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Track: Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got out of Hand
Artist: Waylon Jennings
Album: I've Always Been Crazy

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Name: Waylon Jennings
Spotify Genres: outlaw country, classic country, country, honky tonk, traditional country
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American Country singer, born June 15, 1937, Littlefield, Texas and died February 13, 2002, Chandler, Arizona. 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, [a=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. "[a=Big Bopper]" Richardson and [a=Ritchie Valens]. Jennings formed a rockabilly club band, The Waylors, which became the house band at "JD's", a club in Scottsdale, Arizona. He recorded for [l=trend (9)] and some other indie labels then for [l=A&M Records], but did not achieve success until moving to [l=RCA Victor] His career turning point became the critically acclaimed album [Link] written mostly by [a=billy joe shaver]. During the 1970s, Jennings was instrumental in the inception of outlaw country and with [a=Willie Nelson], [a=Tompall Glaser], and his wife, [a=Jessi Colter] recorded country music's first platinum album, [Link] In the 80s he joined the country supergroup [a=The Highwaymen] with [a=Willie Nelson], [a=Kris Kristofferson], and [a=Johnny Cash], which released three albums between 1985 and 1995. During that period, Jennings released the successful album [Link]. He toured less after 1997 to spend more time with his family. Between 1999 and 2001, his appearances were limited by health problems. He joined another super group, [a=old dogs] with [a=bobby bare], [a=jerry reed], and [a=mel tillis] with songs mostly written by [a=shel silverstein]. In 2001, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2007, he was posthumously awarded the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award by the Academy of Country Music. He was married to [a=jessi colter] they had a son, [a=shooter Jennings]. His step daughter is [a=Jennifer Jennings], step grandson [a=struggle Jennings] and step great grand daughter [a=Brianna harness]

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Release: Waylon* - Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out Of Hand
Year: 1978
Genres: Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Country

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I'm for law and order, the way that it should be.
This song's about the night they spent protecting you from me.
Someone called this outlaw, in some ol' magazine.
New York sent a posse down like I ain't never seen.
Don't you think this outlaw bit has done got out of hand?
What started out to be a joke, the law don't understand.
Was it singing through my nose that got me busted by the man?
Maybe this here outlaw bit has done got out of hand.

We were wrapped up in our music, that's why we never saw,
The cars pull up, the boys get out and the room fill up with law.
They came pounding through the back door in the middle of the song.
They got me for possession of something that was gone, long gone.

Don't you think this outlaw bit has done got out of hand?
What started out to be a joke, the law don't understand.
Was it singing through my nose that got me busted by the man?
Maybe this here outlaw bit has done got out of hand.

Don't you think this outlaw bit has done got out of hand, out of hand?