Country Maga

Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and Johnny Cash dominated the charts in 1985. They wowed audiences with hits for their decades of performing around the world. Not only were they at the point in their careers where they were seen as "old,"   But Johnny had been released from his recording contract. So the four famous friends set out on the road to make music together and show Nashville that age was nothing but a number and that growing older was all in the mindset.

We lost a great country artist on this day 15 years ago! Mr. Waylon Jennings was the original country outlaw who did things his own way and made it work. Jennings fought the system and won creative rights to do his on stuff. He paved a way for all present artists to do the same. It is even rumored that Jennings borrowed a .22 handgun and held his producers at gunpoint in order to record what he wanted to record. We may never know!

Jamie Lynn's daughter, Maddie Briann Aldridge, was in a serious ATV accident yesterday in Kentwood, Louisiana. It was reported that she turned sharply to avoid a ditch and plunged into a pond and was trapped underwater for 2 minutes before help could arrive. Jamie and husband Jamie Watson were a mere 100 yards away when the accident happened and were unable to save her until authorities arrived. Maddie is reported to be in stable, but serious condition.

Toby Keith refused to back down when protesters got mad for him performing at Donald Trump's presidential inauguration. Toby Keith's words were... "I won't apologize for performing for our country or military...I performed at events for previous presidents Bush and Obama and over 200 shows in Iraq and Afghanistan in the USO." The waters seemed to have cleared now as his statement made it very clear he was not backing down. Not backing down and supporting their decisions is something seen very rarely in today's world. It is a political witch hunt and free thinkers are being attacked. It shouldn't matter who you support because we are all Americans in the end. Below is a video from the Inauguration with Toby's song, "Courtesy of the Red White and Blue."

Luke Bryan wows at his performance of the Nation Anthem at Super Bowl 51! Let us know what you think in the comments!

Waylon Jennings was not a singer for the music industry. He was his own man and wanted to do his own music. After his friend, Willie Nelson, introduced him to a different, hippy type crowd-everything changed. They grew their hair long and started making their mark in country music. Eventually, fans started referring to them as "outlaws," a name that stuck with them because of a magazine article talking about their crazy lifestyle. The name suits Waylon well and he managed to take down the music industry to make his own music. He should get more credit than what is presented to him in country music.Watch the video below of Waylon performing, "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way." Hank would sure roll over in his grave if he knew what country music turned into!