Waylon Jennings News

Kacey Musgraves isn't necessarily the spokesperson for modern country music but her debut album, "Same Trailer Different Park," is powerful enough to shift the direction of the genre.

Master recordings at Stax Studios in Memphis include 1973-1975 RCA single sides: Mark James' "Raised On Rock," Tony Joe White's "I've Got A Thing About You Baby," Chuck Berry's "Promised Land," Larry Gatlin's "Help Me," plus Dennis Linde's "I Got A Feelin' In My Body," Danny O'Keefe's "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues," Waylon Jennings' "You Asked ... (more)

The bar on Michigan Avenue is throwing a birthday party for country legend Waylon Jennings this weekend, hoping to entertain large crowds with down home honky tonk while raising money for a good cause.

Country rocker Shooter Jennings and his band The Triple Crown will headline the Tybee Island Pirate Festival on Oct.

Master recordings at Stax Studios in Memphis include 1973-1975 RCA single sides: Mark James' "Raised On Rock," Tony Joe White's "I've Got A Thing About You Baby," Chuck Berry's "Promised Land," Larry Gatlin's "Help Me," plus Dennis Linde's "I Got A Feelin' In My Body," Danny O'Keefe's "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues," Waylon Jennings' "You Asked ... (more)

Marcel Elisen , a former Elvis Presley impersonator who gave up his jumpsuits to record his first single, "Rock Me," in 1985, will open in the Don Gibson Theatre lounge on May 17 for popular 1970s and 80s rock pop and country band Exile.

Whether you know him as the writer of "Me and Bobby McGee," the male lead in the film "A Star is Born," or as a member of the country supergroup The Highwayman, Kris Kristofferson is a certified Renaissance man-maybe one of the last.

I am surprised that Jones, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, etc.

Chris Bradshaw/Special to the Daily News Legendary country music artist Willie Nelson performs for his southwest Florida fans at Germain Arena in Estero on Tuesday night.

If any one performer personified the outlaw country movement of the '70s, it was Waylon Jennings.

Rodney Atkins and Dwight Yoakam had overlapping sets Saturday af the Stagecoach country music festival but their country musical styles are very different.

Musical rebel Waylon Jennings is best remembered for helping to popularize a grittier and more rock-influenced style of outlaw country music.

"George might show up flyin' high, if George shows up at all But he may be, unconsciously, the greatest of them all From the Beatles and me in Nashville, to the 'billies and the Rolling Stones If we all sounded like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones." - Waylon Jennings, "It's Alright" George Jones, who passed away today in Nashville at ... (more)

It's not the kind of tourist attraction you're probably used to seeing. This weekend, Mesa will offer visitors a walking tour of the city's cemetery.

They are called record albums because in the early days of recorded music, a collection of 78 rpm discs by one artist was sold in a heavy cardboard folder holding individual sleeves, usually with cover art and artist information.

Local musicians Duaine George, Mike Boren, Jason Johnston and Lance Zimmerman will put the country music in Camelot Theatre's "Spotlight on Willie Nelson." The show, written by Brian O'Connor and directed by Presila Quinby, presents a look at the American outlaw country singer's career from the days of his earliest songwriting to his tours with The ... (more)