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Steward of outlaw country shares his musical story and growing up with music royalty
By are embarking on a road trip to spotlight the artists, venues, and recording studios keeping the storytelling legacy alive today. We’re calling the project Common Tread. Join us as we explore the people and places that bridge the divide between music’s past and future.
As a teenager in the Nineties, Shooter Jennings was less than smitten with the honky-tonk scene in Music City, where he grew up. “Nashville was a small town,” he says. “I didn’t like the music there and I didn’t like being Waylon’s kid.”