Alex's Entertainment Report
Alex
Reader Review
'Electric Amish'
I have no connection whatsoever with The Electric Amish except
that they sent me the CDs gratis so I could play them on my show.
Thanks guys! Not every CD people send gets airtime...
TTFN,
Dave
(David E Romm)
Producer, Shockwave
Woo Hoo --- Major Update!
BartCook
Got a note from Michele K of 
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and has she been busy!
Over 100 new recipes!
Go check it out!
Reader Correction
Re: Clark Gable
Subject: Clark Gable DID get an Oscar!
For "It Happened One Night," in 1934. He lost out in 1939 when he played Rhett Butler, which is what makes most people think
he never won one at all.
However, Marilyn Monroe, Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, and Martin Scorsese have exactly 0 Oscars between them.
Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Barbara Stanwyck, and Alfred Hitchcock all got honorary lifetime achievement Oscars but never "won" one.
And Orson Welles only ever won half an Oscar, for Best Screenplay as co-writer (with Herman Manciewicz) of "Citizen Kane."
~~ Buck Hakes
Thanks, Buck. You're absolutely right! What was I thinking of? Koresh! 'It Happened One Night' was the first movie
to 'sweep' the Oscars (only matched by 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'), not to mention the 'Walls of Jericho', the
'hitchhiking scene', and then there's what Clark Gable did for the undershirt manufacturers of America...
Reader Correction
Re:Clark Gable
Clark Gable did win an Academy
Award - the Best Actor Oscar for It Happened One Night
(1934).
~~ Eric S
Thanks, Eric. I really blew this one.
Reader Correction
Re:Clark Gable
"Clark Gable, for one, never received the Oscar"
Although Clark Gable should have gotten the Academy Award for "Gone
With
The Wind" and "The Misfits," he did win the award for "It Happened One
Night" in 1935 or 1936.
Regards,
~~ Tony R.
Thanks, Tony. You're absolutely right about Clark Gable.
Just read some stuff about the making of 'The Misfits'. What an exercise in
sadness. On the other hand, it also quoted one of Clark's wives, the ever-fabulous Carole
Lombard as having said ''Gable may be the King of Hollywood, but an inch less and he'd
be the Queen.''
Reader Correction
Re:Clark Gable
Subject: Clark Gable
Gable did win an Oscar, in 1934 for "It Happened One Night." You might be thinking of the fact that he didn't win
for "Gone with the Wind", losing to Robert Donat.
~~ Todd A
Thanks, Todd.
Wasn't Claudette Colbert called 'The Fretful Frog'?
Reader Opinion
Academy Awards
I tuned in to the Oscars every year until 1998. The
real film of the year for '98 ('Rushmore') wasn't even nominated
because it wasn't a Bruckheimer explosion-fest or a
Spielberg tearjerker. In the realm of the mainstream,
only the Golden Globes had the guts to pick this
excellent film as a winner. From then on I have
viewed the Academy in the same light I now view Pairs
Skating Judges in Salt Lake City.
John L.
Thanks, John.
The 'Academy' has blown it more than once, that's for sure! Funny how the Golden Globes gets a better turn-out
than the Oscars...
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Saw some of 'Rosie O'Donnell' this morning. Jeez. She may have been wearing the Roots (a Canadian
company) uniform of the US Olympians, but, she looked like the 'Little Dutch Boy', and all that was missing was the
paint can.
Started the evening with 'Enterprise', but about the time that they lit the candle, I was talking back to the
set. Besides, having grown up in 'lake-effect' Pennsylvania and worked in Alaska, those 2 guys didn't know shit
about surviving in the cold. Episode must have been written by a Californian.
Saw some of 'Drew Carey', but, this is probably about the last time I'm going to admit it. 'The Job'
is vulgar, lewd, and pretty damn funny.
Also saw 'Regis', just because it was down to Bernie Kopell and William Shatner. Bernie
might be 'Doc' to them, but, he'll always be 'Siegfried' to me.
Tonight, Thursday, CBS shows its contempt with a night of reruns - 'Raymond', 'King of Queens',
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation', and 'The Agency'.
ABC has a NEW 'Charlie Brown Valentine', and then goes rerun with 'Winnie The Pooh, A Valentine For
You', 'America's Stupidest Videos', and then 'Regis', with the mmick du jour'being ''couples''.
