Waylon

Jennings, Waylon

$19.99

Adding to cart… The item has been added
Author
Jennings, Waylon
Publish Date
09/01/2012
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
CHICREV
Subtitle
An Autobiography
Number of Pages
432
Edition
Illustrated
ISBN-10
1613744692
ISBN-13
9781613744697
SKU
9781613744697

Description

Equal parts outlaw, renegade, and legend, Waylon Jennings enjoyed a stellar music career for four decades and this no-holds-barred autobiography reveals the story of a man who infused conservative country music traditions with the energy of rock and roll to rewrite the rules of popular music in America. It chronicles all the chapters of Jennings’s incredible life, including his beginnings as a dirt-poor son of a farm laborer; his role as Buddy Holly’s protégé; his influential friendships with such luminaries as Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and George Jones; the stunning success ushered in by his platinum 1976 anthology album, Wanted: The Outlaws;the drug habit that nearly destroyed him; and his three failed marriages and the journey that lead him to Jessi Colter, the woman who would become his wife for 25 years. With anecdotes, portraits, and little-known facts about Jennings’s fellow country music stars, this book overflows with the honesty, true humor, and down-home charisma of an authentic honky-tonk hero.