Title: Waylon Jennings – Greatest Hits
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1979, Country, Outlaw Country, Nashville, Tennessee
Matrix #: AHL1-3378
Condition: EX, sounds great, some light marks (CC)
Cultural Facts:
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Personal Struggle: Jennings battled heavy amphetamine and cocaine use for years before getting sober in the mid-80s.
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Band Drama: He gave up his seat on Buddy Holly’s doomed 1959 flight; the guilt and Holly’s last joke stayed with him for life.
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Political Science: He helped turn “outlaw country” into a revolt against Nashville’s polished control system in the 1970s.
