Waylon: An Autobiography

by Waylon Jennings and Lenny Kaye

Book Overview

Waylon Jennings relates the story of his life as a country music star. His beginnings were poor but he became Buddy Holly's protege before sinking into drug abuse and 3 failed marriages. His success came when he met his present wife, Jessi Colter.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446518654
• ISBN13: 9780446518659
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A great read beginning to end

I picked up this book even though I am not a big country music fan. Glad I did! It is a well written, funny, sad, hopeful and triumphant story about the interesting life of a musician. Couldn't put it down, highly recommend!

Great Book about Waylon

If you are a Waylong Jennings fan as I am you will love this book. It is true account of Waylons life told by him. I would highly recommend this book.

Waylon an autobiography

Fantastic! A must read for anyone...country music lover or not.

WAYLON RULES!

If you are a fan of Ol Waylon! This book covers in detail all that you need to know about Waylon. I laughed and Cried reading that book not because I am huge fan of Waylon. But, also because the stories were well written and to the best of my knowledge looked like Waylon was honest when he wrote the book. I only hope Jessi Colter write a book as well. that also would be very intersting, Seeing the story from her point of view, and learning about her as an artist and a wonderful human being.

If You Read Only One Book.....

If you read only one book in your life, you HAVE to read this one. I read it several years ago and just recently read it again. I've read a lot of biographies, and this one is the most sincere and most entertaining one yet. This book shows just how much today's country singers should thank their lucky stars that Waylon Jennings EVER came along. You can tell how very much he loved Jessi and his kids. READ IT!!!!

Like Waylon, this book is gritty, honest and smart.

Waylon Jennings recorded an album in 1987, which he referred to as an "audiobiography". The album was "A Man Called Hoss", and it was, according to Waylon, "The story of my life, before somebody gets it wrong". It was a good idea, and a fine album. But "Waylon: An Autobiography" really gets the job done. Waylon's fans have always known about his rich sense of humor and storytelling abilities. These are reflected amply through his music. This book, co-written by Lenny Kaye, reveals his inner depth, as well. His friendships, loves, heartbreaks, addictions and many triumphs. The greatest triumph of Waylon's life is arguably his long and loving marriage to Jessi Colter. Colter, a successful recording artist in her own right, wrote one of Waylon's biggest hits, "Storms Never Last". And Waylon should know. He's weathered many a storm, with the help of his friends, his family, and his soulmate, Jessi. Read the book, and hear it all in WAYLON's words.