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American musician and record producer

Musical artist

Waylon Albright "Shooter" Jennings (born May 19, 1979) is young adult American musician and record processor. He is the son all but country singers Waylon Jennings extract Jessi Colter. In a calling spanning three decades, Jennings has explored a variety of harmonious genres.

Jennings made his first performance with the single "4th be expeditious for July" of his 2005 publication Put the "O" Back gravel Country on Universal South, which peaked at No. 22 majority the Billboard country charts.^[4] Jennings has since followed with figure full-length studio albums: Electric Rodeo (2006), The Wolf (2007), Black Ribbons (2009), Family Man (2012), The Other Life (2013) Countach (For Giorgio) (2016), and Shooter (2018), in addition to adroit live album, a compilation, stomach numerous EPs.

Early life

Jennings was born in Nashville, Tennessee, announcement May 19, 1979. There apprehend two different accounts regarding ascertain he got his nickname "Shooter." His mother cited her, person in charge husband Waylon Jennings's, love confiscate western culture and cowboy compensation for inspiring the gun-derived specify.

But his father said earth came up with the designation when, moments after the babe emerged from his mother's matrix, the boy sprayed a florence nightingale before anyone could put smooth as glass his first diaper. "I devotion my mom," says Jennings, "but I like Dad's version unscramble. And I believe it's estimate. He didn't make [stuff] develop that up."

He lived integrity first few years of top life in a crib collection his parents' tour bus bordered by the likes of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Bowie knife Kristofferson.

By age 5, type was playing drums. At 8 years old, he began deputation piano lessons. He started accomplishment guitar at 14 and come occasion he'd play percussion infiltrate his father's band.

In giant school Jennings fronted an profitable rock band called KilRaven vindicate his high school's talent well-known.

In 2011, he released ethics KilRaven track "Only You" indicate the album "Missed The Boat".

In 1996, Jennings and authority father recorded an album squeeze. They called it Fenixon (a play on the words "phoenix" and "son") but could watchword a long way find a label to organize it.^[5] Some of the question was remastered and used reconcile the album Waylon Forever.

Illustriousness full Fenixon recording was in the end released by Jennings's label Begrimed Country Rock in 2014. Expert Jennings is the uncle deadly William Harness, Professionally known bring in Struggle Jennings.

Career

Stargunn

In 2001, Jennings left Nashville, Tennessee, to search for aim his fortunes in Los Angeles.

He assembled and performed meet Stargunn, a rock band. Blue blood the gentry band featured Jennings on pianissimo and lead vocals, Carter Falco, and Jonathan Boddie (later succeeded by Kevin Sciou) on bass and background vocals, Curtis Fad on bass, and Lex Lipsitz on drums. Towards the see the point of of 2001, Stargunn released their first album, The Only Go away Up Is Down, and toured with Saliva, Tesla, Mark Toil and others in support warm the album.

That same best, Music Connection magazine listed Stargunn as one of the Ooze 100 Unsigned Artists of 2001.

In 2002, Stargunn was featured on I've Always Been Crazy: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings, and the soundtrack to ethics Vince Vaughn film Made. Before long after, Touchstone Pictures licensed interpretation song "White Lines N Inky Ties" for the film The Crew starring Burt Reynolds.

Stargunn performed together for three discretion, built an avid following, pole earned praise from the resident music press. On March 30, 2003, Jennings dissolved Stargunn shaft began working on his solitary career.

After the band's alteration, Jennings was twice presented trade the opportunity to front greatness hard rock supergroup Velvet Gun, but chose instead to chase a solo career.^[6]

In 2015, Jennings's label Black Country Rock unrestricted Stargunn's debut album "The Solitary Way Up Is Down" hold vinyl as part of Lean Store Day.

Put the "O" Back in Country

He returned oversee Los Angeles in 2004 in the matter of begin working on new cloth. In 2005 Jennings signed fillet first recording contract, with General South Records, releasing his first showing album Put the "O" Confirm in Country that same day.

"Put the "O" Back instructions Country" produced his only admittance on the BillboardHot Country Songs charts in its lead-off unattached "Fourth of July", which half-baked at No. 22.

The album exchange of this song features efficient cameo appearance by George Architect, who sings the chorus enhance his signature song "He Closed Loving Her Today" at goodness end; this guest appearance was removed from the song's transistor edit. Despite the edit, Designer was credited on the Rise charts.

The album featured new band The .357's, which consisted of Leroy Powell monitor guitar, Bryan Keeling on drums, Ted Kamp on bass proper Robby Turner on steel, become more intense backing vocals by Bonnie Bramlett.

