Editing Waylon Jennings (section)

===The Nashville Sound===
[[File:Waylon Jennings Promotional Picture cropped.JPG|thumb|200px|Jennings in an RCA Victor publicity photo in late-1965.]]
In 1966, Jennings released his debut RCA Victor album ''[[Folk-Country]]'', followed by ''[[Leavin' Town]]'' and ''[[Nashville Rebel]]''.{{sfn|Cramer|p=715|2009}}{{sfn|Thompson|p=622|2002}} ''Leavin' Town'' resulted in significant chart success as the first two singles "Anita, You're Dreaming" and "Time to Bum Again" both peaked at number 17 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart. The album's third single, a cover of [[Gordon Lightfoot]]'s "[[(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me]]", peaked at no. 9, Jennings's first top 10 single. ''Nashville Rebel'' was the soundtrack to an independent film, ''The [[Nashville Rebel (film)|Nashville Rebel]]'', starring Jennings.<ref name="rebel">The Southern Quarterly; p. 118</ref> The single "Green River" charted on ''Billboard'' country singles at no. 11.{{sfn|Henderson|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=FikEAAAAMBAJ&dq=the%20waylors&pg=PA84 84]|2001}}

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In 1967, Jennings released a hit single, "[[Just to Satisfy You (song)|Just to Satisfy You]]". During an interview, Jennings remarked that the song was a "pretty good example" of the influence of his work with Buddy Holly and rockabilly music.{{sfn|Country song roundup staff|1967}} Jennings produced mid-chart albums that sold well, including 1967's ''[[Just to Satisfy You (album)|Just to Satisfy You]]'', which included the hit single.{{sfn|Cramer|p=715|2009}} Jennings's singles enjoyed success. "[[The Chokin' Kind]]" peaked at number eight on ''Billboard's'' Hot Country Singles in 1967, while "[[Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line]]" hit number two the following year. In 1969, his collaboration with the Kimberlys on the single "[[MacArthur Park (song)|MacArthur Park]]" earned a [[Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group]]. His single "[[Brown Eyed Handsome Man]]" reached number three at the Hot Country Singles chart by the end of the year.{{sfn|Kingsbury|2004|p=247}}

During this time, Jennings rented an apartment in Nashville with singer [[Johnny Cash]].{{sfn|Streissguth|2007|p=135}} Jennings and Cash were both managed by "Lucky" Moeller's booking agency Moeller Talent, Inc.{{sfn|Kingsbury|2004|p=333}} The tours organized by the agency were unproductive, with the artists being booked to venues located far from each other in close dates. After paying for the accommodation and travel expenditures, Jennings was frequently forced to request advances from the agency or RCA Victor to make the next venue. While playing 300 days on the road, Jennings's debt increased, and along with it his consumption of [[amphetamine]]. He believed himself to be "trapped on the circuit".{{sfn|Jennings|Kaye|1996|pp=112, 182}}

In 1972, Jennings released ''[[Ladies Love Outlaws (Waylon Jennings album)|Ladies Love Outlaws]]''. The single that headlined the album became a hit for Jennings, and was his first approach to [[outlaw country]].{{sfn|Larkin|1995|p=3005}} Jennings was accustomed to performing and recording with his own band, [[Waymore's Outlaws|the Waylors]], a practice that was not encouraged by powerful Nashville producers, who favored the [[Nashville sound]] produced by a roster of experienced local studio musicians. The music style publicized as "[[countrypolitan]]" was characterized by orchestral arrangements and the absence of most traditional country music instruments. The producers did not let Jennings play his own guitar or select material to record.{{sfn|Carr|Munde|1997|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=6Q2QhJf4jR0C&dq=Waylon%20Jennings%20KLLL&pg=PT167 156]}} Jennings felt limited by Nashville's lack of artistic freedom.{{sfn|Petrusich|2008|p=[https://archive.org/details/itstillmoveslost00petr_0/page/105 <!-- quote=waylon jennings Nashville sound. --> 105]}}