The WB has a rerun 'Charmed', followed by a fresh 'Charmed'.
Faux has a fresh 'Family Guy', then a rerun 'Family Guy', followed by the conclusion of
'Fornication Island', where Marky Mark tests loyalty.
UPN has 'WWF' crap.
AMC has a mini-Jane Fonda festival with 'Barefoot In The Park' (which also has a very young Robert
Redford doing Neil Simon) followed by 'Stanley & Iris'.
TCM has a Rudolph Valentino silent Classic 'The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse', followed by another
silent picture, 'Conquering Power'.
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Fun Link
'Just A Good Old Boy...'
''Trailer''
Came across this site early in the day, long before I found out about Waylon Jennings. Please think of it as
a tribute...
Uh-Oh...Criticizing The Administration!
Where's The Coverage?
National media representatives prodded the Bush administration Tuesday to open up its conduct of the war on terrorism to
greater scrutiny both on the battlefield and in the White House.
A top ABC News official criticized the administration for its failure to let reporters cover in any meaningful way the
conduct of special operations forces in Afghanistan.
Richard Berke, chief political correspondent for The New York Times, said the administration has kept an airtight lid on
internal conflicts about war management, and that this poorly serves the public.
Americans should know now whether the administration is debating going after Saddam Hussein before the president requests
time to tell the American people about military action there, Friedman said.
Where's The Coverage?
Too Hot, Too Cold, Too Hungry, Too Thirsty?
Barbara Bush
First Daughter Barbara Bush didn't stay long enough at YM's Megadenim fashion show Tuesday to see any of the clothes.
The 20-year-old twin arrived at the Puck Building wearing a shearling coat and complaining of hunger. But when food
was brought to her, Bush changed her mind and asked for water, said onlookers. But she still wasn't content, so Bush,
who never took off her coat, got up and left, complaining it was too hot to stay ...
Barbara Bush
Ally McBeal's Next Loser Boyfriend?
Matthew Perry
Matthew Perry has a new lawyer in his life: "Ally McBeal."
The "Friends" star, who just signed for a ninth and final season of the hit sitcom, is closing in on a deal to guest
star in two upcoming episodes of David E. Kelley's Fox comedy-drama. It marks one of the few times that Perry has
appeared in a television series other than his own show, where he plays newlywed Chandler Bing.
He will play a "cocky, successful and opinionated attorney who wreaks havoc on Ally's personal and professional lives,"
a spokesman for the show said. His two episodes will be combined into a special two-hour "Ally" event set to air in April.
As always, the Kelley camp is keeping mum on specifics of the Perry episodes. However, Perry's appearance is set
to coincide with that of another previously announced guest thesp, Christina Ricci.
Perry is the latest in a long line of guest stars to do turns on "Ally" this season, the show's fifth. Others who've
made appearances include Jon Bon Jovi, Jami Gertz, Tom Berenger, French Stewart, Elton John and Mariah Carey.
Matthew Perry
Another Biter In The News
Marv Albert
The Lazarus-like resurrection of Marv Albert's brilliant broadcasting career seems to be complete. Marv, who was benched in
1997 after pleading guilty in a kinky-sex case, is rumored to be on the point of signing a huge contract to become lead NBA
commentator for the ABC network and its cable channel, ESPN, next season.
No one is commenting on the record, but sources say Albert, 60, is looking at a deal that could bring him around $4 million
a year - a sizable raise above what he's now paid by NBC and the Madison Square Garden network.
Albert, one of the most popular sportscasters in the business, fell from grace when a woman with whom he'd had a long affair
accused him of forcing her to do strange things in a Virginia hotel bedroom.
Marv pleaded guilty to assault and battery, apologized to Perhach and walked out of court virtually penalty-free. But the
case made him the butt of late-night TV jibes and wrecked his career.
Marv Albert
Sorry, but every time I hear the dulcet tones of Marv Albert, I wonder if his panties are lacy and do they still make
him feel pretty?
$606 Million Loss In 2nd Quarter
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd. posted a $606 million second quarter loss after writing down the value of its broadcast
sports contracts amid an industry wide advertising slump.
Media mogul Murdoch admitted the results had fallen short of the company's own revenue and profit goals, and News Corp.
trimmed its growth outlook for 2002.