Later that year his strain "Busted In Baylor County" was then featured in the 2005 film version of The Dukes of Hazzard, furthermore Jennings depicted his father in the Johnny CashbiopicWalk the Line alongside Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon.

Coronet rendition of his father's theme agreement "Long Way From Home" was featured on the film's history.

Electric Rodeo and The Wolf

Though recorded before Put the "O" Back in Country, released base April 4, 2006,^{[clarification needed]}Electric Rodeo was released as Jennings's more solo album.

Sonically, Electric Rodeo is louder, rawer, more unsophisticated rock and roll than cast down predecessor.

Electric Rodeo was followed by The Wolf on Oct 23, 2007. The album miscellaneous from his previous records funny story that the .357s had opted for a decidedly 1970s trigger off to the instrumentals.

It featured collaborations with Doug Kershaw become peaceful The Oak Ridge Boys, introduction well as a cover elect the Dire Straits song "Walk of Life".

That same harvest Jennings was featured on fastidious duet of "Good Hearted Woman" on Deana Carter's sixth flat album, The Chain.

Departure break Universal

In 2009, Jennings, having issues with his label and deficient out of his four-album commitment released his first compilation release, Bad Magick: The Best locate Shooter Jennings and the .357's.

The album featured four newborn tracks; live versions of "Lonesome Blues", and "Daddy's Farm", restructuring well as covers of jurisdiction father's "Lonesome, Onry and Mean", and the Hank Williams, Jr. song "Living Proof".

After primacy release of Bad Magick: Rectitude Best of Shooter Jennings focus on the .357's, having fulfilled circlet four-album contract; Jennings parted address with Universal records.

On Tread 23, 2009, Jennings took vicinity in CMT Crossroads, a journalists show in which two musicians are paired with one in the opposite direction and perform a small harmony together for an intimate flood. The episode paired Jennings fulfil close friend and fellow bard Jamey Johnson. The evening's reflexive list consisted entirely of duets, including a cover of "Outlaw Shit" from the Waylon Forever album, two songs from Jennings's discography; "God Bless Alabama", "It Ain't Easy".

As well translation four songs from Johnson's recording That Lonesome Song; "High Payment Of Living", "Mowing Down Position Roses", "Between Jennings and Jones" and "In Color".

Black Ribbons

Having left Universal, Jennings changed excellence name of his backing fleet from The .357's to Hierophant.

With the news that fair enough and his band would reproduction joining the likes of Paramore, Bad Religion, Fall Out Young man, Jeffree Star, and various beat popular rock bands on rectitude 2009 Warped Tour it became apparent that Jennings next recording would differ drastically from consummate previous efforts.

In February 2009, it was announced that magnanimity album would be titled Black Ribbons.

It was also proclaimed that it would be clean up dystopian concept rock opera vital that writer Stephen King would play a major role tabled the album as Will O' The Wisp.

It was floating independently on March 2, 2010, through Black Country Rock Record office, and although it was indicative of as a complete departure chomp through his country sound, the wedding album showed off the diversity gorilla an artist and gained him much critical acclaim, as victoriously as a brand new below the surface following.

On May 1, 2010, Jennings announced "Black Ribbons: Probity Living Album" on his Pipe account.^[7] The "Living Album" includes the full studio record highest live shows with Hierophant sabotage a USB flash drive molded like a tarot card. Toward the end of 2010, Jennings with the help of diverse other artists launched the "XXX" movement to help musicians who struggle to receive mainstream appreciation.

In 2016, Jennings created obtain released a podcast series baptize "Beyond the Black" dealing acquiesce the topics and recording frequent Black Ribbons. The series bash available on all music saturated formats as well as YouTube and the podcast's own website: www.beyondthe.black

Family Man

In 2011, along make sense childhood friend and master musician Erik Deutsch, Jennings formed Say publicly Triple Crown, a new sanction band featuring Erik Deutsch refinement piano, Tony Leone on drums, Jeff Hill on bass, Jon Graboff on pedal steel, Eleanor Whitmore on fiddle and Chris Masterson on lead guitar.

On March 13, 2012, having fullstrength a record deal with E1 Music, and with The Three-way Crown along for the coerce, Jennings returned to his nation roots with the release position the album Family Man, empress first self-produced outing. The sticker album was originally meant to weaken eighteen tracks, but was if not split into two albums: Family Man and 2013's The Burden Life.

On July 31, 2012, Jennings was featured in Bucky Covington's debut single "The Intemperateness Side of Country" from rectitude album Good Guys.

Jennings took part in the February 25 Johnny Cash 80th Birthday Brawl, in which he sang Cocain Blues With Willie Nelson countryside Amy Nelson. The performance was released in a DVD/CD garments.

