All posts tagged "Waylon Jennings"
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Honky Tonk Foodie | October 29, 2020
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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Matthew Monk | July 20, 2020
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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Spring Sault | March 10, 2020
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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Spring Sault | April 11, 2019
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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Max McNabb | November 30, 2018
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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Spring Sault | February 20, 2018
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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Spring Sault | January 24, 2018
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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Spring Sault | August 3, 2017
‘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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Spring Sault | May 19, 2017
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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Spring Sault | April 14, 2017
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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Gay Lewis | February 7, 2017
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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Victoria Taylor | January 21, 2017
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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Matthew Monk | June 24, 2016
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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THC Staff | March 21, 2016
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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THC Staff | March 17, 2016
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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THC Staff | February 22, 2016
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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THC Staff | February 18, 2016
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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Erin Baxter | January 12, 2016
The Story of Luckenbach, Texas [VIDEO]
Every Texan knows the song by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. But, do you know the whole story...