

SHOOTER JENNINGS
Season 1 Episode 4 | 24m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
Shooter Jennings expanded the parameters of Country, Rock ‘n’ Roll and more.
Shooter Jennings has defied expectation while expanding the parameters of Country, Rock ‘n’ Roll and beyond. Son of anti-Nashville music icons Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, Shooter—singer/songwriter, guitarist, actor and producer—spent his first years on a tour bus. For 25 years Shooter has issued albums & EPs in his brand of genre-defying Outlaw Country and Southern Rock.

SHOOTER JENNINGS
Season 1 Episode 4 | 24m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
Shooter Jennings has defied expectation while expanding the parameters of Country, Rock ‘n’ Roll and beyond. Son of anti-Nashville music icons Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, Shooter—singer/songwriter, guitarist, actor and producer—spent his first years on a tour bus. For 25 years Shooter has issued albums & EPs in his brand of genre-defying Outlaw Country and Southern Rock.
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THREE MILLION YEARS IN THE MAKING, PURE ACOUSTICS OFFER MUSIC FROM THE HEART OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, CENTER STAGE AND DEEP INSIDE THE MOUNTAIN, THIS WEEK WELCOMING, SHOOTER JENNINGS.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) IT'S DEEP DOWN MUSICAL DIVERSITY AT THE CAVERNS SESSIONS, COMING UP NEXT!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) ♪ OVER A COCAINE RAINBOW, THE WORLD IS AT HER COMMAND ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ OVER A COCAINE RAINBOW, THE WORLD IS AT HER COMMAND ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ BE CAREFUL OF A WOMAN, LOOK HOW SHE HIDES HER RIGHT HAND ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ BEHIND THE RHINESTONE CURTAIN ♪ ♪ THE CHARLATAN'S VINES AND HER MUSE ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ BEHIND THE RHINESTONE CURTAIN ♪ ♪ THE CHARLATAN'S VINES AND HER MUSE ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ BE CAREFUL OF A WOMAN WHO SEES HER FUTURE IN YOU ♪ ♪ AND EVEN THOUGH THE SUN AND THE MOON NEVER SHONE ♪ ♪ LOVE WOULD BE THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN MY HOME ♪ ♪ IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO OUT ♪ ♪ AND MAKE SOME NEW MEMORIES OF YOUR OWN ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YOU CAN DIG UP EVERY BONE ♪ ♪ MOMMA, COME ON ♪ ♪ OH, LEAVE THOSE MEMORIES ALONE ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SUGAR ♪ ♪ AND I'M SURE GLAD TO SEE YOUR FACE ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SUGAR ♪ ♪ AND I'M SURE GLAD TO SEE YOUR FACE ♪ ♪ I ALMOST DIED OUT IN THE WILDERNESS, ♪ ♪ ALL I NEED IS A TASTE ♪ COME ON, JOHN.
♪ YEAH, WELL THE COLONEL WAS TALL ♪ ♪ AND HE ALWAYS WORE HIS HAT AND SHADES ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH, WELL, THE COLONEL WAS TALL ♪ ♪ AND HE ALWAYS WORE HIS HAT AND SHADES ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ HE WORE HIS HEART LIKE A DIAMOND ♪ ♪ HOLD OFF ON THE ACE OF SPADES, ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH, AND EVEN THOUGH THE SUN AND THE MOON NEVER SHONE ♪ ♪ LOVE WOULD BE THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN MY HOME ♪ ♪ IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO OUT ♪ ♪ AND MAKE SOME NEW MEMORIES OF YOUR OWN ♪ ♪ YEAH, YOU CAN DIG UP EVERY BONE ♪ ♪ OF A ROLLING STONE ♪ ♪ YEAH, YOU CAN DIG UP EVERY BONE ♪ ♪ MOMMA, COME ON ♪ ♪ LEAVE THOSE MEMORIES ALONE ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) - [SHOOTER] I MISS MY BUDDY.
