Archive for March 22nd, 2010
All too often in life people are judged specifically on face value. When it comes to music artists are often judged on the music genre they are associated with.
When people hear the name Waylon Jennings they immediately know him playing country music on his custom black white and telecaster electric guitar, what most people don’t realize is that he actually started out playing bass guitar for Buddy Holly. He played bass with Buddy on the last gig of his life. Waylon was scheduled to be on the plane that went down with Buddy, after being hounded by J.P. Richardson also known as “The Big Bopper” they flipped a coin and Waylon lost.
In the 1990′s he was an influence on Metallica’s “Load” album after being friends with the band and especially their frontman James Hatfield.
“The Dukes of Hazard” can be found to this day in reruns. The voice in the opening song “Good Ol’ Boys” as well as the narration throughout the show is that of Waylon Jennings. The shows popularity is as big today as it was in 1979 when it started, the song is one of the most recognized in television history.