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Shooter Jennings (born Waylon Albright Jennings in 1979, ) is an American country music singer, the only child of Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter. His middle name comes from his father's drummer, Richie Albright. His father nicknamed him "Shooter" after he urinated on a nurse shortly after birth (as the elder Jennings wrote in his 1996 autobiography).
Shooter Jennings lived his first few years in a crib on his parents' tour bus. By age five, he was playing drums. Between tours, he took piano lessons. He started playing guitar at fourteen and sometimes played in his father's band. He and his father recorded a few things together when they happened to have some microphones set up and the tape recorder plugged in. At age sixteen, Jennings discovered rock 'n' roll.
As an adult, Jennings left Nashville, Tennessee to seek his fortunes in Los Angeles. He assembled and performed with Stargunn, a southern rock band whose sound he described as Lynyrd Skyn
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Waylon Jennings
(1937-2002)
Who Was Waylon Jennings?
By age 12, Waylon Jennings was playing in a band and working as a radio DJ. His style evolved over time, taking on a tougher, more bass-driven sound. He befriended such artists as Willie Nelson, and formed the Highwaymen with Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson in 1985. By the time of his death, Jennings had become a country music superstar.
Early Career
Waylon Jennings was born on June 15, 1937, in Littlefield, Texas, and is best remembered for helping to popularize a grittier and more rock-influenced style of music known as outlaw country music. He and some of his fellow artists were labeled "outlaws" for challenging the country music establishment and for their hard-partying ways.
Jennings learned to play guitar as a child. bygd the age of 12, he was playing in a grupp and working as a radio disc jockey. Jennings dropped out of school and moved to Lubbock in 1954. There he found work at a local radio sta
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Shooter and Terry Jennings – Sons of Waylon Jennings
The legend of Waylon Jennings lives through his creative and motivated sons, Terry and Shooter.
Born when his father was only 19 years old, Terry Jennings has been around music his entire life. Terry Vance Jennings is one of four children with Waylon’s first wife, Maxine Lawrence.
Terry was introduced to the music business at an early age through his work as production manager for his father and is respected for his extensive experience at all levels of the business, including management of major label acts since 1972. He’s also worked for booking agencies, publishing companies and as a talent scout for major label companies like RCA Records. He is the founder and CEO of Korban Music Group LLC, a full service management, consulting and publishing company.
In 2016 he published his book, Waylon: Tales of My Outlaw Dad, which not only tells the story of his father, it explores Terry’s relationship with him. Terry discusses l