[Editor’s note: This article is presented in partnership with Cinemax in support of Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus, which premieres on September 22nd at 10:00 pm Et/Pt on Cinemax.]
Mike Judge is behind a new TV show this month, with Cinemax’s “Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus,” an animated eight-episode series looking into the lives and times behind some iconic country music performers.
Some of these folks are household names from Nashville to Norway, but others are lesser-known figures from the country music world. They all have distinct styles and, as “Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus” shows, they all led very different lives away from the stage.
We’ll leave the prime anecdotes and animated hijinks to the experts (the series premieres Friday, September 22 at 10pm Et/Pt on Cinemax), but in the meantime, here’s a primer on the musicians that make up the backbone of this illustrated look at country music history.
Johnny Paycheck
A rebel among rebels in the country music world, Johnny Paycheck is probably best known for his...
Mike Judge is behind a new TV show this month, with Cinemax’s “Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus,” an animated eight-episode series looking into the lives and times behind some iconic country music performers.
Some of these folks are household names from Nashville to Norway, but others are lesser-known figures from the country music world. They all have distinct styles and, as “Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus” shows, they all led very different lives away from the stage.
We’ll leave the prime anecdotes and animated hijinks to the experts (the series premieres Friday, September 22 at 10pm Et/Pt on Cinemax), but in the meantime, here’s a primer on the musicians that make up the backbone of this illustrated look at country music history.
Johnny Paycheck
A rebel among rebels in the country music world, Johnny Paycheck is probably best known for his...
- 9/22/2017
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
Miley Cyrus will be kicking off the fall season with some new tunes.
On Tuesday, the 24-year-old singer announced that her new album, Younger Now, will drop on Sept. 29. Cyrus shared the big news on social media with a video of a studded leather jacket with "Younger Now" appearing in rope, and tagged her designer friend, Jeremy Scott, in the post. Coincidentally, Scott's runway show at New York Fashion Week will take place on Sept. 8, just a few weeks prior to Cyrus' album release.
Watch: Miley Cyrus Says She Changed Her Look Because She Felt 'Sexualized,' Quotes the 'Wise Justin Bieber'
It's turning out to be a big year for the former Hannah Montana star. In May, Cyrus dropped her hit single, "Malibu," and just this week, Et confirmed that she'll performing at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, which will be held on Aug. 27.
In an exclusive interview with Et in May, Cyrus' father...
On Tuesday, the 24-year-old singer announced that her new album, Younger Now, will drop on Sept. 29. Cyrus shared the big news on social media with a video of a studded leather jacket with "Younger Now" appearing in rope, and tagged her designer friend, Jeremy Scott, in the post. Coincidentally, Scott's runway show at New York Fashion Week will take place on Sept. 8, just a few weeks prior to Cyrus' album release.
Watch: Miley Cyrus Says She Changed Her Look Because She Felt 'Sexualized,' Quotes the 'Wise Justin Bieber'
It's turning out to be a big year for the former Hannah Montana star. In May, Cyrus dropped her hit single, "Malibu," and just this week, Et confirmed that she'll performing at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, which will be held on Aug. 27.
In an exclusive interview with Et in May, Cyrus' father...
- 8/8/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Billy Ray Cyrus is one proud papa.
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of "Achy Breaky Heart," Et's Nancy O'Dell sat down with the 55-year-old singer in Los Angeles on Monday, where he opened up about daughter Miley Cyrus' musical transition, her journey to becoming sober and gearing up to reveal her "real" self to fans.
Watch: Miley Cyrus Says She's Not Smoking Weed, Wrote a New Love Song About Liam Hemsworth
During her tell-all with Billboard magazine that was released last week, Miley revealed she was "completely clean" and had gone three weeks without smoking marijuana at the time the interview was conducted.
"As a dad, I see Miley really just functioning on, like, a figure and a joy for life," he said. "I don't know how to break it down more than just the fact that I see a joy in her spirit and something coming from within that is just pure beauty, if you...
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of "Achy Breaky Heart," Et's Nancy O'Dell sat down with the 55-year-old singer in Los Angeles on Monday, where he opened up about daughter Miley Cyrus' musical transition, her journey to becoming sober and gearing up to reveal her "real" self to fans.
Watch: Miley Cyrus Says She's Not Smoking Weed, Wrote a New Love Song About Liam Hemsworth
During her tell-all with Billboard magazine that was released last week, Miley revealed she was "completely clean" and had gone three weeks without smoking marijuana at the time the interview was conducted.
