Word: waylon
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...Hank's hit tune, All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming over Tonight. And there it is, a real booze-and-barbecue bash, with lots of huggy-bunny country gals sashaying all around folks who dropped in, sometimes via limo, to pay old Hank Jr. their respects. There's Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. Hank Jr. sings his song, roaming all around the large house and out into the yard, which appears to be the size of one of the smaller islands in the Pacific archipelago. The visiting celebs all make eye contact with the camera. Everyone looks...
...forget about all those snazzy houses and all those famous folks. Hank and Willie and Waylon and other "outlaws" of the '70s have suddenly become -- no, could it be? -- the older generation in country music. The Crowell shindig is right where the action in country music has moved: the crossroads. There has been a lot of traffic there lately, at the delicate junction where country meets its past, sizes up its future and -- probably most important -- guns its musical motor and goes off in its own direction. And Crowell, a wonderfully gifted songwriter and rambunctious performer, isn't even driving...
...music for a wider audience that is not bound by country's strict conventions. It could be that things haven't been so fertile since the '50s, with the coming of Johnny Cash and the brash flush of rockabilly. For sure, the pickings haven't been so rich since Waylon and Willie and Merle and Kris broke through more than a decade...
Tuesday, 16--Building upon the momentum of his successful bid for auditor of Cornpone Country, Waylon T. Pickens stuns the Democratic and Republican parties by sweeping to victory in both parties' primaries. "We're in deep shit," said Democratic national Chairman Paul Kirk. "Us too," said his GOP counterpart. In a statement, Pickens tells reporters not to look into his past for sordid details. "I carry a piece and I like to use it," he added...
Monday, 7--Surprise Presidential frontrunner Waylon T. Pickens announces his withdrawal from the race following his arraignment on manslaughter charges. Pickens, who has campaigned from his front porch, was trimming his hedges with a Stanley power tool when he inadvertently decapitated a Miami Herald reporter...