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Outlaw: Waylon, Willie, Kris, and the Renegades of Nashville

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by Michael Streissguth


  Colter, Jessi, 3, 148, 149, 186, 188–90, 188, 193, 196, 198, 211, 213, 214, 224

  Columbia Records, 5, 49–50, 155–56, 162, 163, 179

  Conrad, Bill, 221

  Coolidge, Rita, 198, 199, 235, 240

  Cooper, Peter, 47, 241

  Cossette, Pierre, 213–14

  Cotten, Dick, 74

  Cotten Music Center, 73–74, 73

  Country Music, 89, 109, 136, 154, 155, 184, 191, 200, 206–7

  Country Music Association (CMA), 221–23

  Cramer, Floyd, 22

  Crockett, Davy, 93

  Cronkite, Kathy, 182

  Crowell, Rodney, 3, 7, 126–30, 126, 137, 177–79, 212–13, 217–19, 232

  Jennings and, 219–20

  Cummings, Barbara, 159–60

  Curtis, King, 32

  Curtis, Sonny, 99

  D

  Darrell, Johnny, 14

  Davidson, Dianne, 1, 6, 82, 114

  Davis, Danny, 68–70, 93, 94, 96, 151

  Davis, Mac, 200

  Davis, Miles, 103

  Davis, Skeeter, 171–73, 244

  Day, Jimmy, 25, 71

  Denisoff, R. Serge, 32, 133

  Denny, Jim, 23

  Denver, John, 181

  DeVito, Hank, 219

  DeYoung, Bill, 34

  Diamond, Neil, 98

  Dobson, Richard, 126

  Dowd, Tom, 110

  Drake, Jack, 186

  Drake, Pete, 70, 137

  Dripping Springs Reunion, 134–38, 142, 182

  Drusky, Roy, 53

  Dudley, Dave, 43

  Dylan, Bob, 20, 36, 43–46, 49, 50, 60–61, 67, 91, 111, 114, 152, 191, 209

  E

  Eagles, 152

  Earle, Steve, 126

  Eddy, Duane, 131

  Egan, Mary, 107

  Eipper, Laura, 206, 227

  Ellsberg, Daniel, 153

  El Salvador, 242

  Emerson, Lee, 162–65, 165, 229–32

  English, Paul, 71, 196

  Evans, Lori, 223, 225, 227

  Exit/In, 6, 82, 83, 119–21, 121, 128, 128, 148, 155, 157, 174, 176, 177, 183, 238

  F

  Fallwell, Marshall, 155

  Ferguson, Bob, 93

  Flatt, Lester, 100

  Flippo, Chet, 104, 111, 179–82, 190, 194, 199, 205, 206, 234

  Fogelberg, Dan, 114

  Fontana, D. J., 176

  Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 171

  Foster, Fred, 3, 4, 17, 50, 52–58, 52, 85, 89, 91–92, 94, 162, 179, 198, 199, 235

  Foster, Jerry, 51–52

  Foster, Paul, 20

  Franklin, Aretha, 110

  Friedman, Kinky, 7, 116–18, 116, 117, 121, 131, 137, 154, 182

  Fritts, Donnie, 46, 54, 61–62, 86–89, 91, 128, 135, 140, 144, 164–65, 200–201, 230

