Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson struck #1 gold for 4 weeks in a row in 1978 with Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys.
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Breaking the Myth: Waylon Jennings, premiering Saturday February 26, 9:00 p.m./Eastern on GAC, chronicles the making of The Music Inside, the recently released tribute album dedicated to Waylon Jennings. The album and TV special celebrates Waylon’s enduring musical and cultural legacy and chronicles his role in founding country music’s outlaw movement.
Album producer Witt Stewart first saw Jennings working as a DJ at a Lubbock, TX, radio station while on a school field trip. Decades later he’d gain the support of Jennings’ widow and son, Jessi Colter and Shooter Jennings, to create what would be a 3-CD series in tribute to the original outlaw.
Viewers of Breaking the Myth: Waylon Jennings get special studio access to see artists including Kris Kristofferson, Hank Williams, Jr., Dierks Bentley, Alabama, John Hiatt, Jamey Johnson, Randy Houser, Pat Green, Patti Griffin and Sunny Sweeney working on their tracks for the project. These same stars – several of whom knew him well – talk about Waylon the man and the influence he had on them musically while acknowledging the doors he broke down for artists who would come after him. And Waylon the husband and father are lovingly remembered by Jessi and Shooter who share personal memories throughout the special.
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Waylon Jennings: The Music Inside, Vol. 1. was released yesterday and is a star-studded tribute compilation honoring one of the greatest Country music icons of our time – Waylon Jennings.
The three volume celebration, The Music Inside: A Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon Jennings, features some of the biggest stars of Country music -from legends Kris Kristofferson and Alabama to hit makers Jamey Johnson and Trace Adkins to critically-acclaimed Patty Griffin and Sunny Sweeney – performing and paying tribute to Jennings’ most-celebrated songs.
Every artist on the project possesses either a personal or professional connection to the Texas-born Jennings, and no one more so than Country star and Jennings’ widow Jessi Colter, who performs a heartfelt duet of “Good Hearted Woman” with Sunny Sweeney. Their son Shooter Jennings also pays tribute with “Belle of the Ball,” appearing on Vol. I. In addition, every performance on the compilation earned Jessi and Shooter’s blessing.
Additional Volumes II and III to be released later in 2011.
CMTT has your chance to win a Waylon Jennings Prize Pack!! The prize pack includes:
To enter to win please leave us a comment (with email address) and tell us your favorite Waylon Jennings song. We will pick a winner at random on Monday, February 7th.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER:
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Which upcoming album are you most excited for?
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The first three months of 2011 are full of brand new country music from some of our favorites. Keep an eye out for these upcoming albums:
Which album are you most excited for in 2011?
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