Willie, Waylon, and the Boys
Book description
The tragic and inspiring story of the leaders of Outlaw country and their influence on today's Alt-Country and Americana superstars, tracing a path from Waylon Jennings' survival on the Day the Music Died through to the Highwaymen and on to the current creative and commercial explosion of Chris Stapleton, Brandi…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Willie, Waylon, and the Boys as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I have loved Willie and Waylon and Johnny Cash and Kris Kiristofferson for years and this is a fabulous book on how they all came together as the Highwaymen and made highly successful appearances and albums.
It's tremendous that the author can really take you backstage and the interactions between the four musicians is both hilarious and revealing. For example, before I read this book I assumed that Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson would be the best of buddies ...but they're not.
Some great one-liners. When the singers were on a health kick, harmonica player Mickey Raphael said, "Willie's lost…