| Shooter Jennings | |
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 Shooter Jennings, on stage.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Waylon Albright Jennings |
| Also known as | Shooter Jennings |
| Born | May 19 1979 |
| Genre(s) | Country Music Outlaw CountrySouthern Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer and Songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 2005 – Present |
| Label(s) | Universal South Records (2005-present) |
| Associated acts |
Waylon Jennings Jessi Colter |
| Website | www.shooterjennings.com |
Waylon Albright ("Shooter") Jennings (born May 19, 1979) is an American Country/Southern Rock singer, and the only child of country music legends Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter. His middle name comes from his father's drummer, Richie Albright. His father nicknamed him "Shooter" after he urinated on a nurse shortly after birth (as the elder Jennings wrote in his 1996 autobiography).
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Biography
Shooter Jennings lived his first few years in a crib on his parents' tour bus. By age five, he was playing drums. Between tours, he took piano lessons. He started playing guitar at fourteen and sometimes played in his father's band. He and his father recorded a few things together when they happened to have some microphones set up and the tape recorder plugged in. At age sixteen, Jennings discovered rock 'n' roll. As an adult, Jennings left Nashville, Tennessee to seek his fortunes in Los Angeles. He assembled and performed with Stargunn, a southern rock band whose sound he described as Lynyrd Skynyrd mutating into Guns N' Roses. Stargunn performed at local clubs for six years, built a rabid following, and earned praise from the local music press. But the Hollywood party scene eventually began to bother him. He says, "I was posing as a rocker—a country guy trying to be something he wasn't." On March 30, 2003, Jennings dissolved Stargunn and moved to New York City to spend time with his girlfriend and sort out what he wanted to do next. An unexpected gig at the House of Blues a few weeks later revived his creativity. He returned to Los Angeles to form another band, the 357s. The 357's consist of Ted Russell Kamp on bass, Leroy Powell on guitar, and Bryan Keeling on drums. After six weeks in the studio, he completed his first solo album, Put the O Back in Country. Universal South released the album in early 2005. Jennings portrayed his father in the Johnny Cash biopic, Walk the Line. He is the host of Shooter Jennings' Electric Rodeo, a two-hour weekly music show on Sirius Satellite Radio's Outlaw Country channel. Shooter Jennings' second solo album "Electric Rodeo" was released on April 04, 2006. Shooter Jennings released "The Wolf", his third solo album, on October 23. He also write the TNA Wrestler's James Storm's song He is dating Drea de Matteo, with whom he had a baby girl, Alabama Gypsy Rose, on November 29, 2007 [1] . On January 4,2007 Shooter appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, and performed 'This 'Ol Wheel' [2] .
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Chart Positions | |
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| US Country | US 200 | ||
| 2005 | Put the "O" Back in Country | 22 | 124 |
| 2006 | Electric Rodeo | 12 | 64 |
| Live at Irving Plaza 4.18.06 | 55 | ||
| 2007 | The Wolf | 12 | 52 |
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |
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| US Country | US Hot 100 | |||
| 2005 | "4th of July" | 26 | 112 | Put The "O" Back In Country |
| "Steady at the Wheel"A | ||||
| 2006 | "Gone to Carolina"A | Electric Rodeo | ||
| "Some Rowdy Women"A | ||||
| 2007 | "It Ain't Easy"A | |||
| "Walk of Life"A | The Wolf | |||
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| NAME | Waylon Albright Jennings |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shooter Jennings |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Country music Artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1979 |
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| DATE OF DEATH | |
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