Waylon Jennings

Biography

Waylon Jennings was a country music pioneer and founder of the Outlaw Movement. He began playing guitar at eight and performing on KVOW radio by 14, forming his first band, The Texas Longhorns. A pivotal moment in his career came when Buddy Holly hired him as a bassist for his recording session in 1958, but Jennings was not aboard the ill-fated plane that killed Holly and others in 1959.