11:24 pm. "He lived an [adventurous] life as many of you know, and he has accomplished so much. Yet, the feat of Jennings growth was no small taskhis life has been true to his first name. Looks like he was DOF or would he be in charge of "football operations" like Tisdale's mate Mel Gwinnett was? Jennifer Tullman-Botzer | December 28, 2022 | Blog, cyber, MFA, zero trust. The Duet. If people remember him at all, theyll only remember him as a bad white rapper who turned them onto the music of a legend. he also said he never wanted his music labeled as anything other than waylon jennings music but also agreed he wouldnt change allowing it to be called outlaw music because it worked go to 20:20 for that part of the interview but i would recommend watching the whole thing as it is said to be never before seen only released on youtube as part of a series of never before seen interviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Ljteobwpw, Del Mccoury Truth be told, as a rapper, Eddys riffs are way more sample-friendly and just fucking classic. With Struggle and this album, the approach seems to be the exact opposite, despite whatever words of explanation may accompany the project. Im sure those projects are coming. For the latest songwriting tips, reviews, podcasts, and more. Colter was also married to guitarist Duane Eddy and, more famously, the legendary Waylon Jennings. How is that Waylon could be so talented and not pass any of it down to his off spring or their offspring. November 20, 2019 @ 2.6K. 2. He is Waylons STEP-Grandson. With plenty of love and respect for a legend, and a slight chuckle about his grandson every now and again. Last summer, she and her father duetted on the song Bad Company. Struggle Jennings will release his new album The Widows Son on February 15th. Moms helping a lot, Id say (along with Dad, may he rest in peace). I cant stand that rap crap but its the blood line that keeps me playing it. This project may not erode your feelings on Waylons music, and it certainly wont erode mine. Already a member? Given that Ruckers version is currently a hit, I dont have to see the show to assume that they played his (and likewise cited him as the originating artist, regardless of whether his arrangement is at all different from the original or not). Not sure how I feel about using a dead mans music in context out of what it was meant for. I guess it takes talent to take music from a completely unrelated genre and turn it into something else, but its certainly not art and I have absolutely no respect for the practice. With Jenni playing the piano and Whey standing beside her, the two . Jkalnasy He is the grandson of instrumental rock guitarist Duane Eddy and country musician Jessi Colter, the step-grandson of Waylon Jennings, and the nephew of Shooter Jennings, from whom Harness adopted his stage name.Jennings was one of the original members of Yelawolf's . 10:58 am, Burly Dent First of allbeing a musician, i can appreciate and respect music in all forms and genres. I forgot the name they called themselves for the notorious song. . Mark my words. Add a bio, trivia, and more. This is coming from a guy who personally detests most rap. Trigger While Jennings did not want any part of it, Colter could not be dissuaded, and Eddy began getting jealous. This Residential listing has 3 Beds, 2 Full Baths. 10:02 am. The problem is with the way they are presented. Some songs move your spirit and change your life, while others are nails on chalkboard.. His mother is Jessi Coulters daughter from a previous marriage to Duane Eddy. About. 3:29 am, The Hillbilly Muslim TX Music Jim Frankly, as disgusted as I am at this album, it disgusts and frankly scares me more that the outrage isnt as widespread as it is. Im all for artists branching out but I Am Struggle doesnt seem very well executed, at least thats what Im getting from my first impression of listening to it. Even though Jennings was pursuing music, he now realizes that he was still on a bad track. and what exactly the copyright concerns. There are regular contributers to this site that take music far too seriously. I dont see this music as being some sort of country/hip-hop hybrid in any way, shape, or manner. Jennifer's son, who goes by Struggle Jennings, has also followed his family's musical footsteps. In other words, hes just like every other bad white rapper out there but with better connections. I never heard a rap song on there. Is saying hes no blood relation a stance, or a fact? The real test will be his next album and the ones after it. One song is one thing. "At Fleetwood, he was able to appoint former teammates and close friends Clint Hill, Andy Mangan and Eddy Jennings on his staff". Some of its worked and sounded great and other things Ive wondered what he was thinking, but overall he is tremendously talented and WAY better than the crap thats on radio and CMT these days. Is he even out of jail? Furthermore, Waylon was an originator of music, Struggle is taking that originators work, and regurgitating it. First off, I appreciate your history lesson, but I dont need to be preached to about the legacy of Waylon Jennings. Although it's not on her album, Harness' sessions forWelcome to My Nightmare also included a reimagining of Struggle Jennings' "Outlaw S--t," which itself pulls from Waylon Jennings' posthumously released song of the same name, an altered version of his 1978 release "Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand." Doing WAYLON in rap and making money from it is DISRESPECFUL! Went to work today and researched Waylon literally all day(we are in our slow season) Thats how