  Frizzell, Lefty, 14

  Fulton, Richard, 171, 210

  G

  Gantry, Chris, 14, 53, 56, 62, 71, 82

  Garner, Bonnie, 183

  Gatlin, Larry, 96, 111, 210

  Gayden, Mac, 82, 198

  George, Girl, 115–16, 120

  George, Terry, 159–62

  Gerson, Ben, 198

  Ginsberg, Allen, 118–19

  Glaser, Chuck, 51, 138, 139

  Glaser, Jim, 51, 138–39

  Glaser, Louis, 138

  Glaser, Tompall, 3, 30, 51, 138–41, 139, 153, 154, 164, 165, 189–92, 193, 238

  Byrds and, 140

  Jennings and, 141–43, 145, 147, 158–60

  Glaser Sound Studios, 6–7, 117, 138, 140–41, 146–49, 147, 206, 238

  Gordy, Emory, 178, 217

  Gore, Al, Jr., 75, 210, 210

  Gore, Albert, Sr., 167

  Graham, Billy, 171

  Grammer, Billy, 171

  Grand Ole Opry, 10, 13, 15, 31, 34, 45, 58, 140, 169–72, 186

  Gray, Claude, 16

  Gray, Paul, 151

  Green, Doug, 80

  Green, Lloyd, 176

  Gropp, Jerry, 20

  H

  Haggard, Merle, 69, 136

  Halberstam, David, 11

  Hall, Rick, 61

  Hall, Tom T., 56, 136, 209

  Hallyday, Johnny, 205

  Hamilton, George, IV, 36

  Hance, Bill, 206

  Hardin, Glen D., 178, 217

  Harman, Buddy, 22

  Harris, Emmylou, 177–79, 178, 207, 217–19

  Harris, John, 122–23, 164–65

  Hartford, John, 1, 56, 118, 138

  Havens, Richie, 72

  Hemphill, Paul, 172

  Henry, O., 27

  Hiatt, John, 74, 80, 82, 114

  Hilburn, Robert, 205

  Hickey, Dave, 89, 109, 136, 141, 154–55, 206, 207

  Holly, Buddy, 4, 31–33, 145

  Hooker, John Jay, 210

  Hopper, Dennis, 62, 87, 90

  Howard, Harlan, 16, 22, 37, 96, 110, 139

  Hume, Martha, 158, 206, 232

  Hunter, Nick, 182, 183

  Huskey, Roy, Jr., 70

  Huxtable, Ada Louise, 170–71

  I

  Ilberman, Mel, 146

  Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock, The (Reid), 108

  J

  Jackson, Joel, 245

  Jacobson, Stan, 62

  Jarvis, Felton, 55, 68, 70, 93, 96, 215–16

  Jenkins, Harry, 99, 193

  Jennings, Waylon, 2–7, 18–21, 29–39, 46, 47, 49, 58, 67–69, 71, 76, 77, 80, 82, 93–103, 105, 125, 131–34, 138, 151–54, 154, 157–62, 164, 165, 167, 179, 182, 184, 185–95, 186, 188, 193, 196, 196, 205–7, 211, 215, 229, 232, 234–35, 237–39, 242, 243, 245

  American Indians and, 38–39

  Atkins and, 20–21, 23–24, 35, 36, 93, 95–97, 99, 101, 132–34, 147

  Cash and, 59 childhood of, 30–31

  Clement and, 186–89

  Coe and, 156–57

  Colter and, 131–32, 148, 149

  Country Music Association and, 221–23

  Crazy Helen and, 161–62

  Crowell and, 219–20

  Davis and, 68, 69

  Dreaming My Dreams, 185–89

  at Dripping Springs festival, 135, 136, 142

  drug arrest of, 223–27, 233, 237

  drug use of, 59, 95, 102, 134, 146, 151, 157–58, 160–61, 188, 212–14, 220, 226–28, 232, 234, 244

  Glaser and, 141–43, 145, 147, 158–60

  at Glaser Sound Studios, 146–49

  “Good Hearted Woman,” 96–97

  Hells Angels and, 149–50, 151, 157

  Highwayman, 238–39

  Holly and, 31–33

  Honky Tonk Heroes, 142–46, 200

  Kristofferson and, 67–68, 200

  Monroe and, 30–31

  Nelson and, 96–97, 108–9, 111, 190–91, 232–34

  pinball playing of, 158–61

  The Ramblin’ Man, 185

  RCA and, 18, 20, 50, 69, 70, 72, 93, 96–103, 132–34, 140–47, 151, 157, 228, 232–34