While there were hints of an upswing in the U.S. advertising market, the advertising slide took a toll on sports programming,
leading to a $909 million writedown on the National Football League, Nascar auto racing and Major League Baseball contracts
at News Corp's 85 percent owned Fox Entertainment Group
Media analysts largely deemed the latest batch of results lackluster and expressed concerns about their composition
and disappointment at the guidance downgrade.
News Corp sought to soothe jittery U.S. investors when it pledged not to use its auditor Andersen for consulting
services, and said it has no off-balance sheet financing entities.
Andersen's credibility was damaged after it admitted some of its partners had destroyed documents related to the
audit of collapsed energy giant Enron.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp
She's Still Rather Slutty
Princess Stephanie
Princess Stephanie of Monaco and the director of the Swiss national circus each have been awarded damages of $3,600 from
a weekly news magazine for a photomontage that showed them in sexy positions.
The Zurich district court on Tuesday ordered three employees of the Swiss magazine Facts jointly to pay the damages to Stephanie and Franco
Knie who is also the Knie family circus' elephant trainer in the defamation-of-character lawsuit.
Facts' March 2001 picture showed Stephanie, in sexy underwear, standing inside a circus trailer while Knie reclined on a bed,
wearing a G-string with an elephant's trunk attached to it. Stephanie's father, Prince Rainier of Monaco, was shown looking in through a window.
Princess Stephanie
The Year Of The Horse
Dragon Dance
Chinese women perform a dragon dance during a parade in Guangzhou to celebrate the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year
February 12, 2002. Millions of residents in the southern Chinese city welcomed the Year of the Horse with traditional prayers
and cultural performances.
Going To Las Vegas
''Real World''
The long-running MTV cable television series, a pioneer in the now-popular "reality genre," is making its next stop in Sin City,
with taping set to begin for its upcoming 12th season on Wednesday, the network said.
The newest "Real World" rendition, and first to visit Las Vegas, will, like its predecessors, feature a group of seven young
people thrown together for several months as they go about their daily lives.
But the new "Real World" participants will face a set of daily living conditions unlike those on any past show, as the
series plays out in a "house" assembled from a specially converted group of rooms on the 28th floor of the new and trendy
Palms resort off the Strip, according to a source familiar with the planning.
The show has been through a number of cities in its 11-year run, including New York, London, San Francisco, Miami, Los
Angeles and most recently back in New York. The show's current season is set in Chicago.
''Real World''
Parts Is Parts?
Hollywood's Hottest Looks
Who has Heather Graham's eyes, Heather Locklear's nose, Halle Berry's cheeks, Denise Richards' lips and Britney Spears' body?
Nobody, but a lot of women wish they had.
According to the latest survey by a pair of Beverly Hills plastic surgeons, those are Hollywood's hottest looks and the
features most sought after by women seeking to surgically enhance their own appearance.
The findings come from consultations with about 1,500 female patients during the past year, Dr. Richard Fleming, co-director
of the Beverly Hills Institute of Aesthetic & Reconstructive Surgery, said on Wednesday.
Pop princess Britney Spears ranks No. 1 among female celebrity bodies most in demand -- perhaps a bit pie-in-the-sky for many of
Fleming's customers -- followed by singer-actress Jennifer Lopez and Angelina Jolie, who also had last year's third best bod.
One-time Bond girl Denise Richards took the prize for most enchanting lips, followed by Oscar-winning gender bender Hilary Swank
and the bedeviling Elizabeth Hurley, who was last year's runner-up for best body.
Heather "Felicity Shagwell" Graham boasted the most desirable eyes, with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Penelope Cruz placing second and
third. Last year's choice for best peepers, Winona Ryder failed to make the cut this year.
Last year's No. 1 nose, Oscar-nominated "Moulin Rouge" star Nicole Kidman, ranks second this year behind "Spin City's" Heather
Locklear, with fellow Academy Award contender Marisa Tomei, at No. 3. Zeta-Jones ranked third in the schnoz department last year.
Two forty-something TV actresses -- "Once and Again" star Sela Ward and "Sex and the City" vixen Kim Cattrall -- trail
just behind newly minted Oscar nominee Halle Berry of "Monster's Ball" for most coveted cheeks (facial, that is). Lopez
was voted last year's cheeky champion.