"As a dad, I see Miley really just functioning on, like, a figure and a joy for life," he said. "I don't know how to break it down more than just the fact that I see a joy in her spirit and something coming from within that is just pure beauty, if you...
- 5/10/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
[CUSTOM_PLAYER_BRIGHTCOVE "4834432546001"] Merle Haggard's son has revealed that his late father warned the family he was going to die on Wednesday - 79 years to the day he was born. "A week ago dad told us he was gonna pass on his birthday, and he wasn't wrong," Haggard's youngest son, 22-year-old Ben, shared on his Facebook page in the wake of the country music icon's death. "[An] hour ago he took his last breath surrounded by family and friends. He loved everything about life and he loved that everyone of you gave him a chance with his music." Ben continued: "He wasn't just...
- 4/6/2016
- by Danielle Anderson, @dak5000
- PEOPLE.com
Billy Ray Cyrus is opening up about what it was like raising Miley Cyrus before she became America's twerk queen. Sitting down with Queen Latifah on her eponymous gabfest on Tuesday, the 52-year-old country crooner dished on what it was like for his daughter in the Cyrus household and the amazing artists she was exposed to in her formative years. "She grew up in a house where you'd see Waylon Jennings, Ed King, you know, the great Lynyrd Skynyrd guitar player who wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" and so many other great songs. Ed sittin' at the kitchen table showing Miley the chords to "Sweet Home Alabama or Waylon showing her "Good Hearted Woman," the "Achy Breaky Heart" singer...
- 10/1/2013
- E! Online
Shooter Jennings and Misty Brooke Swain found the perfect combination for their nuptials: dessert in the desert! The rocker, 34, and his bride were married on June 4 in Joshua Tree, Calif., People can now confirm, with the San Gabriel Mountains in the Mojave Desert as a picturesque backdrop. Swain wore a satin A-line gown with crystal details at the waist and a chapel-length train. Jennings - who is the son of the late country singer Waylon Jennings - wore a custom black rose shirt made by Manuel, who originally created it for Jennings's godfather, the late Johnny Cash. The late-afternoon ceremony...
- 7/2/2013
- PEOPLE.com
Nashville, Tenn. -- America loves its outlaws, and few are as admired and lionized as Willie Nelson.
As the enduring American icon's 80th birthday has approached, he's been honored with lifetime achievement awards, serenaded at special performances and saluted by musicians from every genre of music. And Nelson has taken it all in with a bemused smile.
"It's a nice thing to do for someone on their birthday and I appreciate it," Nelson said in a recent interview aboard his bus. "Usually I like to forget my birthdays as much as possible."
The hubbub is as much about celebrating Nelson as it has been celebrating with Nelson.
The singer whose birthday is Monday or Tuesday – Nelson says April 29, the state of Texas claims April 30 – occupies a unique space in America's cultural memory. A walking bag of contradictions, he wears his hair long in braids and has a penchant for pot smoking,...
As the enduring American icon's 80th birthday has approached, he's been honored with lifetime achievement awards, serenaded at special performances and saluted by musicians from every genre of music. And Nelson has taken it all in with a bemused smile.
"It's a nice thing to do for someone on their birthday and I appreciate it," Nelson said in a recent interview aboard his bus. "Usually I like to forget my birthdays as much as possible."
The hubbub is as much about celebrating Nelson as it has been celebrating with Nelson.
The singer whose birthday is Monday or Tuesday – Nelson says April 29, the state of Texas claims April 30 – occupies a unique space in America's cultural memory. A walking bag of contradictions, he wears his hair long in braids and has a penchant for pot smoking,...
- 4/28/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Shooter Jennings could barely see over a church pew when his father, country music legend Waylon Jennings, had a falling out with Shooter’s godfather — Waylon’s manager — and asked the little boy to pick himself a new one. Shooter chose a guy who always made him feel important — his dad’s friend and sometime bandmate Johnny Cash. Meanwhile, a Vermont schoolgirl named Grace Potter who got the giggles over Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue” would rediscover the artist as a young aspiring rock star when she heard Cash’s 2003 Rick-Rubin-produced remake of the Nine Inch Nails song “Hurt,” that [...]...
