorite is Whose Gonna Fill Their Shoes, a haunting melody about the real greats of Country Music, like Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard and others. In the song, he wonders who will come along to ...
Week 10: Bob Wills, King Of Texas, Father of Western Swing
Original at A.V. Club
• Tue, May 5
- Nathan Rabin Waylon Jennings scored one of his signature hits with “Bob Wills Is The Still The King,” an homage to one of his heroes and a not-so-subtle dig at friend/collaborator/rival/fellow Texan Willie Nelson. Austin was Nelson's home base, so when Jennings ...
Stroudavarious Records names president
Original at Country Standard Time
• Tue, May 5
MA During that time, Catino played a role in the success of several country and pop artists' careers such as Garth Brooks, George Strait, Keith Urban, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Reba McEntire, Tammy Wynette, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Meat Loaf. ...
Bull Creek Party Barn, adjoining home go on the market for $1.1 ...
Original at Austin American-Statesman
• Sat, May 2
The Bull Creek Party Barn, as it was known in the 1970s, was the site of concerts by Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, Janis Joplin, the Lost Gonzo Band and others. The barn was originally built more than 40 years ago as ...
Panessa influences music scene in area
Original at St. George Daily Spectrum
• Fri, May 1
The Hunter Mountain Country Music Festival was inspiration for Panessa, who saw big names of that era there, including Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Eddie Rabbit, Crystal Gayle and others. "I was always interested in writing," Panessa said. ". ...
Meeting Greg Hartman
Original at ESPN
• Thu, Apr 30
Greg loves old-school country (Not the absolute crap on the radio now, but real stuff like Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers, etc.). This reminded me of good times my dad and I shared when I was a boy, cruising the farm in his old ...
Happy Birthday, Willie Nelson, Country Music Sensation
Original at findingDulcinea
• Thu, Apr 30
In 1985, he united with Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings to form the country music “supergroup” the Highwaymen. Their first single, “Highwayman,” from the album of the same name, shot to the top of the country charts. ...
Stagecoach festival's special delivery
Original at Los Angeles Times
• Sun, Apr 26
CA Houser, Ludwig and the Zac Brown Band in some ways hark back to the "outlaw movement" of the 1970s when artists such as Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson turned their backs on what Nashville deemed acceptable. In part, we may be seeing the result of ...
Rodney Atkins makes a lot out of the little moments
Original at Toledo Blade
• Sun, Apr 26
OH - Ken Rosenbaum, Ken Rosenbaum This is a road-weary album of life, love, and hope for better days ahead, one with a slightly upbeat tempo that includes 12 original songs and covers of a song co-written by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, plus ones from Buck Owens and McClinton. ...
Dishy picks
Original at Dispatch Online
• Thu, Apr 23
South Africa Starring Steve McQueen and Jim Hutton. The History Channel, 5.50pm: Biography – A look at the rebel spirit in some of country music's biggest stars. Outlaws including Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings refused to compromise.
Country music shrine
Original at St. John's Telegram
• Mon, Apr 20
Canada However, when Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson rocketed the song Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) to the top of the charts, the hit made this Texas ghost town more than just another signpost on the state's musical highway. ...
The Flatlanders: A legend at work
Original at Philadelphia Inquirer
• Mon, Apr 20
PA Throughout the 1970s, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson - Texans all - eschewed country music's satin twang and Nudie suits to craft something bold. It was a stripped-down outlaw vibe of weary lyricism topped with whiskey, dope, ...
Steve Earle Sets Release of Townes Van Zandt Collaboration Album
Original at antiMUSIC.com
• Tue, Apr 14
CA While being a protégé of Van Zandt, Earle is a master storyteller in his own right, with his songs being recorded by Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Travis Tritt, The Pretenders, Joan Baez and countless others. ...
Sound Affects: Music Reviews and Ratings
Original at California Chronicle
• Tue, Apr 14
CA It features hits by Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, Merle Haggard and others. The result is impressive. For some, Doe's voice is as recognizable as greats like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, or Hank Williams, or Nick Cave, Tom Waits or Neil ...
Kris Kristofferson brings a lifetime of music to Ameristar on Thursday
Original at Belleville News-Democrat
• Mon, Apr 13
USA - Scott Kiefer One of the major successes of his career was recording as a part of the supergroup, The Highwaymen, featuring Kris along with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson. “That was one of the most exciting things in my career and my life,” said ...
The Flatlanders: featuring Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Butch ...
Original at The Union Leader
• Sat, Apr 4
NH music at the time — not like the mainstream Music Row big productions of Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, and Tammy Wynette, not even like the more rock-and-roll-influenced "outlaw" music of Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Willie Nelson. ...
Keith Urban Ranks With Beatles, Rolling Stones
Original at Great American Country
• Mon, Mar 30
TN including the Beatles’ "Can’t Buy Me Love," the Rolling Stones’ "Brown Sugar," Dolly Parton’s "9 To 5," Hank Williams’ "Your Cheatin’ Heart," Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson’s "Good Hearted Woman" and Janis Joplin’s "Me And Bobby mcgee. ...
Willie Nelson’s Sparkling Duet With Melonie Cannon
Original at blog.cmt.com
• Thu, Mar 26
TN Willie Nelson is probably country music’s most famous duet partner, singing with everybody — and we do mean everybody – from Ray Charles to Waylon Jennings to Toby Keith. To take a line from “What Would Willie Do,” he even had a hit country song with ...
Billy Currington: "Don’t" Pin Me Down
Original at Great American Country
• Thu, Mar 19
TN He’s an admitted fan of Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, but country isn’t the only thing he listened to growing up in Georgia. "I also found, on the radio, stuff like Luther Vandross and Patti LaBelle," he said. "Theirs became some of my favorite ...
Willie Nelson Brings It Back To Western Swing
Original at KBIA
• Wed, Mar 18
AR Forget that they're songwriters or entertainers. They're jazz players, and they're playin' hot, and this is what counts." Fellow country outlaw Waylon Jennings sang this about his old friend Willie Nelson: "He'll be the first to tell you, ...
Mark Chesnutt ready to roll into the Valley
Original at TheV247.com
• Thu, Mar 5
TX We’ve been old buddies for twenty-something years and the same way with Waylon Jennings. We were really good friends. And I’ve gotten to hang out and party with Hank Jr. several times and sing with him onstage and Willie Nelson. ...
Billy Currington Gets His Willie Nelson Fix
Original at Great American Country
• Wed, Mar 4
TN My mom and dad would play Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings all the time, and I became a fan back then." The Grateful Dead’s Bill Kreutzman was a guest member of Willie’s band that night, and Billy was impressed with the show he finally got to take in. ...
Best Songs of October ‘08
Original at the9513.com
• Tue, Nov 18
By Brady Vercher Continue reading to discover the best songs of October 2008 October featured new music from Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and even a Willie Nelson duet, but for new music, it seemed like the month was a little lacking in quality releases. To be fair, though, we did have stell...