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Jennings, Waylon (1937—)
A professional musician since the 1950s, Waylon Jennings is known for his contribution to the country and western "Outlaw Movement" of the 1970s. Along wi...
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Critical Essay by Robert Hilburn
Funny how time slips away. It has been more than a dozen years now since a group of country boys, led by Elvis Presley, got together in some Tennessee recording studio...
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Critical Essay by Noel Coppage
Lumping Jennings with, say, David Allen Coe or Asleep at the Wheel or Michael Murphey or any of the other ["redneck rock" or "progressive country&#x...
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Critical Essay by Bob Allen
Over the years, Waylon has … developed into a songwriter of considerable scope and talent. Though his original songs lack the endurance or universality of many of th...
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Critical Essay by Michael Watts
Waylon Jennings has found himself to be something of a star, not merely of the country circuits, but of the entire ball-game of popular music.
He is more equipped for t...
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Critical Essay by Daniel Harmon
Waylon Jennings is one of the few artists who sound (and look) knowledgeable when speaking of bad times and broken-down love affairs. Trouble is, there are too few song...
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Critical Essay by Allan Parachini
Stylistically, Jennings certainly is a country artist. But his material is culled from a variety of sources, and the lyrics are a cut above most c-&-w tunesȂ...
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Critical Essay by Michael Watts
["Honky Tonk Heroes"] is distinguished by its celebration of The Last Round-up, its air of cowboys trying to reconcile the present with the past, which Wa...
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Jennings, Waylon (1937—)
Critical Essay by Robert Hilburn