The price tag for Graham's eyes, Locklear's nose, Richards' Lips, Berry's cheeks and Spears' body would run roughly
$35,000 to $40,000. But for some in the swank, money's-no-object world of Beverly Hills, that might be a bargain.
Hollywood's Hottest Looks
The Next President Of The US?
Peter Fonda
Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States - Peter Fonda.
Fonda, who starred in the one of the most famous anti-establishement movies of all time, "Easy Rider," has been cast as the President
in a proposed new series for ABC.
The series, as yet untitled, is about a Washington insider - a female Congressional staffer - and would start next falll.
Like "West Wing," the new series was created by a Hollywood director, Rod Lurie, coming off a semi-successful movie set in the White House.
Lurie wrote and directed a movie two years ago, "The Contender," about a female Senator who is smeared when she is nominated to be vice president.
The ABC show is still in the pilot stage, meaning the network has so far agreed to fund a sample episode.
Peter Fonda
Bookending Oscar Night
Barbara Walters
This year's Oscar night will be framed by Barbara Walters bookends.
Walters' just-us-girls morning show "The View" will air a live, "post-game" special following the Academy Awards
telecast on March 24.
Walters will still host her annual Oscar pre-show interview show before the awards.
The new one-hour Walters special, called "After Party with The View," will air after the late news and will be hosted
by Walters, Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Joy Behar and Lisa Ling from Los Angeles.
Barbara Walters
Picked Up For 10th Year
'NYPD Blue'
ABC will stay true to "NYPD Blue" and prime-time show creators Steven Bochco and David Milch for yet another season,
the network said on Wednesday.
The decision to renew the show means it will be back for a 10th season this fall, making it one of the longest-running drama
series in prime time television.
The program has endured time changes and late season debuts that have often put Bochco and ABC at odds. Most recently, ABC
made the controversial decision of putting the show up head-to-head with NBC's hit series "Frasier."
Since its debut in 1993, "Blue" has received 82 Emmy nominations and won 19 awards.
'NYPD Blue'
A Day Late, Happy Birthday
Ray Berry
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Anti-Stalking Law Doesn't Apply!
Meg Ryan
Prosecutors are unable to use California's anti-stalking law against a man accused of breaking into a home to find actress Meg Ryan
because they cannot prove he wanted to make her afraid.
John Michael Hughes, 30, is charged with two misdemeanor counts of trespassing. The misdemeanor carries a one-year sentence rather
than the maximum of five years for the felony anti-stalking law.
Hughes is jailed pending a Feb. 21 hearing to determine whether he is mentally competent to stand trial. His mother has said he is mentally ill.
"We can only file what we have the evidence to prove," Deputy District Attorney Loni Petersen said. "Hopefully (the law)
will be broadened in the future." Hughes, a former real estate agent from Navarre, Fla., was arrested Jan. 6. Prosecutors
allege he smashed a window and lounged by the pool of a Malibu home he thought was Ryan's. Hughes told authorities that
Ryan is his wife, and he smashed the window to get inside because she forgot to leave the key under the mat.
Hughes was convicted of trying to sneak firearms into the Texas ranch of then President-elect Bush in December 2000.
He spent six months in a federal prison hospital.
In January, he drove from Florida to find Ryan, according to court papers.
Meg Ryan
'Lucky 13' For LOTR
Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen says 13 the number of Oscar nominations received by "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is
"suddenly one of those lucky numbers."
The nominations for the first film installment of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy classic include best picture, best director for
Peter Jackson and supporting actor for McKellen.
"I think I genuinely represented the entire fellowship; if any of them are feeling miffed, they've got next year and the year
after," McKellen said with a laugh. "I won't be greedy."
His only regret among the nominees was that Ewan McGregor wasn't cited for "Moulin Rouge." His was, says McKellen, "a
spectacularly good performance who else can sing and dance like that and look so marvelous? He got my vote."
Ian McKellen
Porn Star & Educator
Nina Hartley
After appearing in nearly 600 X-rated films, Nina Hartley now plans to share her sexual insight during a talk to an adult
education class held by a religious group.
The star of "Debbie Duz Dishes" agreed to speak at Temple Beth-Ami in Newhall about how couples can spice up their marriages
and feel more comfortable with their sexuality.
