Happy 89th birthday to one of Arizona’s most beloved musicians.
Though Waylon Jennings was born in Texas on June 15, 1937, his ties to Arizona ran deep; he moved to Coolidge in 1961 where, as we wrote on his 75th birthday, “he manned the mic at a small radio station, KCKY. He made his way to Phoenix, fronting a rockabilly band called The Waylors and recording Waylon at JD’s, sold at the Phoenix nightclub of the same name and recorded at Audio Recorders.”
Jennings was 64 years old when he died on Feb. 13, 2002, in Chandler from complications of diabetes. He was buried in the City of Mesa Cemetery, and his grave is a point of pilgrimage for fans of country music…