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WAYLON JENNINGS: NASHVILLE REBEL

One-hour music intensive radio special pays tribute to American music icon Waylon Jennings.

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Waylon Jennings became a country star doing it Nashville’s way. But he became a legend doing things his way. In the early 1970s, his and fellow Texan Willie Nelson’s successful fight for creative control of their records launched country’s Outlaw movement. From a career that began in 1958 with a single produced by rock icon Buddy Holly until his death in 2002, Waylon created edgy, timeless, straight-talking music like “This Time,” “Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)” and “Good Hearted Woman” (with Willie).

“Waylon Jennings: Nashville Rebel” looks back on Waylon’s whole career - from the first Holly-produced single (“Jole Blon”), a tune from his early ’60s days in Phoenix (“Stop the World”), his early RCA hits, all the Outlaw masterpieces, and “I Do Believe” as part of the Highhwaymen. Host Cowboy Jack Clement tells the story with help from Waylon’s wife Jessi Colter, musicians and collaborators Kris Kristofferson, and Richie Albright, and writers Lenny Kaye and Anthony DeCurtis.

He took his name to heart, and then made music from its foursquare beat, and listened to what his inner sense of the music was telling him, and chewed on his songs, because that’s what he liked to do best, and let them live out his life, more than one chorus at a time.”" – Lenny Kaye

• Host: Cowboy Jack Clement
• Producer: Joyride Media ( Paul Chuffo & Joshua Jackson )
• Broadcast Window: Begins late October 2006
• Length: One-hour, with breaks for local spots (no built-in barter spots)
• Terms: Available for all USA radio broadcasters at no cost

Timings & Cues - Noncom Version

0:00 -- 17:52 Segment 1

In: "Waylon didn't come to Nashville hoping to overturn things..." Out: "I'm Cowboy Jack Clement, and you're listening to Waylon Jennings: Nashville Rebel."

17:52 -- 18:52 Break 1 with music bed

18:52 -- 36:14 Segment 2

In: "Welcome back to Waylon Jennings: Nashville Rebel. I'm Jack Clement." Out: "I'm Cowboy Jack Clement, and you're listening to Waylon Jennings: Nashville Rebel."

36:14 -- 37:14 Break 2 with music bed

37:14 -- 59:00 Segment 3

In: "Welcome back to Waylon Jennings: Nashville Rebel. I'm Cowboy Jack Clement." Out: "I'm Cowboy Jack Clement, and thanks for listening."