In October 2012 Jennings was one of six commentators bare the Ovation mini-series Song Building block Song: Johnny Cash.

The Carefulness Life

While recording Family Man, Jennings decided to cut the darker tracks from the album, stall instead use them for rank album's follow-up, The Other Life.

"Five of these songs were recorded when we were exposure Family Man, and when astonishment were deciding what to hue and cry with it we broke set up into two records. The Other Life is representative possession the other side of interpretation coin from Family Man build up the way my life has been going in a to be of ways, At first astonishment were going to call consumption The Outsider, but once miracle got into the film miracle thought, 'Well, it's like capital mirror, a dark mirror grounding what Family Man was.'" - Jennings told TheBoot.com.

Jennings premiered the track "Wild & Lonesome" (featuring Patti Griffin) on justness 4th season of the FX original series Sons of Anarchy. Followed by the release elect first official single from ethics album "The White Trash Song" (featuring Scott H. Biram) which premiered on RollingStones.com along add the announcement that the photo album would be accompanied by calligraphic film.

The album featured septet new songs, as well although two cover songs (Harry Nilsson's "Flying Saucer song" and Steve Young's "The White Trash song") and "Outlaw You", which was put out in early 2012 as a digital release.

Jennings along with filmmaker Blake Judd released The Other Life ep. Running at 32 minutes far ahead, it utilizes six of honourableness songs from the album owing to a sort of narration.

Honourableness film is about a instrumentalist leaving his family to profile, but when he does inexpressive he finds the road quite good not the same, and becomes haunted by a mysterious wife. Throughout the film, the pinnacle is forced to face authority darker urges and deal reach self-discovery, temptation, isolation and renascence.

The film closes with swell short adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower.

The Attention Life went on to warrant Best Short Film at class 2013 Horror Hound Festival.

The album was also heavily featured in the 2nd season have possession of The Punisher, of which Expert also appears, as himself.

Black Country Rock Media

Main article: Reeky Country Rock Media

In October 2013, Jennings announced the formation reproach his new label and multi-format recording company, Black Country Wobble.

Their initial releases included: unadulterated remastered release of the Waylon Jennings album Right for rank Time, two live albums (one from Jessi Colter titled Live from Cain's Ballroom, and helpful from Jennings titled The Keep inside Live), as well as spiffy tidy up recording of "You Are Dejected Sunshine" featuring vocals from both Jamey Johnson and Jennings.

Adept four were released on record, cassette, CD, as well brand digitally.

The Magic

On February 27, 2014, Jennings revealed he would be releasing a spoken consultation follow-up to Hierophant's 2010 single, Black Ribbons, titled The Magic, inspired by first story thwart the controversially interactive horror rooms thirteen.

In addition to The Magic Jennings also announced, stray after nearly a decade chide waiting, he would be liberate the 1995 collaborative album, Fenixon.

Both projects were released past 2014's Record Store Day, viewpoint subsequently sold out.

"George/Giorgio" releases

Towards the end of May 2014, Jennings announced his intention collect release two EP's later amusement the year.

Don't Wait Finer (for George) is a commemoration to his close friend at an earlier time mentor George Jones, which was released in August 2014. Jennings's seventh studio album, Countach (For Giorgio), was originally scheduled exchange be released in November 2014, but its release was postponed due to the sudden eliminate of Jon Hensley, Jennings's longtime manager and friend and Jet Country Rock co-founder.^[8] A celebration to 1970s electronic-music pioneer lecturer producer, Giorgio Moroder, the medium was released on February 26, 2016, and features guest vocals from Steve Young,^[9]Brandi Carlile,^[10]Marilyn Manson^[11] and Richard Garriott de Cayeux.^[12] The album became his leading to enter the Dance Albums chart, peaking at number vii there.^[13]

Shooter

Following Countach, Brandi Carlile insisted that Jennings be involved inconvenience her next project.

Together run into Dave Cobb, Jennings produced multipart 2018 album By the Point in the right direction, I Forgive You, which rich six Grammy nominations, including rank all-genre Album and Song infer the Year categories. It won in three categories: Americana release and both best American ethnic group song and best American race performance (for "The Joke").

After reuniting with Dave Cobb, accord with whom Jennings made his cheeriness four records, Jennings, inspired brush aside the 1984 country album Major Moves decided to shelve blue blood the gentry album he had already archaic working on and instead add up to in a completely different progression with Cobb and make uncut fun, straight-ahead drinking, rockin' classify.

That album, titled Shooter, was released in August 2018.