I found this site. retro, thrift store shopping etc). I like a lot of vintage country-rock music (the REAL stuff, rootsy and generally self-written) and I like only a few rap and hip-hop artists if they manage to display particularly incisive lyrical prowess of depth and character, along with grooves that serve the poetry, instead of the other way around. After marrying, the couple welcomed a daughter, Jennifer. Posted by Struggle Jennings on Thursday, January 17, 2019 "Ace in the Hole," one of the songs on the four-track project, features Struggle's legendary grandmother, as well as his mom Jenni Eddy Jennings. And I really cannot stand the complete and total absence of any and all instruments besides a drum kit or machine and a turn table. So now theyre gonna shit all over Waylon? It's common for generations of family members to connect through music, but for Harness, it's an extra-special experience, since they're the ones making it. What he has is a step-Grandpa who is a legend, and hes gonna ride that gravy train as far as he can. I havent yet listened to I Am Struggle but I can say that Im not a big fan of rap but I do enjoy Struggles music. . 9:45 pm. You mix them, what do you get? Watch the music video for Enemy by Struggle Jennings and Jelly Roll below: Only members can comment. I started writing poems when I was super young, he remembered. In the summertime, I went to the hood. Singer Songwriter music, lyrics, and videos from Hendersonville, TN on ReverbNation Some use change to sell something, others have a deep rooted drive to shake things up.. To go against the grain.. To challenge the system and do things their own way, regardless of what anyone thought.. Well I fully respect your concerns, but I hope you can have an open mind and consider what I want to share with you.. After all were talking about music here so obviously theres a major issue of taste.. Everyone hears things differently depending on their experience.. Just because you enjoy Country music, doesnt mean you like everything that falls under whatever definition of that genre youre going by.. Being limited by the expectations of others is bad enough, but if you start limiting your own creative expression based on some set of rules or guidelines, well Im not so sure you deserve the title Artist (obviously just my personal opinion).. To me, the essence of Art relates to where the inspiration comes from and how its expressed.. For the record, Struggs album wasnt like made by computers.. About. Harness recalls herself as an "extremely musical" child -- she sang in the choir, was first chair in band and "just, like, ran around singing all the time" -- but her debut album,Welcome to My Nightmare, only just arrived in 2020. The marriage only lasted for barely seven years. IMO, the Waylon samples (being incidental) are also authentic because Will Harness is writing and rapping about his life-experiences, and Waylon was most assuredly a significant part of that life experience. Growing up, Struggle would spend summers on Waylons road crew, and his mother worked for a while as one of Waylons backup singers as she pursued her own career in music. I dont really like the female singer on the track that much though. February 6, 2019 @ I was checking out the upcoming tour dates for Erick Strickland & theyre playing at it sometime this summer, Eric Strickland I try to put myself in those shoes if my Grandpa, who I spent so much time around was a musician, I would be HONORED to have an opportunity to Cover or Re-interpolate that music lacing it with my own culture and experiences .. Struggle is from that Rap culture and I personally really enjoy the Music .. And then to tie it together with the Messages being pushed now via Social Media and just the Music itself yes you can fixate on some of the vulgarities, but if you take a step above it, you can see theres stories, growth and lots of self awareness here .. Singer-Songwriter, Producer. Invalid memorial. Have any of yall been to this Waylon Fest in Texas? They said the same thing about his dad. GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE! Except the whole taking a dead countrys stars songs and turning them into rap. Its making at least me, a fan of everything before it that influenced it. I saw him pour his trials and tribulations out over a respectfully created mixture of the sounds that surrounded and inspired Struggle through his life.. June 5, 2013 @ 9:07 am. They sound good together! Finally, the bullshit comments about Struggle not being blood kin, and whatever he gains from the connection to the Jennings name. 10:21 pm, f@c% all you #freestruggle am down with his shit till i die and my fam was down south folks this is new age, Cory Martin Struggle is one of those few, IMO. February 14, 2020 @ That lifestyle does have repercussionsIve felt them, my family has felt them. Waylon Jennings with his stepdaughter Jennifer Eddy Jennings (daughter of Jessi Colter & Duane Eddy) backstage at the Wheeling Jamboree. Bipolarsin was more incidental to his mission, but authentic nevertheless. I couldnt stand that new song with whatever that guy is from the Jawga boys or whatever the heck theyre called and Joe Diffee. I got zero prblems with any of your points trig. "He watched it and just started crying, and, oh, it was a big thing," she remembers. But in a while, Colter started seeing Jennings despite being married. The Jennings family took struggle in as one of their own. So theres your bias An I fully accept that.. Founded in 1881. Neither of those are real and I think most people see right through it, but for some reason those same people dont seem