All posts tagged "Waylon Jennings"
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Texas Music Legend Billy Joe Shaver Dies at Age 81
Billy Joe Shaver was a songwriter who thrived in the genre of outlaw country, likely because his life...
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Hondo Crouch, the Legendary Swimming Cowboy Who Founded Luckenbach
Hondo Crouch is a legend among Texas legends. Primarily known as the founder of Luckenbach, the little settlement...
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Luckenbach, Texas: A Texas Town Turned Legend in Song
If you haven’t ever heard of Luckenbach, in the Texas Hill Country, you may never have been a...
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Waylon Jennings was Forever Haunted by his Last Words to Buddy Holly
It’s been six decades since the plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and...
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The Truth About Streets of Laredo: Do You Know the Song’s Origin?
The classic cowboy ballad "Streets of Laredo" or "The Cowboy's Lament" bears a permanent place in the annals...
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Country Songs That Sing of Texas: Top Five Full of Swagger
With a great amount of state pride and country music having epic Texas roots, it's no wonder these...
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Country Music Hall of Fame Announces Major Exhibit for Texas Outlaw Country
Escaping the commercial music scene of Nashville in the 1970s, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings came to Texas,...
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‘Good Ol’ Boys’: Theme Song Written, Recorded, & Performed by a True Texan
Although the show got into hot water later on due to symbolism, the theme song and its performance...
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The Limelight that Hit Luckenbach Texas After Jennings’ Famous Recording
The tiny town of Luckenbach, Texas, received an onslaught of media attention in the late 1970s when Waylon...
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Country Music Songs About Texas That Swell With State Pride
Each of these songs can either make your chest swell up with pride or your eyes well up...
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Who Was the Hill Country’s Legendary Hondo Crouch?
With a name like Hondo, he must have established the town of Hondo, Texas, right? Wrong. Hondo Crouch...
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There’s Something Special about Luckenbach
Shop at the store, boot-scoot around the dance floor, and enjoy a real piece of Texas. Luckenbach will...
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Hondo Crouch, The Legend of Legendary Luckenbach
Luckenbach, Texas was the vision of Hondo Crouch. Long before Willie and Waylon's famous duet, Crouch established a...
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Waylon Jennings Reminds Why He’s a ‘Ramblin’ Man’ in Performance
If Waylon Jennings’ outlaw opus was his album Honky Tonk Heroes, then “(I’m A) Ramblin’ Man” on The Ramblin’ Man...
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Watch the Highwaymen Sing Waylon’s Classic, ‘Luckenbach, Texas’
Country music never fails to get straight to the point. Waylon Jennings’ “Luckenbach, Texas” performed with the Highwaymen...
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Story Behind the Song: Good Hearted Woman
When Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson team up, the world expects nothing less than greatness. Thankfully, we were...
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Flashback: Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter Can’t Stop Smiling in ACL Performance
It took Waylon Jennings four tries at marriage to get it right, but Jessi Colter proved that you...
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The Story of Luckenbach, Texas [VIDEO]
Every Texan knows the song by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. But, do you know the whole story...
