| Shooter Jennings | |
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Shooter Jennings live at the San Diego Street Scene Festival |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Waylon Albright Jennings |
| Born | May 19, 1979 |
| Genres | Outlaw country, Alternative country, Country rock, Southern rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals Electric guitar Acoustic guitar Piano Hammond organ Banjo[1] |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Universal South |
| Associated acts | Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Stargunn, Tom Morello, Scott H. Biram, Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, Patty Griffin |
| Website | ShooterJennings.com |
Waylon Albright "Shooter" Jennings (born May 19, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter active in the country music and Southern rock genres as well as making his first foray into psychedelic rock in 2009. 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). In 2009, he re-named his long-time backing band "Hierophant", to coincide with his forth-coming concept album and toured with them on the Warped Tour. Black Ribbons was released in 2010, Shooter's most ambitious effort, and gained him much critical acclaim as well as a brand new underground following. In 2011, Shooter formed "The Triple Crown" in New York City featuring Erik Deutsch on piano, Tony Leone on drums, Jon Graboff on pedal steel, Eleanor Whitmore on fiddle and Chris Masterson on lead guitar and recorded his fifth album titled Family Man.
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Shooter Jennings lived his first few years in a crib on his parents' tour bus. By age five, he was playing drums. At 8 years old, he took piano lessons. He started playing guitar at fourteen and sometimes played percussion in his father's band. He and his father recorded a record together called "Fenixon" in 1996 which was partially used for the core material which led to the album "Waylon Forever". "Fenixon" has yet to be released. Shooter graduated from University School of Nashville in 1997.
As an adult, Jennings left Nashville, Tennessee to seek his fortunes in Los Angeles. He assembled and performed with Stargunn, a southern rock band who, through three distinct phases, sounded like a hybrid of Lynyrd Skynyrd, David Bowie, Guns n' Roses and The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies. 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 began travelling often to New York City to spend time with his girlfriend and sort out what he wanted to do next. He returned to Los Angeles in 2003 to begin working on new material. He recorded his first album "Put The O Back in Country" 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 and the .357's.
In 2010 Jennings' fourth album, Black Ribbons, a dystopian concept rock opera featuring Stephen King as Will O' The Wisp, was released March 2, 2010.[2] On May 1, 2010 Shooter Jennings announced "Black Ribbons: The Living Album" on his Twitter account.[3] The "Living Album" includes the full studio record and live shows with Hierophant on a USB flash drive shaped like a tarot card. Although a complete departure from his country sound, the album showed off the diversity and imagination of Shooter as an artist. When asked if there would be more Hierophant albums in the future, Shooter said "Definitely, when we need one"
In 2011, following a move to New York, Shooter, with childhood friend and master pianist Erik Deutsch, formed "The Triple Crown", a new backing band for his forthcoming country album. The album, his first self-produced outing, is slated to be released in February 2012.
He is engaged to Drea de Matteo, with whom he had a baby girl, Alabama Gypsy Rose, on November 28, 2007.[4] Jennings proposed onstage at the Stanley Center during a show in Utica, New York, on June 11, 2009, and confirmed the news on Twitter. "Asked Drea to marry me on stage tonight. I'm a lucky man," he Tweeted, "I'll never forget Utica, NY."
On December 8, 2010, it was announced that the couple are expecting their second child, due in spring 2011.[5]
They welcomed their son, Waylon Albert "Blackjack" Jennings, in April 2011 [6]
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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| US Country [7] |
US [8] |
US Heat [9] |
US Indie [10] |
US Rock [11] |
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| Put the "O" Back in Country |
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22 | 124 | 1 | — | — | |||
| Electric Rodeo |
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12 | 64 | — | — | — | |||
| The Wolf |
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12 | 52 | — | — | — | |||
| Black Ribbons |
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— | 133 | — | 16 | 34 | |||
| Family Man |
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| Title | Details | Peak positions |
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| US Country [7] |
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| Bad Magick: The Best of Shooter Jennings and the .357's |
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| Year | Title | Album |
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| 2000 | "White Lines and Black Ties" (with Stargunn) | The Crew (soundtrack) |
| 2001 | "KatWalk" (with Stargunn) | Made (soundtrack) |
| 2003 | "I've Always Been Crazy" (with Stargunn) | I've Always Been Crazy: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings |
| 2004 | "Please Carry Me Home" (with Jessi Colter) | Songs Inspired by the Passion of the Christ |
| 2005 | "I'm a Long Way from Home" | Walk the Line (soundtrack) |
| 2006 | "The Silver Tongued Devil & I" | The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson |
| 2006 | "If it ain't One Thing" (with Carter Falco) | If It Aint One Thing |
| 2006 | "Better Before You Were Big Time" (with Ted Russel Kamp) | Divisadero |
| 2006 | "Long Gone" (with Carter Falco) | If It Aint One Thing |
| 2007 | "Good Hearted Woman" (with Deana Carter) | The Chain |
| 2008 | "The Iron Wheel" (with The Nightwatchman) | The Fabled City |
| 2008 | "Never Work In This Town Again " (with Matt Reasor & the Madness ) | Pentecostal Pasta Salad |
| 2009 | "The War on the Terror and the Drugs" (with Ike Reilly) | Hard Luck Stories |
| 2010 | "Call Me The Breeze" | Sweet Home Alabama: The Country Music Tribute To Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| 2011 | "Belle Of The Ball" | Music Inside - Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon Vol 1 |
| 2011 | "I Miss My Boyfriend" (with Folk Uke) | I Miss My Boyfriend (feat. Shooter Jennings) |
| 2011 | "Fuck You, I'm Famous!" | Californication (soundtrack) |
| 2011 | "TBA" | 'Music Inside - Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon Vol 2 |
| Title | Details |
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| The Only Way Up Is Down, Part One |
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| US Country [7] |
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| Live at Irving Plaza 4.18.06 |
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| Missed The Boat: A Collection of Demos & Rarities |
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| Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh, NC |
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| Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, PA |
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| Memorial Auditorium, St Augustine, FL |
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| Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC |
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| Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN |
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| Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC |
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| Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, VA |
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| Soul Kitchen, Mobile, AL |
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| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | ||||||
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| US Country [12] |
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| 2005 | "4th of July" (featuring George Jones) | 26 | Put the "O" Back in Country | ||||||
| "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" | — | |||||||
| 2009 | "Wake Up!" | — | Black Ribbons | ||||||
| 2011 | "Outlaw You" | — | Single Only | ||||||
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| Year | Video | Director |
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| 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 Productions | |
| 2010 | "Summer of Rage" | Drea & Shooter |
| 2011 | "Lights in the Sky" | |
| "Outlaw You"[13] | ||
| "Outlaw You"[14] | Blake Judd |
| Film | |||
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| Year | Title | Role | |
| 2005 | Walk the Line | Waylon Jennings | |
| 2006 | American Revolutions: The Highwaymen | Himself | |
| 2008 | Shooter | ||
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | |
| 2008 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Himself | |
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