Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 â€" February 13, 2002) was an
American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as one of
the founding pioneers of the Outlaw Movement.Jennings first played
guitar at age eight and first performed at age twelve on KVOW radio,
after which he formed his first band, The Texas Longhorns. Jennings
left high school at age sixteen, determined to become a musician, and
bounced around as a performer and DJ on KVOW, KDAV, KYTI, KLLL, in
Coolidge, Arizona, and Phoenix.In 1958, Buddy Holly arranged
Jennings's first recording session, and hired him to play bass.
Jennings gave up his seat on the ill-fated flight in 1959 that crashed
and killed Holly, J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie
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