Willie, Waylon, and the Boys: How Nashville Outsiders Changed Country Music Fore

by Waylon Willie

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Willie, Waylon, and the Boys by Brian Fairbanks Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description The inspiring story of the leaders of Outlaw country and their influence on today s Alt-Country and Americana superstars, tracing a path from Waylon Jennings survival on the Day the Music Died through to the Highwaymen and the current creative explosion of Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Tyler Childers, Jason Isbell, and the Highwomen Publisher Description The tragic and inspiring story of the leaders of Outlaw country and their influence on today s Alt-Country and Americana superstars, tracing a path from Waylon Jennings survival on the Day the Music Died through to the Highwaymen and on to the current creative and commercial explosion of Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Tyler Childers, Jason Isbell, and the HighwomenOn February 2, 1959, Waylon Jennings, bassist for his best friend, the rock star Buddy Holly, gave up his seat on a charter flight. Jennings, 21, joked that he hoped the plane, leaving without him, would crash. When it did, killing all aboard, on the Day the Music Died, he was devastated and never fully switched to playing country, creating the Outlaw movement with Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson, and later forming the Highwaymen, country s first supergroup, with them. The foursome battled addiction, record companies, ex-wives, tragic violence, and the I.R.S. and D.E.A., en route to unprecedented mainstream su

• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Year: 2024
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780306831089
• Condition: Fine

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