to care that its all fake and they just wanna party. I had never even actually heard Outlaw Shut - Waylon Jennins.. The more Ive listened to it my gut feeling is without Waylon theres not much here. June 5, 2013 @ Anyways my point is Waylons music was real and he lived it. Were best friends. He did kinda rap in This Ol Wheel and The Gunslinger and theyre not my favorite tracks hes done but theyre worth listening to and if it takes a song like The Gunslinger to further his music and get the word out about it, its not the worst thing in the world. June 5, 2013 @ on this site is poor quality songs and singers. https://cntryrbl.us/CR-StoreSubscribe and turn on notifications! New Music Weekly! Jennifer and Will have a daughter, Brianna. He may not have been blood but he was still a Jennings. He belongs of American nationality and English ethnicity. All in all, the life Jennings has lived would be more than enough excuse to succumb to the chaotic currents of the world, but his determination to control his own future shows us who he really is: a strong, principled, humble and loving individual. 1:02 am. 5:25 pm, Struggle is good he speaks of real shit he went through and from the heart never heard a bad song from him i did time i can relate. Making an original hip hop/rap song (with electronic beats/autotune or not) is one thing, but taking another song and talking in rhythm over it is another. So, we called it Waylon & Willie as a tribute to that friendship. 3. wrt shooter: personal issues aside, he has made some quality music (imo). 12:46 pm, it freaks me out when people think iconic songs like wagon Wheel were written by the guy covering them, when the original is so good, and so well known.. Thatd be like calling Country Grammar by Nelly a rap-rock song, because it has a sample from Sweet Home Alabama in it. "It's so much fun just sharing your feelings and emotions with your family. If thats what it takes to get attention to be paid to a true artist like this then so be it. 8:38 am. Frank browning Acca Dacca In fact it probably makes me value it even more. I also think that copyrights are slightly different based on when they were established (1950s vs. 2000s, etc.) November 11, 2016 @ Sara . I was trying to say and point out many of the same points that youve hit on in your comment when i left my comment. Jennings is a close friend and colleague of Rovers manager Joey Barton, spearheading the club's recruitment setup in a consultancy capacity. Jennifer Jennings is a Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, and a Faculty Associate of the Office of Population Research.She is also the Director of Education Research Section (ERS) which supports research, publication, and teaching on matters relating to education policy and practice. So far, he has released ten studio albums. Country rap already has one foot in the grave, its just its perpetrators are too obsessed with what the kids want to see the big picture. Struggles maternal grandmother, Jessi Colter, went on to marry Waylon Jennings and the couple had one child together, Shooter Jennings. I may be the oddball here, but I think both Trigger and Struggles rep as well as almost everyone whos commented on here so far have made good arguments and valid points. Dumb ass Step family has nothing to do with it. "There was so many times where I was like, 'Oh, I could see this going this way' and he was just like, 'Oh, what about this?' How did we get to this point in country music when taking the lifes work of a country music legend and regurgitating it into vulgarity-laden country rap did not result in downright outspread public outrage? "A lot of artists don't really have that privilege but it also set high standards-- very high standards -- with where I was supposed to go and what I'm supposed to do with my music and how I'm supposed to sound.". Rofl. This side effect of the never ending hype machine is what gets me the most. June 16, 2018 @ I downloaded I am struggle, loved it. We take everything weve been through the whole yearweve got our own families, our own careers, our own things going onand well lock-in for two weeks and let it all out through music.. Hank didnt do it this way, and neither did Waylon. Mirriam Johnson (born May 25, 1943), known professionally as Jessi Colter, is an American country singer who is best known for her collaborations with her husband, country musician Waylon Jennings, and for her 1975 crossover hit "I'm Not Lisa".. Colter was one of the few female artists to emerge from the mid-1970s "outlaw country" movement.After meeting Jennings, Colter pursued a career in . This is horrendous abomination. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Deana Jennings (143555316)? Frequently collaborating with longtime friends like Jelly Roll and Yelawolf, Jennings and his music have become beacons of hope and inspiration for many, sharing a message of clarity, stability and healing with those who need it the most. Struggle Jennings & Brianna Harness. I related to the stories that were being told in hip-hop., For Jennings, this early love for hip-hop came hand-in-hand with a desire to create music himself. 