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Waylon Jennings

Littlefield, TX

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country Popularity: 69 Established Division

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Region: West Texas / Permian Basin Conference: Texas Regional Rank: #4

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About Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings, a defining voice of outlaw country, hailed from the Southern Plains, specifically Littlefield, Texas, in Lamb County. His music, deeply rooted in the sounds and sensibilities of the American South, resonated with a rebellious spirit that challenged the polished Nashville establishment. Jennings didn't just sing about the region; he embodied it, with numerous songs referencing the Lone Star State, from the philosophical musings of "I've Always Been Crazy" to the iconic "Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys."

His sound, characterized by a driving beat and a defiant vocal delivery, helped to reshape country music in the 1970s. While he ventured to places like Taos, New Mexico ("Taos, NM") and Nashville, Tennessee ("are you sure hank done it this way"), Jennings' heart remained firmly planted in the Texas soil, making him a true son of the Southern Plains and a pivotal figure in country music history.

Locations in Lyrics

79 location references across 43 songs

Songs & Places

Don’t You Think This Outlaw Bit’s Done Got Out Of Hand
New York City, NY Nashville, TN Austin, TX Littlefield, TX
"New York sent a posse down like I ain't never seen"
Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand
New York City, NY
"New York sent a posse down like I ain't never seen"
Lonesome On’ry and Mean
Shreveport, LA New Orleans, LA , LA
"I'm going to Shreveport"
Lonesome On'ry and Mean
, TX
Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)
Luckenbach, TX , WV , KY Georgiana, AL Montgomery, AL Houston, TX Austin, TX Nashville, TN Oneonta, NY Littlefield, TX Abbott, TX
"Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas"
Taos, New Mexico
Taos, NM , NM
"Taos, New Mexico"
The Cowboy (Small Texas Town)
, TX
"I'm a cowboy that came here from Texas With roots in a small Texas town"
Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
, TX
"Lonestar belt buckles and old faded Levis"
Rose In Paradise
Macon, GA , GA
"He was a banker from Macon"
I’m a Ramblin’ Man
, MS New Orleans, LA , CA , WV Cincinnati, OH Chicago, IL , AL , OH
"I've been down to Mississippi"
I'm a Ramblin' Man
New Orleans, LA
"Down through New Orleans"
Black Rose
, VA
"Way down in Virginia"
Jole Blon
, LA
"Jolie blon"
Outlaw Shit
New York City, NY , NY
"New York sent a posse down"
The Last Cowboy Song
"The Old Chisholm Trail is covered by concrete"
Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me
, TX
"Willy, you're wild as a Texas Blue Norther"
Bob Wills is Still the King
, TX San Antonio, TX Austin, TX Nashville, TN Turkey, TX
"Well the honky-tonks in Texas were my natural second home"
Honky Tonk Heroes
Fort Worth, TX
"I was down at Green Gables, a-hawkin' them tables"
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
Nashville, TN Montgomery, AL Georgiana, AL
"Somebody told me when I came to Nashville"
I Ain’t Living Long Like This
Houston, TX , TX
"Grew up in Houston off of Wayside Drive"
I Ain't Living Long Like This
Wayside Drive, TX
"Grew up in Houston off of Wayside Drive"
Gone To Denver
Denver, CO
"I've thought I'd take a trip to Denver"
Drinkin’ And Dreamin’
, TX Los Angeles, CA
"I'll never see Texas, L.A., or Old Mexico"
Omaha
Omaha, NE , NE San Francisco, CA , CA
"Omaha, you've been weighin' heavy on my mind"
Amanda
Littlefield, TX Austin, TX , TX
"ARTIST: Waylon Jennings"
Brand New Tennessee Waltz
, TN
"I imagine that she's still in Tennessee"
America
, TN , CA
"Well I come from, down around Tennesee"
Cactus, Texas
Cactus, TX
"Do you remember Cactus Texas / nothing but a wide place in the road"
Last Cowboy Song
Chisholm Trail, TX
"The Old Chisholm Trail is covered by concrete"
Lonesome, On'ry and Mean
Basin Street, LA
"Of the Basin Street Queens"
Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) (feat. Willie Nelson)
Austin, TX Houston, TX Littlefield, TX Luckenbach, TX Montgomery, AL Nashville, TN , WV
"With Waylon and Willie and the boys"
Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) [feat. Willie Nelson]
Luckenbach, TX
"Let's go to Luckenbach Texas"
Luckenbach; Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) [feat. Willie Nelson]
Luckenbach, TX
"Let's go to Luckenbach Texas"
Taos; New Mexico
, NM
The Year 2003 Minus 25
"Who'd've thought them Arabs would've bought The USA just to give it to the Jews"
Theme from "The Dukes of Hazzard" (Good Ol' Boys)
hills mountain
"Flattenin' the hills"
Good Hearted Woman
, TX
I've Always Been Crazy
, TX
Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
, TX
Rainy Day Woman
, TX
Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard
, TX
Oklahoma Sunshine
, OK
"Song about Oklahoma"
WBPT
Buffalo Gap, TX
"We all got together at the Buffalo Gap... about fourteen miles out of Abilene"

Connected Places

Littlefield, TX Austin, TX Basin Street, LA Chicago, IL Chisholm Trail, TX Cincinnati, OH Denver, CO Grand Old Opry, TN Houston, TX Los Angeles, CA Luckenbach, TX Macon, GA Montgomery, AL Nashville, TN New Orleans, LA New York City, NY Oklahoma, OK Omaha, NE Red River, TX San Antonio, TX Shreveport, LA Taos Pueblo, NM Tennessee, TN Texas, TX Wayside Drive, TX
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