In Memoriam: Waylon Jennings, 20 Years Later 

R. I. P. WAYLON 🎸🇨🇱 JENNINGS Ralph Mooney

Waylon was a great country singer. Like hearing him.

Waylon is so deeply engrained in me. I was fortunate enough to have seen Waylon back in the '90s playing on a stage pulled behind his tour bus at the local agricultural fair in Saskatchewan. About 50 people gathered, standing around behind the concessions. He was fabulous. So genuine, gracious and funny. Played a bunch of his hits to the delight of us all. Jessi sang with him and a young Shooter was on drums. To my mind, Waylon absolutely needed Ralph Mooney to make that trademark sound. Moon along with Waylon's driving guitar and his rich baritone is just food for the soul. I agree with your album assessments. "Honky Tonk Heroes" vs. "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean"? I'll take the former by a hair. I've always liked "Rambling Man" and "This Time" a whole lot too while that expanded "Waylon Live" to me is the definite collection of his music hands down. Absolutely killer. I love that third Highmen album too, one of the best Country albums of the '90s in my opinion. Thanks for honouring Waylon!

I appreciate your love for Waylon but Waylon was 62 when he passed and his band was called The Waylors. Back then.

The live album has some of his best versions of many songs

Brett, thank you for this very interesting story about Waylon and others, in his life! It's nice to find out new things I didn't know! I have subscribed to your amazing channel. Peace and joy, Charles

Buddy Holly offered the two other seats to Waylon and Tommy Allsup (lead guitarist) there are numerous contemporary written and filmed interviews from both that always told the same story about the event. The Big Bopper was sick and asked Waylon to swap so he could get some rest and Allsup and Valens flipped a coin for the other seat. After Waylon and Allsup were dead Dion began inserting himself into the story. The Dion lie has been a excellent example of social media misinformation.

You're doing run down on Waylon albums, with a Bkack Sabbath poster in rhe background. True music fan.🎸🥁

If you do your homework you would know that Waylon and Jessi are the only ones that put together the Wanted the Outlaw album illegally together, it was the first platinum ever..After the statue of limitations was up he could tell the truth without getting sued..There would be no Willie if not for Waylon,,,Red headed stranger album wouldn't have been released without Waylon.. Waylon was number one at everything he did..watch his audio biography and Tim and Tom down home Down under,...there is more to the story of the highway men but Waylon never bragged about things did,he always included everyone, real is what you get from Waylon..