- 9/28/2012
- by Lori Acken
- ChannelGuideMag
"American Idol" finalist Bucky Covington has teamed with Shooter Jennings (son of country music legend Waylon Jennings) for "Drinking Side of Country," a single that will be on Bucky's upcoming album "Good Guys," due out Sept. 11, 2012.
For the music video, Bucky and Shooter took a page out of Waylon's book and did "Dukes of Hazzard" theme -- Waylon was the man behind the show's theme song and also the original narrator of the series.
They also enlisted "Idol" finalist Kellie Pickler to don her best shorty-shorts and step into the high heels of Ms. Daisy Duke. Check out the video above.
And also check out Bucky's favorite charity, Help the Good Guys. He's the spokesman for the organization, which raises awareness and financial aid for firefighters who are experiencing financial difficulties after being injured on the job. Bucky hopes to arrange a special concert to raise money for the...
For the music video, Bucky and Shooter took a page out of Waylon's book and did "Dukes of Hazzard" theme -- Waylon was the man behind the show's theme song and also the original narrator of the series.
They also enlisted "Idol" finalist Kellie Pickler to don her best shorty-shorts and step into the high heels of Ms. Daisy Duke. Check out the video above.
And also check out Bucky's favorite charity, Help the Good Guys. He's the spokesman for the organization, which raises awareness and financial aid for firefighters who are experiencing financial difficulties after being injured on the job. Bucky hopes to arrange a special concert to raise money for the...
- 7/26/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Country music outlaw and icon Waylon Jennings will return to store shelves September 11th with the release of .Goin. Down Rockin.: The Last Recordings of Waylon Jennings. . a collection of songs recorded during the last few years before Jennings. death in 2002. Jennings spent hours in a recording studio with his longtime accompanist, Robby Turner and together they laid down twelve tracks using just Waylon.s guitar and vocals and Turner.s bass. All songs were personally selected by the country star, ones that resonated in a deeply personal way and reflected his state of mind, his passions, and important statements he wanted to make about his life. The duo planned out the future instrumentation that would be...
- 4/16/2012
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
Nashville, Tenn. — The family of Waylon Jennings will soon release songs the country music icon recorded shortly before his death 10 years ago.
At least eight of the 12 songs on the tentatively titled "Goin' Down Rockin': The Final Recordings" were written by Jennings and eight have not been released in any version before. The simple vocal and guitar tracks were cut at steel guitarist Robby Turner's studio before Jennings' death in 2002 and musicians who worked with Jennings have gathered to finish the tracks.
The release later this year is part of a new effort by Jennings' family to establish a Waylon business brand similar to the booming estates of artists such as Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and Hank Williams.
His son, Shooter Jennings, also plans to launch a clothing line, a redesigned community-based website and finalize plans for a biopic. All that also coincides with the second installment of the three-part...
At least eight of the 12 songs on the tentatively titled "Goin' Down Rockin': The Final Recordings" were written by Jennings and eight have not been released in any version before. The simple vocal and guitar tracks were cut at steel guitarist Robby Turner's studio before Jennings' death in 2002 and musicians who worked with Jennings have gathered to finish the tracks.
The release later this year is part of a new effort by Jennings' family to establish a Waylon business brand similar to the booming estates of artists such as Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and Hank Williams.
His son, Shooter Jennings, also plans to launch a clothing line, a redesigned community-based website and finalize plans for a biopic. All that also coincides with the second installment of the three-part...
- 2/13/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
It's a boy for former "The Sopranos" star Drea de Matteo and her fiance, musician Shooter Jennings.
"Waylon Albert 'Blackjack' Jennings has arrived folks!" Shooter announced via Twitter on Thursday. "Thanks for all the kind words folks! We're super lucky to have so many kind friends!"
Waylon, named after his famed late grandfather, country legend Waylon Jennings, is the second child for Drea and Shooter. The newborn baby boy joins the couple's 3-year-old daughter, Alabama Gypsyrose.
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Shooter, 31, and Drea, 39, who recently starred on "Desperate Housewives," announced their second pregnancy in ...
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"Waylon Albert 'Blackjack' Jennings has arrived folks!" Shooter announced via Twitter on Thursday. "Thanks for all the kind words folks! We're super lucky to have so many kind friends!"
Waylon, named after his famed late grandfather, country legend Waylon Jennings, is the second child for Drea and Shooter. The newborn baby boy joins the couple's 3-year-old daughter, Alabama Gypsyrose.
