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Outlaw country is a subgenre of American country music created by a small group of artists active in the 1970s and early 1980s, known collectively as the outlaw movement, who fought for, and won, thei
L-R Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings at the Dripping Springs Reunion in 1972
Waylon Jennings
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Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is considered one of the pioneers of the outlaw movement in country music.
Outlaw country
…their creative freedom outside of the Nashville establishment that dictated the sound of most country music of the era. Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, David Allan Coe, Johnny Paycheck and Jerry Jeff Walker were among the movement's most commercially successful members. The music…
Jennings performing on the Johnny Cash Spring Fever Special in 1976
Jennings during a broadcast of his show on KLLL in 1958.
An early 1950s Littlefield High School yearbook photo of Jennings.
Jennings (left) in a photo booth in Grand Central Terminal with Buddy Holly on January 23, 1959