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Songs We Love: The Highwaymen, 'One Too Many Mornings'

The Highwaymen. From left: Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. Jim McGuire/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Songs We Love

Songs We Love: The Highwaymen, 'One Too Many Mornings'

Dylan's song of lost love surfaced again and again in Johnny Cash's career. A newly released cover by the Cash-led country supergroup reaches across decades.

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Waylon Jennings: The 'Last Recordings' Of A Dreamer

Goin' Down Rockin': The Last Recordings is a new album of songs by Waylon Jennings, who died in 2002. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Waylon Jennings: The 'Last Recordings' Of A Dreamer

Known for his gritty baritone, Jennings embodied the outlaw side of country music. He was 64 when he died of complications from diabetes, leaving behind a collection of vocal tracks that remained unfinished until now.

Waylon Jennings: The 'Last Recordings' Of A Dreamer

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Waylon Jennings: An Outlaw Opens Up Musically

Waylon Jennings performs live in Nashville on Jan. 5, 2000. The singer died in 2002. Rusty Russell/Stringer/Getty Images Entertainment hide caption

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Waylon Jennings: An Outlaw Opens Up Musically

Fresh Air

In 1996, country star Waylon Jennings, who helped found the "outlaw country" movement, joined Terry Gross for a discussion of his music, his work with Willie Nelson and Buddy Holly, and his time spent working in Nashville in the 1970s.

Waylon Jennings: An Outlaw Opens Up Musically

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World Cafe

Shooter Jennings: Revisiting Waylon's Music

XPN

In an interview with host David Dye, Shooter Jennings talks about Waylon Forever, a collection of songs he recorded with his father Waylon in 1995. Shooter then revisited the material with his backing band, The .357s, to release a ramshackle revival of his father's classic outlaw country.

Shooter Jennings: Revisiting Waylon's Music

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Waylon Jennings' Haunting Last Recordings

A stalwart of the outlaw country movement in the 1970s, Jennings bucked the conventions of Nashville with a tough sound and attitude. He died in 2002, but his son Shooter, now an outlaw country star in his own right, has just released a collection of songs he made with his dad in the mid-'90s — the last recordings Waylon Jennings ever made.

Waylon Jennings' Haunting Last Recordings

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Music Interviews

Waylon Jennings

Scott talks to Will Campbell, author, preacher, civil rights activist and friend of the late country music star Waylon Jennings, who died last month. We also hear from Beverly Keel, Nashville music journalist and professor at Middle Tennessee State University. They talk about Waylon Jennings' central role in the rebel Outlaw musical movement in Nashville. A memorial celebration is scheduled tonight in Nashville. (8:30)

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