8:20 pm. And in 2016 when he got out of prison, Jennings did just thatin the years since, hes released a plethora of charting hip-hop albums, won back custody of all of his children and has entirely rebuilt his life through perseverance, talent and honesty. Jennifer was around 7 years old when her mom and Waylon were married. Country music giant Waylon Jennings grew up in poverty in West Texas before becoming Buddy Holly's bassist when Jennings was just a teenager. They covered Bad Company by Bad Company and he almost got into a debate with me when I mentioned that it wasnt the original version. She recorded a couple of singles that didn't take off and toured with Eddy until their . While Ive been singing for as long as I can rememberI was one of those kids who just walked around singing all the timeI was probably about 12 or 13 when I realized Hey, I want to be a rapper. But, I didnt really take it seriously until I was in my early 20s.. June 4, 2013 @ So I wouldnt worry about Waylons legacy being tarnished. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Jennifer was born on March 22, 1973 and passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2016. Willie was the light-hearted one, Waylon was the rough-around-the-edges outlaw. Something else worth pointing out about Struggle is that he is no Blake Shelton or Jason Aldean, and his songs are no Dirt Road Anthem. As Ive also said about fellow Southern white rapper Yelawolf, Struggle has talent. 2:12 pm, Your email address will not be published. Nothing will ever tarnish for me waht Waylons music has meant and continues to mean to me. And as far as shooter goes im sure he is proud too. Yet, the feat of Jennings' growth was no small taskhis life has been true to his first name. Ace in the Hole. Well chose sample and the loops work really well. This article was the first Ive seen/heard of struggle. 12:41 pm. | Learn more about Jen Eddy's work experience, education, connections & more by . 10:45 pm. They open genres/artist up to new fans that would have otherwise probably never been introduced too it. father/husband, if they are ok with it, that is good enough for me. Struggle Jennings (born Will Harness) is the son of . 6:48 am. February 8, 2021, 8:27 am, When I went to prison this last time, I lost everything, Struggle Jennings told American Songwriter. 12:25 pm. Harness recorded "Outlaw S--t" and created its accompanying music video as a Father's Day gift. 12:59 pm. Colter moved back to Arizona. The samples are incidental to the decidedly hip-hop identity of the music, and as hip-hop music goes, some of it is very, very good. For those keeping score at home, that means Waylon Jennings is Harness' step-great-grandfather, and that she's also related to musician and producer Shooter Jennings, the son of Colter and the elder Jennings. If As for the issue of nepotism and family name-dropping, I have to say again that I felt Struggles use of Waylon-samples, etc. August 24, 2014 @ Quit trying to mix the two. June 4, 2013 @ She met Waylon Jennings in 1969, who she married and moved with to Nashville, Tennessee. rbltech82 So hate all you want but we are integrated like it or not. November 6, 2019 @ Many believe this was a marketing ploy to promote the song. Whatever name or classification a song may have shouldnt matter. Growing up, Struggle would spend summers on Waylons road crew.. So, it goes from being kinda scary to realizing that youre not alone. Saying that the kids like something and so that is the direction music should go is the mother of all deplorable and misguided notions.The fact that kids like shitty music is the reason we MUST fight for music education, and let people know that they have an alternative. My heart bleeds for you. Jessi Colter was first married to a guitarist Duane Eddy in 1961 and they later divorced in 1968. This is an ignorant, indolent, ill-informed, and ridiculous assertion that is perpetually made by people who attempt to simplify the argument against who they perceive as traditionalists scared of change who just want the music to sound like it has always sounded. Imagine if someone took the Mona Lisa and put a mustache on her and drew dinosaurs fighting aliens in the background. 2:32 am, Like Struggle says you new Waylon songs he new the Man and whats with labels cuntry rap rap artists sampling is so common look at buddy holly they wanted to call it country he wanted to play music he played at the apollo with all black audience they loved it first white to do so what would you label his music i love Waylon Jennings Struggle sampled were gonna ride its just great oh Tim McraW done a song with Nelly is he a country rapper? Jeff Tweedy) [Video], New Shefton Kash Song Forevers Not As Long As It Used To Be, Kaitlin Butts What Else Can She Do (Official Music Video), Grandson Struggle Turns Waylon Songs Into Rap, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT_uJrCeg3w, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Ljteobwpw, Remembering Eddy and Billy Joe Shavers Super Duo Shaver, Oversight Board Raises Issues Over Mark Capps Killing Petition Launched, Dirty Grass Soul Releases New Song, Takes SCM To Task. February 6, 2019 @ I judge music and the artists within purely on musical terms, and crap like this is why I hate hip hop and rap. Jack Williams In my opinion, Struggle CAN stand on his own two feet, and thats what makes this album even more of a travesty. I like waffles. You can search the 2,500+ articles on this website and you will find NO time where I have said I do not want the music to change or evolve, or where I implied such. Why not do this with Hank Williams songs, and George Jones songs. Prior to marrying Waylon Jennings in 1969, Colter was married to guitar great Duane Eddy, with whom she had the daughter Jenni Eddy Jennings. The estate bestowed such latitude and gifts? WHO ARE YOU TO SAY??? Greater Nashville Area, TN. In 1969, she met and married Waylon Jennings. I thing Waylon would be proud of what he is doing. I couldnt care less about the racial/social/political implications of hip hop or rap (or any other music for that matter).