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Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, The Crickets: Constitution Hall, Washington DC

Richard Harrington, The Washington Post, 24 April 1980

IN THE world of Waylon Jennings, the law is something to be outside of, barrooms are smoky, bottles empty; women are difficult, or at least challenging, friendships enduring. It's a complicated black and white world that has evolved in reaction to country music's glossy and simplistic colorization.

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