  Reshen and, 103, 132–34, 140, 145–46, 228

  Shaver and, 136–38, 142–45

  television show proposed for, 213–14

  in Texas, 108–9

  This Time, 148–49, 152

  Wanted! The Outlaws, 190–91, 200, 233, 234

  Waylon & Willie, 233–34, 236

  Johnson, Jack, 217

  Johnson, Jamey, 5, 192

  Jones, Booker T., 235

  Jones, George, 37, 132, 172

  Joplin, Janis, 87, 88, 191

  Joyner, Willie, 164

  Jurek, Thom, 133

  K

  Kahanek, Elroy, 99–101, 105, 144, 145, 217

  Keith, Toby, 5, 192

  Kent State University, 76

  Kershaw, Doug, 15, 64

  Kienzle, Rich, 25

  Kilgore, Merle, 176

  Kimberly, Verna Gay, 68

  King, B.B., 16

  King, Carole, 198

  King, Larry L., 10, 205

  Kirk, Rolan
d, 78

  Kosser, Michael, 54

  Kristofferson, Casey, 198, 240

  Kristofferson, Frances, 29, 46, 47, 198

  Kristofferson, Henry, 28, 45

  Kristofferson, Kris, 1–8, 13–15, 21, 27– 29, 34, 42–47, 44, 49, 51, 53–58, 62, 67, 71, 72, 77, 82, 84–92, 86, 96, 98–99, 114, 116, 118, 121, 125, 127, 129, 132–33, 137, 138, 152, 154, 167, 168, 176, 179, 196–201, 206–7, 215, 218, 228, 234, 239–44

  Cash and, 61–65, 96

  Chavez and, 240–42, 242

  childhood of, 13, 27–28

  Coolidge and, 198, 199, 240

  debut album of, 85–86

  at Dripping Springs festival, 135

  “The Fighter,” 239

  film career of, 90, 98–99, 196–98, 197, 200, 205, 240, 243

  Highwayman, 238–39

  Jennings and, 67–68, 100

  Matthews and, 123, 124

  “Me and Bobby McGee,” 57–58, 62, 88–89, 199

  military career of, 13, 29, 45, 46, 242

  Nelson and, 15, 200

  at Newport Folk Festival, 64–65, 85

  political activism of, 3, 240–44

  RCA and, 96

  “Sugar Man,” 199

  Swan and, 42–44, 50, 54, 57, 65, 86

  Taxi Driver and, 203–4

  Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson, 239–40

  Kristofferson, Mary Ann, 28, 45–46

  L

  Laibe, George, 103

  Lawson, James, 10–12

  Lee, Brenda, 22, 210

  Lee, Dickey, 121

  Lehning, Kyle, 147–50

  Leibovitz, Annie, 135

  Lewis, Grover, 135–37

  Lewis, Jerry Lee, 50, 217–18

  Lewis, John, 11–13, 76, 153, 171

  Light, Larry, 96

  Light, Ronny, 93–97, 99–100, 105, 132, 215

  Light Crust Doughboys, 136

  Lightfoot, Gordon, 36, 114

  Linde, Dennis, 53, 86

  Littleton, Bill, 183

  Lloyd, Charles, 120

  Loggins, Dave, 114

  Looby, Z. Alexander, 12

  Lundvall, Bruce, 180–83, 183, 235

  Lynn, Loretta, 134, 136, 158, 174, 181, 207, 209, 234

  M

  Mack, Lonnie, 114

  Malloy, Jim, 23

  Mardin, Arif, 110–11

  Marley, Bob, 152

  Marshall, Jim, 135

  Marshall Tucker Band, 3, 209

  Matthews, Melva, 124

  Matthews, Vince, 44, 46, 51–52, 64, 65, 96, 121–25, 122, 133

  Kingston Springs Suite, 123–25

  Mayor, Alan, 148, 157

  McCall, C. W., 181

  McCartney, Linda, 204

  McCartney, Paul, 204, 205

  McCoy, Charlie, 50, 70, 198

  McDill, Bob, 51–52, 232

  McGill, Ralph, 167

  McGuirt, Glenn, 71

  McKee, Bobby, 57

  McKinley, David, 175

  McKuen, Rod, 19

  McNeely, Larry, 118–19

  Meyer, David N., 140

  Midnight Jamboree, The, 186

  Miller, Roger, 3, 4, 16, 41, 58, 64, 68, 99, 134, 200

  Miller, Steve, 114, 152

  Milsap, Ronnie, 217

  Minzer, Michael, 78, 119

  Mitchell, Joni, 60, 62, 65, 71

  Moeller, Lucky, 101

  Moffatt, Hugh, 126

  Moman, Chips, 194, 236

  Monroe, Bill, 30–31, 134, 158

  Mooney, Ralph, 97, 185, 245

  Moore, Bob, 22

  Morthland, John, 236

  Moss, Jerry, 19

  Moss, Wayne, 70, 120

  Murphey, Michael Martin, 8, 109

  Murphy, Curtis, 12

  N

  Nash, Diane, 11–13, 12, 76, 153, 171

  Nash, Graham, 62

  Nashville, 173–76, 203, 205

  Nashville, Tenn., 9–13, 63, 74–75, 82, 91, 118, 167–70, 192, 205–8, 237, 239, 244

