Waylon Jennings
USA
Born: 15 June 1937
Died: 13 February 2002
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Genres: Country
Styles: Traditional Country, Progressive Country, Country-Folk, Outlaw Country, Honky Tonk
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If any one performer personified the outlaw country movement of the '70s, it was Waylon Jennings. Though he had been a professional musician since the late '50s, it wasn't until the '70s that Waylon, with his imposing baritone and stripped-down, updated honky tonk, became a superstar. Jennings rejected the conventions of Nashville, refusing to record with the industry's legions of studio musicians and insisting that his music never resemble the string-laden, pop-inflected sounds that were coming out of Nashville in the '60s and '70s. Many artis...
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- Buddy Holly (23)
- Shooter Jennings (14)
- Tompall Glaser (7)
- Jessi Colter (2)
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- Willie Nelson (198)
- George Jones (134)
- Hank Williams, Jr. (120)
- David Allan Coe (117)
- Merle Haggard (111)
- Townes Van Zandt (51)
- Bobby Bare (47)
- Kris Kristofferson (40)
- Guy Clark (35)
- Billy Joe Shaver (14)
- Jerry Jeff Walker (10)
- The Bellamy Brothers (7)
- Hoyt Axton (4)
- Leona Williams (3)
- Johnny Paycheck (2)
- Charlie Rich (1)
Influenced by
- The Rolling Stones (384)
- Elvis Presley (304)
- Beatles (252)
- Johnny Cash (136)
- Ernest Tubb (31)
- Buddy Holly (23)
- Hank Williams (11)
- Ritchie Valens (4)
- Hoyt Axton (4)
- Bob Wills (1)
- Webb Pierce (-3)
Followers
- Steve Earle (87)
- Jake Owen (31)
- Joe Ely (22)
- Deana Carter (13)
- Jamey Johnson (10)
- Gary Stewart (6)
- Cody Mccarver (1)
- Brian Burns (1)
- Gina Villalobos (1)
- Ralph Mooney (0)
Performed Songs By
- Bob Dylan (148)
- Roy Orbison (109)
- Buck Owens (76)
- Tony Joe White (26)
- Rodney Crowell (25)
- Chuck Berry (15)
- Mel Tillis (5)
- Shel Silverstein (4)
- Ed Bruce (2)
- Jimmy Webb (2)
- Link Davis (0)
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