"Sexual knowledge is sexual knowledge, and one way you learn it is when you do it," Hartley told the Daily News of Los Angeles.
"And most people haven't done it as much as I have. They want to hear from me because I'm a professional."
Rabbi Mark Blazer asked Hartley, who is Jewish, to speak as part of his congregation's adult education series after he met her
through a mutual friend - and later learned about her career as a porn star and sex educator.
Blazer said he invited Hartley because she is "very intelligent, articulate and passionate about people feeling comfortable
with who they are sexually."
Nina Hartley
Serial Philanderer Knighted
'Sir' Rudy Guiliani
Britain's Queen Elizabeth bestowed an honorary knighthood on former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani Wednesday, praising
his pivotal role in bolstering his devastated city after the September 11 attacks.
Giuliani was awarded the honor at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, where the Queen talked to him about the awful times he
had endured after the suicide attacks destroyed New York's World Trade Center, killing almost 3,000 people.
Giuliani will not officially be allowed to call himself "Sir Rudolph" since he is not a British citizen, but can put the initials
KBE (Knight of the British Empire) after his name.
'Sir' Rudy Guiliani
Likes To Cry At The Movies
Omar Sharif
One film legend will not be among the crowds thronging cinemas to judge this week's Oscar nominees for themselves.
Egyptian actor Omar Sharif goes to the movies only rarely, and when he does, his first criterion is not whether or not something
has won an award. The smoldering sex symbol, still charismatic at 70, likes films that bring him to tears.
Among the few films he's seen in recent years, Sharif said only Amadeus, E.T., and Billy Elliott stood out, mentioning nothing
on the short list for this year's Academy Awards.
Sharif is known as icon of exotic male good looks and even a world expert on bridge, but he will always be remembered for the
role that won him his Oscar nomination -- the young Arab tribesman who appeared like a desert mirage in the 1962 blockbuster
"Lawrence of Arabia," co-starring Peter O'Toole.
The only Arab to become a Hollywood superstar, Sharif's fame has far outlasted his days in the sun.
Sharif, who converted to Islam from Christianity to marry Egyptian film diva Faten Hamama in 1955, says he embraces people
of all faiths and origins. He says he has become a hybrid between East and the West.
"If I had to do it over again, perhaps it would have been better not to do Lawrence of Arabia," he said.
Omar Sharif
Claims He's Quoting George Carlin
Confused Child
PEARISBURG, Va. -- A Narrows High School student who created a Internet profile based on a comedian's skit was convicted
Monday of misdemeanor computer harassment.
The profile, discovered on the ICQ.com Web page last month, listed the 15-year-old's interests as "human sacrifice and
murdering small kids" and said he wanted to "strap down to chairs and beat with small hammers" another student, a teacher
and a court probation officer, according to testimony in Giles County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.
The teen created the ICQ user profile after watching a George Carlin special on television, and most of the material
was quoted from the comedian, his friends said.
Judge Doug Brinckman said that the site didn't say the teen-ager planned to follow through on his words, but said that
the evidence was sufficient to harass and possibly intimidate the people he named.
Confused Child
For Some Real Carlin
Carlin
George Carlin
The Willamette Meteorite
Tomanowos
An Oregon chiropractor paid $3,375 for a thumbnail-sized piece of a 15 1/2 -ton meteorite and is donating it to an
Indian tribe that holds the big rock to be sacred.
David Wheeler bought the sliver at an auction last weekend in Tucson, Ariz. The gray piece is from the colossal
Willamette Meteorite, which is displayed in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Oregon's Clackamas Indians revered the meteorite before it was taken from Oregon in 1906. They called it Tomanowos,
or "Visitor from the Moon," and believed it cemented a union between sky, earth and water. Rainwater that collected
in its fissures was used to bless hunting arrows and heal illness.
"That is really, really cool," said Brent Merrill, a spokesman for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. The
Clackamas Indians are part of the confederation. "It kind of restores your thoughts that humanity isn't so bad."
Scientists believe the meteorite, the biggest in the United States, was the core of a planet that slammed into Earth.
A glacier brought it to Oregon's Willamette Valley about 12,500 years ago.