  alcohol and drugs in, 212–13, 222

  blacks in, 11–13, 53, 74

  Centennial Park, 119, 176, 238

  criticism of, 9–10

  fashion in, 207

  film and, 173–76, 203, 205

  music festival handbill, 84

  Music Row, 14, 47, 54, 58, 72, 73, 75–77, 75, 80, 113, 114, 116, 172, 174, 238

  press and, 205–6

  radio and, 206–7

  Vanderbilt University, 1, 10, 76–82, 77, 79, 80, 176, 218, 238

  West End, 1–2, 6–8, 42, 75–76, 113–14, 119–21, 125, 174–76, 218, 238, 244

  Nashville Sound, The (Hemphill), 172

  Neil, Fred, 71

  Nelson, Alfred, 33

  Nelson, Bobbie, 33, 34

  Nelson, Connie, 106, 111, 180, 211, 217

  Nelson, Ira, 33

  Nelson, Martha, 16, 17

  Nelson, Myrle, 33

  Nelson, Nancy, 33

  Nelson, Paul, 184

  Nelson, Shirley, 17, 71, 106

  Nelson, Tracy, 81, 145

  Nelson, Willie, 2, 3, 5–8, 16–18, 21, 33–35, 36, 39–42, 40, 47, 49, 58, 67, 70–72, 82, 103–12, 104, 113, 114, 130, 136, 138, 144, 147, 154, 157, 158, 167, 177, 179–84, 183, 189–92, 193, 194–96, 196, 206–8, 211, 215, 227, 234–39, 242–44

  Atkins and, 24–25, 39, 41, 104

  Carter and, 210–11

  childhood of, 33–34, 39

  Country Music Association and, 221, 222

  Crowell and, 219

  at Dripping Springs festival, 134, 135, 182

  drug use of, 212

  film work of, 238

  “Good Hearted Woman,” 96–97

  Highwayman, 238–39

  house fire of, 106

  Jennings and, 96–97, 108–9, 111, 190–91, 232–34

  Kristofferson and, 15, 200

  Mardin and, 110–11

  move to Texas, 106–10

  Payne and, 195–96

  Presley’s death and, 217–18

  RCA and, 17–18, 35, 41, 70, 72, 103–5, 110–11, 181, 232–34

  Red Headed Stranger, 180–84, 185, 189, 191, 200, 235

  Reshen and, 228

  sacred music and, 34

  Stardust, 235–36, 239

  Wanted! The Outlaws, 190–91, 200, 233, 234

  Waylon & Willie, 233–34, 236

  Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson, 239–40

  Neuwirth, Bobby, 88

  Newbury, Mickey, 1, 46, 55, 62, 67, 96, 98, 113, 125, 154, 232

  Newport Folk Festival, 64–65, 85

  Nicaragua, 243

  Nicks, Stevie, 233

  Nixon, Richard, 167–68, 172–75, 177, 208, 210, 244

  Norton, Bill, 90

  O

  Oermann, Robert K., 15, 107, 108

  Oldham, Spooner, 61

  Olney, David, 127

  Opryland USA, 170, 172–74, 244

  Orbison, Roy, 17, 52–53, 91

  Orlovsky, Peter, 119

  Ortega, Daniel, 243

  outlaw ethos, 152–53

  outlaw movement, 3, 5–7, 109, 142, 153–55, 184, 185, 192, 196, 205, 206, 208, 237, 244–45

