In 2001, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Jennings released his last solo studio album in 1998. He continued to be active in the recording industry, forming the group The Highwaymen with Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson. In 1979, he recorded the theme song for the hit television show The Dukes of Hazzard, and also served as the narrator ("The Balladeer") for all seven seasons of the show. A series of duet albums with Willie Nelson in the late 1970s culminated in the 1978 crossover hit, "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys". By the 1970s, he had become associated with so-called "outlaws," an informal group of musicians who worked outside of the Nashville corporate scene. After a brief performing and recording career in Phoenix, Arizona he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he did not fit in with the tightly organized music industry in that city. "The Big Bopper" Richardson when he gave up his seat to the latter. He escaped death in the Februplane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets. Waylon Arnold Jennings (J– February 13, 2002) was an influential American country music singer and musician. Waylon Jennings - Discography (119 Albums = 140 CD's)
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