Despite being raised in Nashville, Shooter Jennings is a Los Angeles guy through and through. He started his first rock band, Stargunn, there, embedded himself in the city’s underground arts scene as he evolved as both a solo artist and Grammy-winning producer, and now produces albums at Sunset Sound Recorders, …
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Shooter Jennings unearthed his father Waylon Jennings’ tender rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s “Songbird” Sunday to celebrate Father’s Day. “I’ve been waiting so long to share this with you,” Shooter wrote on Instagram Sunday. “It hasn’t been an easy road to get here, but it’s been one that has given me …
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A video of the Highwaymen appearing on a talk show in 1991 has been making the rounds on social media since the 2024 presidential election, not because of any song they sang, but because of what they said. At least three members of the country supergroup called out the good …
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This story was originally published May 20, 2016, on rollingstone.com. When the Highwaymen recorded “Desperados Waiting for a Train,” written by visionary songwriter Guy Clark,who died in 2016, the supergroup of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson landed on their most poignant song. While Jimmy Webb’s “Highwayman” …
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The First Lady of Outlaw Country has returned. In an exclusive premiere withRolling Stone on Wednesday, Jessi Colter debuted her first new single in six years, “Standing on the Edge of Forever.” The song opens her new album, Edge of Forever, the next chapter of her storied career, out Oct. …
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Music subscription service Vinyl Me, Please has announced The Story of Waylon Jennings vinyl box set, which collects eight of the legendary country artist’s albums in eight years. It’s part of its VMP Anthology series, which includes a podcast telling the story behind the albums in the set. The limited-edition …
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“I have a love/hate relationship with the term ‘outlaw,’” Eric Church says in the opening moments of the the trailer to They Called Us Outlaws: Cosmic Cowboys, Honky Tonk Heroes And the Rise of Renegade Troubadours, a six-part documentary due next year. Executive produced by country music luminaries Jessi Colter, …
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