Musical artist
Waylon Albright "Shooter" Jennings (born May 19, 1979) is an American country music singer and songwriter. The only child of country singers Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, Jennings signed his first recording contract, with Universal South Records, in 2005, releasing his debut album Put the "O" Back in Country that year. This album produced his only entry on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in its lead-off single "Fourth of July", which peaked at #26. Jennings has since followed Put the "O" Back in Country with three more albums: Electric Rodeo, Live at Irving Plaza 4.18.06 (both 2006), and The Wolf (2007).
Biography
Shooter Jennings lived his first few years in a crib on his parents' tour bus. By age five, he was playing drums. Between tours, he took piano lessons. He started playing guitar at fourteen and sometimes played in his father's band. He and his father recorded a few things together when they happened to have some microphones set up and the tape recorder plugged in. At age sixteen, Jennings discovered rock 'n' roll.
As an adult, Jennings left Nashville, Tennessee to seek his fortunes in Los Angeles. He assembled and performed with Stargunn, a southern rock band whose sound he described as Lynyrd Skynyrd mutating into Guns N' Roses. Stargunn performed at local clubs for six years, built an avid following, and earned praise from the local music press.
On March 30, 2003, Jennings dissolved Stargunn and moved to New York City to spend time with his girlfriend and sort out what he wanted to do next. An unexpected gig at the House of Blues a few weeks later revived his creativity. He returned to Los Angeles to form another band, the .357s. The .357s originally consisted of Bryan Keeling on drums, Ted Russell Kamp on bass and Leroy Powell on guitar (although Jennings later fired Powell for unknown reasons). The quartet recorded their first album "Put The O Back in C untry" with Dave Cobb producing in 2004 and it was released in 2005.
Jennings portrayed his father in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line. He is the host of Shooter Jennings' Electric Rodeo, a two-hour weekly music show on Sirius Satellite Radio's Outlaw Country channel. His second solo album Electric Rodeo was released on April 4, 2006, followed by The Wolf on October 23, 2007. This album was followed in 2009 by his first compilation album, Bad Magick: The Best of Shooter Jennings & the .357's.
Currently Jennings has been rumored to be working on a more rock flavored album and several sites have speculated the direction of the new album, but no information has been given from Jennings' camp. Shooter's live band now consists of Bobby Emmett on Keyboards, John "The Gov'ner" Schreffler on Lead Guitar, and Keeling and Kamp holding down the rhythm section. Fan sites have reported that the new band is called "Hierophant" but no concrete evidence has been given.
Family
He is dating Drea de Matteo, with whom he had a baby girl, Alabama Gypsy Rose, on November 29, 2007 [2]
Discography
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Live albums
Singles
| Year
|
Song
|
US Country
|
Album
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| 2005
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"4th of July" (with George Jones)
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26
|
Put the "O" Back in Country
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| "Steady at the Wheel"
|
—
|
| 2006
|
"Gone to Carolina"
|
—
|
Electric Rodeo
|
| "Some Rowdy Women"
|
—
|
| 2007
|
"It Ain't Easy"
|
—
|
| "Walk of Life"
|
—
|
The Wolf
|
| 2008
|
"This Ol' Wheel"
|
—
|
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart, or not released.
|
Other appearances
Music videos
| Year
|
Video
|
Director
|
| 2005
|
"4th of July"
|
Roger Pistole
|
| "Steady at the Wheel"
|
James Minchin
|
| 2006
|
"Gone to Carolina"
|
Dean Karr
|
| 2007
|
"It Ain't Easy"
|
| "Walk of Life"
|
Deaton-Flanigen
|
Filmography
References
External links
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