20 yrs ago today

select-fire

February 13, 2022 13:43

Waylon Jennings passed away. But a little history how he got started.

http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1876542,00.html#:~:text=When%20he%20died%2C%20he%20was%20only%2022.%20On,Iowa%27s%20Surf%20Ballroom%20for%20two%20sold%20out%20shows.

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  sxsnuf

  February 13, 2022 17:31

  Interesting read. Thanx for posting

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  montanajoe

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  February 13, 2022 18:36

  Miss him. Sure like his music

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  select-fire

  February 13, 2022 21:19

  The tour had been stranded on more than one occasion that winter and, before takeoff, Holly jestingly told Jennings he hoped the bus broke down. Jennings responded with “I hope your ol’ plane crashes.”

  "I was so afraid for many years that somebody was going to find out I said that,” Jennings told CMT in 1999. “Somehow I blamed myself. Compounding that was the guilty feeling that I was still alive. I hadn’t contributed anything to the world at that time compared to Buddy.

  "Why would he die and not me? It took a long time to figure that out, and it brought about some big changes in my life — the way I thought about things."

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  Smitty500mag

  February 14, 2022 03:03

  It's hard to believe it's been 20 years. I would have guessed it had been 8 to 10 years at most.

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  Brookwood

  February 14, 2022 09:43

  Time sure does fly by! I think ole Waylon made up for his earlier thoughts of not contributing anything......by a gazillion!!

  
  

  RIP you good ole boy!

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