One advantage to my being old - nothing better than seeing Waylon up front, and Ralph Mooney on the steel! My husband and I met on a blind date to a Waylon concert in 1977
Best Country Voice of all time...even when he was suffering intense physical pain..he could still sing. May be gone, but his songs will always be around.
I can not believe that anyone could not like Waylon he was one of the best there was, I miss his music and the Highwaymen, the ones that don't like him can go where it don't snow, and they can't say they are country music lovers. Love his music and always will,
Waylon was a living legend .! ....he is still a legend ! ....no country singer ever put as much feeling and heart felt soul into his singing ...period...stress , creates the sweat,blood ,and tears that he put into every single performance ....tell me , that you can't feel that karma ? .....stage presence, etc.etc. ....it don't get no better than Waylon. !
I read Waylon's autobiography. It made me respect the man. I love his music and cannot get enough of it. His Christmas music is beautiful, too. Waylon was one of a kind and absolutely brilliant on stage. Our loss is heaven's gain. If anybody throws up his past, just remember when God forgives, He forgets.
He looked so ill and kinda sad here, but the voice and feelings were still there. Dunno what he took, what he did, don't care. He was just one the greatest -ever.
This video says 18 years ago. If it was truly 18 years ago then Waylon would have been fighting his diabetes diagnosis. It would have been 4 years at that point til his death. I’m sure he was going through a lot knowing his chances of survival were slim
I'm 32 and been a fan of Waylon since I was a little girl. Waylon is my favorite country singer. This song is just one of my favorites of his. I play guitar but nothing like the way Waylon could. He could make a guitar sing. He had a unique sound and style. I wish I could have seen him in concert and meet him. My heart is heavy because we lost him much too soon.
I have found through life that I pick my favorite stars using a very simple formula. If you can hear them on the radio and distinguish them from anyone else with no exceptions, then you have a star!! Waylon, Johnny, Elvis,Roy Orbison etc........ God Bless them all!
When i was a kid i use to dress like him ,walk like him,,talked like him...he was my music super hero ya might say...Waylon Jennings Was What COOL Looked Like IN COLOR..i believe his outlaw country movment he started when he left nashville bled on to be southern rock .when he left nashville they laughed at waylon told him he would never make it without the music estab....his 1st album went gold platnum being the only country album to ever go plat..30 yrs later they inducted him into HALL OF FAME
I love all kinds of music from all over the world, but I don't think I've ever spent a whole day just listening to one man sing. I've done it twice, and both times it was Waylon.
I totally agree with all the glowing comments on Waylon. He had it all. Fabulous singer, songwriter, and one hell of a guitar player. My brother and I covered alot of Wayons stuff back in the late 70's, early 80's. His songs are great and nobody does 'em like Wayon.
I've got an old concert program from Waylon's show - with the picture of he and the band from behind, and the words I've seen the world with a five piece band looking at the back side of me ... it's pretty awesome. The country music world here in the US gets on my last ner
Alright, he had some problems for years. So did most of his cohort. He did not have a 20k habit for a long time. I saw him last about 10 years ago and I can assure you that he was clean. He's an amazing man. His music is powerful and brilliant. He lived hard.
Hi - we saw Waylon probably 5 or 6 times over the years. Had tickets to see him right before he got sick - he canceled two days before the concert in Wheeling, WV, and never came back around again. I remember the day he passed away; I woke up to go to work, and turned the news on, and the story came on. Felt so incredibly sad.
My dad said that the only shure thing in life is that you will find idiots everywhere! People who dont see the brilliance of this music are sadly missing out on what was the beginning of both pure rock and later on metal etc...if these guys hadnt laid the bricks,the building would never have been completed...still hasnt in my eyes!
I'm 34 myself and do not listen to "country" music today because, this was the best! This was country music. It's great to reflect on what was and should still be but at least we have this to listen to...Go Waylon, Willie and the boys!!!
waylon was just himself i think, he was real, his music, his style.. under some influence or whatever,, doesnt change much.. enough power and personality , abilitys (great guitar player).. not trying to be someone else,, thats him raw and uncutt,, therefore real.. thesedays mostly showoffs.. clowns in a circus... love his music.. best stuff ever !!
Waylon had very nice and manly voice,I have been listening to him in recent past,I first heard him ,when I heard Highwayman live in Las Vegas,I also like Johnny Cash,all are just Fantastic!😃
I remember when Waylon played JD's in the river bottom at Tempe, AZ. Got arrested, there, I think, for possession. About broke my heart to hear that, but I was so proud of him for getting clean and coming back. He was, and is, one of my heroes. Gone to ride the golden horse....
I couldn't agree more. He wrote and recorded this song. Almost threw it away. Ritchy Albright told him to keep it and use it. As they say,, The rest is history.
pacat ca vocile bune mor tinere, de la mii de km il ascult cu placere de cate ori pot, mi-ar fi placut sa-l ascul si cind traia, dar distanta a fost prea mare...minunata muzica!
That night, I went over to feed the horses, and still felt bad. My cousin, who at one time was like a daughter to me, was over there, and LAUGHED at me because I was so upset. I tried to explain to her how important Waylon was to the country music world, and to us. She was around 21 back then, and told me that "everybody leaves a mark." Told her I'm pretty sure that her group "The Cranberries" wouldn't have too many people talking about them 20 years later ...
@m Waylon ur right ol hoss was hittin it hard in 83-84 and even with a 1500 dollar a day coke habbit he still kills it like nobody else ol hoss may be gone but his music will live 4ever RIP Waylon
Waylon Got Clean in the late 80's or early 90's when he went to a dry out Ranch in Arizona. By his own admission, it was the hardest thing he ever did. I always suspected that it was the thought of loosing Jessi that changed his mind about drug's. You are correct,He was clean for about ten years,but it was about ten years to late. I seen him for the last time in 93 and he put on a great performance.
I was Waylon Jennings fan from the old days at J.D.'s in Scottsdale. I didn't like all of his song's but HE never recorded a bad one. he was a coke head. Like it or not that is a fact. That is what done him in. The coke lead to diabetes witch lead to the loss of a leg and so on and so on. I admired the man and miss his music. Thank god I have 70/seventy albumn's to hepl me remember him. He was, is and will always be my personal hero..
Waylon's like good whiskey. Take it straight and you either like it or not. No frills just talent, guts and damn good looks { I ain't, but if I was he'd have had to get a restraining order :) } John Doe; according to Waylon, when he quit he was spending $1500.00 a day on coke, and had been on coke for 21 years. At that time coke was about $100.00 a gram, but when you buy pounds it gets cheaper, but bottom line, the man had the constitution of an elephant just to survive. Hence the name Waymore.
It does show in his eyes, doesn't it? He's probably both rather than just one. Even with all that, he's still better than anything called country today.