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Shooter, 31, and Drea, 39, who recently starred on "Desperate Housewives," announced their second pregnancy in ...
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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
- 4/10/2011
- by nobody@accesshollywood.com (AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff)
- Access Hollywood
Former "The Sopranos" star Drea de Matteo has given birth to a baby boy. The actress and her musician fiance Shooter Jennings became parents for the second time with the arrival of Waylon Albert 'Blackjack' Jennings.
The rocker announced the happy news in a post on his Twitter.com page on Thursday, April 6, writing, "Waylon Albert 'Blackjack' Jennings has arrived folks!... Thanks for all the kind words..." The baby is the latest in a long line of family members to carry the name Waylon - Shooter was born Waylon Albright 'Shooter' Jennings after his father, country crooner Waylon Jennings.
Drea has been together with for Shooter over 9 years. The couple got engaged to in 2009 after he proposed to her on-stage during a show in Utica, New York. Two years prior, the couple welcomed their first child together, a baby girl named Alabama Gypsy Rose.
The rocker announced the happy news in a post on his Twitter.com page on Thursday, April 6, writing, "Waylon Albert 'Blackjack' Jennings has arrived folks!... Thanks for all the kind words..." The baby is the latest in a long line of family members to carry the name Waylon - Shooter was born Waylon Albright 'Shooter' Jennings after his father, country crooner Waylon Jennings.
Drea has been together with for Shooter over 9 years. The couple got engaged to in 2009 after he proposed to her on-stage during a show in Utica, New York. Two years prior, the couple welcomed their first child together, a baby girl named Alabama Gypsy Rose.
- 4/9/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
It's a boy for Drea de Matteo and Shooter Jennings. "Waylon Albert 'Blackjack' Jennings has arrived," Jennings, 31, Tweeted Thursday. "Thanks for all the kind words folks! We're super lucky to have so many kind friends!" Baby Blackjack joins big sister Alabama Gypsyrose, 3, and carries on his father and country crooner grandfather Waylon Jennings's first name.Photos: 2011: The Year of the BabyJennings and Sopranos alum de Matteo, 39, have been together for nine years and got engaged on stage in New York in June 2009.
- 4/8/2011
- by Sarah Michaud
- PEOPLE.com
John Shearer/WireImage
It’s a boy for Drea de Matteo and Shooter Jennings.
“Waylon Albert ‘Blackjack’ Jennings has arrived,” Jennings, 31, Tweeted, announcing the birth of his son Thursday morning, April 7. “Thanks for all the kind words folks! We’re super lucky to have so many kind friends!”
Baby Blackjack joins big sister Alabama Gypsyrose, 3, and carries on his father and country crooner grandfather Waylon Jennings‘ first name.
Jennings and Sopranos alum de Matteo, 39, have been together nine years and were engaged on stage in New York in June 2009.
– Sarah Michaud...
It’s a boy for Drea de Matteo and Shooter Jennings.
“Waylon Albert ‘Blackjack’ Jennings has arrived,” Jennings, 31, Tweeted, announcing the birth of his son Thursday morning, April 7. “Thanks for all the kind words folks! We’re super lucky to have so many kind friends!”
Baby Blackjack joins big sister Alabama Gypsyrose, 3, and carries on his father and country crooner grandfather Waylon Jennings‘ first name.
Jennings and Sopranos alum de Matteo, 39, have been together nine years and were engaged on stage in New York in June 2009.
– Sarah Michaud...
- 4/8/2011
- by Sarah
- People - CelebrityBabies
Former The Sopranos star Drea De Matteo has given birth to a baby boy.
The actress and her musician fiance Shooter Jennings became parents for the second time with the arrival of Waylon Albert 'Blackjack' Jennings.
The rocker announced the happy news in a post on his Twitter.com page on Thursday, writing, "Waylon Albert 'Blackjack' Jennings has arrived folks!... Thanks for all the kind words..."
The baby is the latest in a long line of family members to carry the name Waylon - Shooter was born Waylon Albright 'Shooter' Jennings after his father, country crooner Waylon Jennings.
De Matteo and Jennings are also parents to a three-year-old daughter, Alabama Gypsy Rose.
The actress and her musician fiance Shooter Jennings became parents for the second time with the arrival of Waylon Albert 'Blackjack' Jennings.
