Quick Facts
- NAME: Waylon Jennings
- OCCUPATION: Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer
- BIRTH DATE: June 15, 1937
- DEATH DATE: February 13, 2002
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Littlefield, Texas
- PLACE OF DEATH: Chandler, Arizona
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Musical rebel Waylon Jennings is best remembered for helping to popularize a grittier and more rock-influenced style of outlaw country music.
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He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001. Later that year, Jennings had to have a foot amputated because diabetes-related health
Legacy
Jennings died on February 13, 2002, at his home in Chandler, Arizona. Married since 1969, he and Jessi Colter had one child together, Waylon Albright “Shooter” Jennings. Jennings had five other children from his three previous marriages.
Friends and fans alike mourned the passing of the country music superstar. “Waylon Jennings was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart,” Kristofferson told the Los Angeles Times. Despite his difficult final years, “he was filled with creativity and joy,” his son Shooter explained to People magazine.
Shooter Jennings has followed his father’s footsteps, playing in a number of bands. With his backup band, the .357s, he put together an album of his father’s music consisting of tracks recorded years before Waylon’s death. The recording, Waylon Forever, was released in October 2008.
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