  Owens, Buck, 37

  P

  Parker, David, 17

  Parsons, Gram, 140, 207

  Parton, Dolly, 52–53, 234

  Patoski, Joe Nick, 191, 212

  Payne, Gordon, 32, 192, 194–96, 211, 212, 217, 227, 245

  Peltier, Leonard, 242

  Penn, Dan, 61

  Pennington, Ray, 93, 185

  Perkins, Carl, 31, 64

  Peterson, Roger, 32

  Presley, Elvis, 16, 21, 25, 29, 31, 32, 36, 42, 55, 68, 70, 71, 93, 96, 199, 214–18

  death of, 216–17, 221, 222

  Price, Ray, 4, 16, 85

  Pride, Charley, 51, 176, 181, 184, 193, 207, 217, 234

  Prine, John, 108, 128

  Putnam, Norbert, 70

  R

  Rabbitt, Eddie, 116, 140

 
; Raphael, Mickey, 130, 178, 218

  Raven, Eddy, 210

  RCA, 2–5, 9, 24, 36, 52, 53, 70, 100, 131, 139, 145, 191, 215

  Atkins at, 2, 21, 23–25, 35, 41, 95, 134

  Jennings and, 18, 20, 50, 69, 70, 72, 93, 96–103, 132–34, 140–47, 151, 157, 228, 232–34

  Kristofferson and, 96

  Nelson and, 17–18, 35, 41, 70, 72, 103–5, 110–11, 181, 232–34

  redneck culture, 208

  Rednecks and Bluenecks (Willman), 209

  Reed, Jerry, 129–30

  Reeves, Jim, 9, 21, 23, 36–37, 51

  Reid, Jan, 108

  Reshen, Neil, 103, 105, 110, 132–34, 140, 145–46, 179–82, 180, 192, 223, 225, 228

  Reynolds, Allen, 121, 187

  Reynolds, Billy Ray, 38, 38, 46, 59, 69, 97, 98, 101–2, 105–6, 132, 137, 139, 141–42, 149–50, 186, 187

  Rice, Bill, 51–52

  Rich, Charlie, 181

  Richardson, J. P. “The Big Bopper,” 32

  Ritter, Tex, 135, 136

  Robbins, Marty, 4, 37, 138, 139, 158

  Emerson and, 162–64

  Rodgers, Jimmie, 144

  Rogers, Kenny, 55

  Ronstadt, Linda, 87, 181, 207

  Rothbaum, Mark, 183, 223, 227, 228

  Rothchild, Paul, 88

  Routh, Jack, 223

  Russell, Leon, 111

  S

  Sadler, Barry, 229–32, 230

  Sahm, Doug, 8, 111

  Sanchez, Dennis, 126

  Sanjek, Rick, 110

  Sasser, Jim, 210

  Schulman, Bruce J., 208

  Schutt, Roger “Captain Midnight,” 140, 141, 143, 190

  Scruggs, Earl, 80, 114, 134, 136

  Scruggs, Randy, 80

  Seals, Troy, 144

  Seiter, Jimmi, 140

  Self, Philip, 53

  Sharpe, Darlene, 229–31

  Shaver, Billy Joe, 96, 108, 118, 141, 144, 152, 154, 192, 209, 215, 239

  Jennings and, 136–38, 142–45

  Sherrill, Billy, 61, 176, 181

  Shiner, Lewis, 76–78, 77

  Sholes, Steve, 25, 40, 99

  Silverstein, Shel, 55, 62, 67, 71, 121, 123, 144, 148–49, 234

  Sinatra, Frank, 34, 71, 199, 226

  Singleton, Shelby, 155

  Smith, Hazel, 30, 59, 142, 153–54, 158, 164, 184, 200, 206, 217, 235

  Smith, Sammi, 111

  Smith, Tommie, 153

  Smothers, Tommy, 98

  Snoddy, Glen, 175

  Snow, Hank, 51, 58, 91, 134, 135, 176

  Somoza, Anastasio, 243

  South, 208

  Springfield, Dusty, 61, 110

  Stanton, Harry Dean, 90

  Star, Arizona, 115–16, 118, 120

  Starr, Ringo, 205

  Ste.-Marie, Buffy, 61

  Stevens, Even, 140–41

  Stevens, Ray, 53

  Stevenson, B. W., 109, 111

  Stoneman, Ernest “Pop,” 51

  Stoner, Charles, 119

  Stookey, Paul, 71

  Storch, Larry, 98

  Streisand, Barbra, 87, 197, 203

  Stuart, Jan, 174

  Stuart, Marty, 5

  Stutz, Carl, 180

 

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