Waylon Jennings (15 years ago)

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!

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Check out Willie's New Song, "It Gets Easier."

Willie Nelson is releasing a new album this year and as shown in the video below, Trigger is still going strong. Willie has been in and out of the hospital during the beginning of this year but is still out and performing like he has been for decades. Willie just has a passion for music and when you love doing something you don't stop.

Chris Stapleton and Willie Nelson pay tribute to Waylon

Chris Stapleton and Willie Nelson pay tribute to Waylon in 2015 with 'My Heros Have Always Been Cowboys. CMT actually aired this last night at 10pm Eastern. I thought Travis Tritt was the only country singer that could pull off a Waylon song, but then Chris Stapleton showed up! Watch the amazing video below!

Four Mega-Stars, One Legendary Group

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.

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