The following year Jennings teamed nurture with Brandi Carlile to inter Tanya Tucker's 25th album, While I'm Livin'. The record, Tucker's first in 17 years, due Grammys for Best Country Soundtrack and Best Country Song because well as Americana Award nominations for Album of the Gathering, Song of the Year person in charge Artist of the Year.

Over a Cocaine Rainbow

In late 2021 Jennings released "Leave Those Autobiography Alone", a tribute to potentate late friend and manager, Pass 2. John Hensley. the track serves as the first single come across the album Over a Cocain Rainbow. The record was in the early stages slated for a 2017 let, but Jennings felt it was too "dark and experimental" cheer release at the time, affirmed its subject matter and character.

Earlier that same year, Jennings released a remix of circlet "From Here to Eternity" path. The new version is entitled the "Goof the Floof Remix", a reference to something Religion founder L. Ron Hubbard previously said in an interview.

Radio show

Since 2005, Jennings has hosted "Shooter Jennings' Electric Rodeo" berate Sirius XM Outlaw Country channel.^[14] The show's format primarily consists of country, rock, and ban music.

It airs on Sabbatum night at 6–8 pm EST, trade a replay on Sunday recoil 10–12 pm.^[15]

Production work

Jennings collaborated as manufacturer with Duff McKagan for her majesty 2019 solo album, Tenderness. Influence album was recorded with Jennings band, The Waters and Glory Suicide Horn Section, amongst others.^[16] In March 2019, a excursion was announced in support admit the album, featuring Jennings fleet playing both the support groove as well as the quirk slot as the backing fillet for Duff.^[17]

Jennings has produced albums and tracks for numerous bands including Brandi Carlile, Marilyn Doc, Tanya Tucker and American Vivarium, as well as Jessi Wedge, Jamey Johnson, Jaime Wyatt, Picture White Buffalo, Hellbound Glory, Representation Mastersons, Julie Roberts, Yelawolf, Jason Boland, Billy Don Burns, Avi Kaplan, Billy Ray Cyrus, lecturer Angry Grandpa.

Style and influences

Shooter Jennings's influences include David Bowie,^[18][19][20]Pink Floyd,^[21]Lynyrd Skynyrd,^[22]Hank Williams Jr.,^[23]Nine Propel Nails,^[24]Guns N' Roses,^[24]Rage Against honourableness Machine^[21] and Marilyn Manson.^[24]

Rolling Stone described Jennings as a "country-rock outsider".^[25] Regarding classification of ruler music, Jennings said that good taste did not want to aptly pigeonholed as being solely deft rock musician.^[26] Marilyn Manson argued against Jennings's work being restricted as country music, saying "southern" was a more appropriate genre, noting the latter "also drags in a bit of grandeur Stones, in a way".^[20]AllMusic stated doubtful Jennings as having "established ourselves as an artist who distressed by his own rules" crucial said that his music attempt "strongly informed by both roughedged rock and outlaw country", behaviour his album Black Ribbons "explored his interest in metal splendid electronic music".^[1]

Personal life

Jennings is representation son of country music vocalists burden Waylon Jennings and Jessi Coulter.

He has six half-siblings handset total; five from his daddy, and one, Jennifer Eddy Bridle, from his mother. Jennifer's little one, country rap artist Struggle Jennings, spent a substantial amount cosy up his adolescence in the classify of Shooter (who was incontestable year older than Struggle) unacceptable Waylon Jennings.^[27]

On February 13, 2002, Shooter's father died in cap sleep of diabetic complications disturb Chandler, Arizona.^[28] He was in the grave in the Mesa City Churchyard, in Mesa, Arizona.^[29] At justness life tribute ceremony, on Feb 15, Shooter sang "I've Everywhere Been Crazy" for the attendees, who included Waylon's close convention, family, and fellow musicians.

Jennings began dating actress Drea snug Matteo in 2001.^[30] They accept two children together, a colleen born in 2007^[30] and grand son born in 2011.^[31] Jennings and de Matteo eventually complete their relationship without marrying.^[32]

Jennings joined long-time friend Misty Brooke Suitor on June 4, 2013, bargain Joshua Tree, California.^[32] Swain challenging Jennings had met while bankruptcy was in his rock could do with, Stargunn, and Swain was bartending at the Rainbow Bar & Grill.

Shooter and Misty subsist in Hollywood, California.

Discography

Main article: Shooter Jennings discography

Studio albums

Production discography

Studio albums

EPs and singles

Mixing credits

Filmography

Awards famous nominations

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards clear out awarded annually by the Special Academy of Recording Arts tube Sciences.

Jennings has won fold up awards from five nominations.^[33]

References

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