Tomanowos
Guiness Book Of Records
Longest Ear Hair
B.D.Tyagi, a resident of Bhopal, India displays the longest ear hair in the world, measuring 10.2 cm (4 Inches) Tuesday
Feb. 5, 2002 in Bhopal. Tyagi received a certificate from the Guinness Book of World Records on January 29, 2002 for
the feat.
Photo by Prakash Hatvalne
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In Memory
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings, who defined the outlaw movement in country music, died Wednesday after a long battle with diabetes-related
health problems. He was 64.
Jennings spokeswoman Schatzie Hageman said Jennings died peacefully at his home in Arizona.
Jennings, a singer, songwriter and guitarist, recorded 60 albums and had 16 No. 1 country singles in a career that spanned
five decades and began when he played bass for Buddy Holly. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in October.
He had been plagued with diabetes-related health problems in recent years that made it difficult for him to walk. In December,
his left foot was amputated at a Phoenix hospital.
Jennings and his wife, singer Jessi Colter, sold their home in Nashville more than a year ago and moved to Chandler, Ariz.
In 1959, his career was nearly cut short by tragedy soon after it began.
He was scheduled to fly on the light plane that crashed and killed Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson.
Jennings gave up his seat on the plane to the Richardson, who was ill and wanted to fly rather than travel by bus with those left behind.
With pal Willie Nelson, Jennings performed duets like "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," "Luckenbach" and
"Good Hearted Woman." Those 1970s songs nurtured a progressive sound and restless spirit embraced later by Travis Tritt, Charlie
Daniels, Steve Earle and others.
His resonant, authoritative voice also was used to narrate the popular TV show "The Dukes of Hazzard." He sang its theme
song, which was a million seller.
He traditionally wore a black cowboy hat and ebony attire that accented his black beard and mustache. Often reclusive when not on
stage, he played earthy music with a spirited, hard edge. Combined, Jennings had a well-defined image that matched well with
his history of battling record producers to do music his way.
About his independence, he said: "There's always one more way to do something your way."
Some of his album titles nourished his brash persona: "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean," "I've Always Been Crazy," "Nashville Rebel," "Ladies
Love Outlaws" and "Wanted: The Outlaws."
He often refused to attend music awards shows on grounds performers should not compete against each other. Despite those sentiments,
Jennings won two Grammy awards and four Country Music Association awards. He did not attend his induction into the Country
Music Hall of Fame last year.
For about 10 years, he declined to appear on the Grand Ole Opry because a full set of drums was forbidden at the time.
That rule was eventually dropped.
Of his outlaw image, he said: "It was a good marketing tool. In a way, I am that way. You start messing with my music, I get
mean. As long was you are honest and up front with me, I will be the same with you. But I still do things my way."
Born in Littlefield, Texas, Jennings became a radio disc jockey at 14 and formed his own band not long afterward.
He and Holly were teen-age friends in Lubbock, Texas, and Jennings was in Holly's band.
"Mainly what I learned from Buddy was an attitude," Jennings said. "He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn't have any barriers to it."
By the early 1960s Jennings was playing regularly at a nightclub in Phoenix. In 1963, he was signed by Herb Alpert's A&M Records, then
was signed by RCA in Nashville shortly thereafter by Chet Atkins. Once in Nashville, he and Cash became friends and roommates.
His hit records began in the mid-1960s and his heyday was the mid-1970s.
His "Greatest Hits" album in 1979 sold 4 million a rare accomplishment in country music for that era.
In the mid-1980s, he joined with Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson to form the quartet the Highwaymen, which recorded together
and did concert tours.
His other hit singles included "I'm a Ramblin' Man," "Amanda," "Lucille," "I've Always Been Crazy" and "Rose in Paradise."
He made occasional forays into TV movies, including "Stagecoach" and "Oklahoma City Dolls," plus the Sesame Street movie "Follow That
Bird" and the B-movie "Nashville Rebel."
He has said he spent 21 years on drugs and had a $1,500-a-day cocaine habit.
"I did more drugs than anybody you ever saw in your life," he told the Country Music Association's Close Up magazine in 1994.
In 1977, he was arrested at a Nashville recording studio and charged with conspiracy and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.
The charges were later dismissed.
He kicked the habit in 1984 by leasing a house in Arizona and going cold turkey, he said.
He and Colter, his fourth wife, married in 1969. They had one son, Shooter.
Waylon Jennings
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