The rocker announced the happy news in a post on his Twitter.com page on Thursday, writing, "Waylon Albert 'Blackjack' Jennings has arrived folks!... Thanks for all the kind words..."
The baby is the latest in a long line of family members to carry the name Waylon - Shooter was born Waylon Albright 'Shooter' Jennings after his father, country crooner Waylon Jennings.
De Matteo and Jennings are also parents to a three-year-old daughter, Alabama Gypsy Rose.
- 4/8/2011
- WENN
"Sopranos" star Drea De Matteo has given birth to a baby boy.
The actress, who also appeared in "Friends" spin-off "Joey alongside Matt Le Blanc, and her musician fiance Shooter Jennings welcomed their second child into the world this week.
Hierophant rocker Shooter announced the happy new on his twitter account on Thursday, April 7, and revealed he and Drea had decided to name the tot after his late father, country music star Waylon Jennings.
He tweeted, "Waylon Albert 'Blackjack' Jennings has arrived folks!"
Lots of the couple's friends took to the micro-blogging site to congratulate them, with one well-wisher being Samantha Ronson.
And the DJ - the ex-girlfriend of Lindsay Lohan, is already making plans for the baby when he gets older.
She wrote, "Congratulations to @ShooterJennings on the arrival of his new baby boy!! Can't wait to take him to a casino! (sic)"
Drea, 39, and Shooter, 31, already have a...
The actress, who also appeared in "Friends" spin-off "Joey alongside Matt Le Blanc, and her musician fiance Shooter Jennings welcomed their second child into the world this week.
Hierophant rocker Shooter announced the happy new on his twitter account on Thursday, April 7, and revealed he and Drea had decided to name the tot after his late father, country music star Waylon Jennings.
He tweeted, "Waylon Albert 'Blackjack' Jennings has arrived folks!"
Lots of the couple's friends took to the micro-blogging site to congratulate them, with one well-wisher being Samantha Ronson.
And the DJ - the ex-girlfriend of Lindsay Lohan, is already making plans for the baby when he gets older.
She wrote, "Congratulations to @ShooterJennings on the arrival of his new baby boy!! Can't wait to take him to a casino! (sic)"
Drea, 39, and Shooter, 31, already have a...
- 4/8/2011
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
Why Jeff Bridges is suddenly on everybody's Oscar list.
By Kurt Loder
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart"
Photo: Fox Searchlight
Bad Blake is a man with a lot of mileage on him, every inch of it visible. Once a big country-music star, he now drives himself around the Southwest playing one-night gigs at local bars, some of them located in bowling alleys. He lives on cheap whiskey and bad food, which he generally eats while smoking. He's too numb to be bitter, although he has worked up some resentment about Tommy Sweet, a onetime member of Bad's old backing band who's since eclipsed him and become a big country star himself. Then one day a sympathetic young reporter named Jean Craddock turns up seeking an interview — a "where are they now" sort of thing — and Bad thinks he may see a light at the end of his long dark tunnel.
By Kurt Loder
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart"
Photo: Fox Searchlight
Bad Blake is a man with a lot of mileage on him, every inch of it visible. Once a big country-music star, he now drives himself around the Southwest playing one-night gigs at local bars, some of them located in bowling alleys. He lives on cheap whiskey and bad food, which he generally eats while smoking. He's too numb to be bitter, although he has worked up some resentment about Tommy Sweet, a onetime member of Bad's old backing band who's since eclipsed him and become a big country star himself. Then one day a sympathetic young reporter named Jean Craddock turns up seeking an interview — a "where are they now" sort of thing — and Bad thinks he may see a light at the end of his long dark tunnel.
- 12/16/2009
- MTV Movie News
For most of his Hollywood career, Scott Cooper has been known as an actor. He thought he was dreaming when he decided he wanted to direct his first film about the life of a down and out country singer with such stars as Jeff Bridges, Robert Duvall, and the famous composer T Bone Burnett. But his ambition paid off. Crazy Heart, stars Bridges, Duvall, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Colin Farrell as well as music by T Bone Burnett. Bridges and Farrell even sing their own ballads. Based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb, Crazy Heart follows the life of alcoholic, country western has-been Bad Blake. After meeting a journalist who makes him see what he has become, he attempts to reform. The movie, which had been made for about $7 million by Country Music Television, a unit of Viacom, very nearly did not find a distributor after Paramount...
- 12/1/2009
- by maint
- Film Independent
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