(GENTLE MUSIC) ♪ WILL THEY REMEMBER THE WORDS TO MY SONGS ♪ ♪ WHEN I'M DEAD AND GONE ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ WILL THEY REMEMBER THE WORDS TO MY SONGS ♪ ♪ WHEN I'M DEAD AND GONE ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ IF WHILE I'M HERE ♪ ♪ I STILL CAN'T REMEMBER THE WORDS TO MY OWN SONGS ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (AUDIENCE CHEERS AND APPLAUDS) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH, WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL SOME BOYS WAS PICKING ON ME ♪ ♪ TOOK ME DOWN AT THE PLAYGROUND AND I SKINNED MY KNEE ♪ ♪ LORD, I WANTED TO CRY BUT IT OCCURRED TO ME ♪ ♪ TOOK MY SKELETOR LUNCH BOX, TOOK OUT HIS FRONT TEETH ♪ ♪ MY DADDY ALWAYS TOLD ME DO THE BEST THAT YOU CAN ♪ ♪ TO BE A KIND HEARTED SENSITIVE HARD WORKING MAN ♪ ♪ BUT IF THE HIGH ROAD IS CLOSED ♪ ♪ AND THE LIGHTNING'S COMING DOWN ♪ ♪ SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA MAN UP AND TAKE THE LOW ROAD AROUND ♪ ♪ SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA THINK QUICK ♪ ♪ TAKE THE LOW ROAD AROUND ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH, NOW NEEDLESS TO SAY MY BULLY PROBLEMS DID CEASE ♪ ♪ BUT I FOUND MYSELF IN LOVE WITH A TWO-TIMING CHEAT ♪ ♪ WHEN SHE LEFT I WANTED TO DIE ♪ ♪ LORD, I DIDN'T EVEN EAT ♪ ♪ THEN IN WALKED HER LITTLE SISTER ♪ ♪ LOOKIN' ALL KINDS OF SWEET ♪ ♪ MY MOMMA ALWAYS TOLD ME YOU GOTTA TRY HARD ♪ ♪ TO FIND A WOMAN THAT WILL LOVE YOU ♪ ♪ FOR THE MAN THAT YOU ARE ♪ ♪ BUT IF THE HIGH ROAD IS CLOSED ♪ ♪ AND THE LIGHTNING'S COMING DOWN ♪ ♪ SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA MAN UP AND TAKE THE LOW ROAD AROUND ♪ ♪ SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA THINK QUICK ♪ ♪ AND TAKE THE LOW ROAD AROUND ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH, WHEN I TOOK MY SONG TO NASHVILLE ♪ ♪ LORD, IT DIDN'T TAKE ME LONG ♪ ♪ TO REALIZE THEY AIN'T HELPING IF YOU DON'T PLAY ALONG ♪ ♪ I MAY NOT LOOK AND SOUND LIKE MONEY ♪ ♪ BUT MY HEART IS IN MY SONG ♪ ♪ AND I'M GONNA KEEP DOIN' IT MY WAY ♪ ♪ 'TIL I'M RIGHT OR WRONG ♪ ♪ MY DADDY ALWAYS SAID SON DON'T EVER TRY TO BE ♪ ♪ JUST LIKE ANOTHER ONE OF THEM BOYS ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE YOU AIN'T NEVER GONNA BE ♪ ♪ BUT IF THE HIGH ROAD IS CLOSED ♪ ♪ AND THE LANDSLIDE'S COMING DOWN ♪ ♪ BOY, YOU GOTTA MAN UP AND TAKE THE LOW ROAD AROUND ♪ ♪ SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA TOUGHEN UP ♪ ♪ AND TAKE THE LOW ROAD AROUND ♪ ♪ STRAP SOME CHAINS ON THEM TIRES ♪ ♪ AND TAKE THE LOW ROAD AROUND ♪ (AUDIENCE CHEERS AND APPLAUDS) (GUITAR PLAYS) - TED RUSSELL KAMP BACK HERE HAS BEEN HERE WITH ME FOR 20 YEARS, AND THIS SONG'S ONE HE WROTE OFF OUR FIRST RECORD.
IT'S CALLED, "STEADY AT THE WHEEL."
(DRUMSTICKS CLICK) ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR... (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ WELL, I PUSH MY LOAD ACROSS THE LAND ♪ ♪ LIVIN' THE LIFE OF A TRAVELIN' MAN ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ DUSK BRINGS DOWN ANOTHER DAY ♪ ♪ GONNA SWALLOW UP TIME AND THROW IT AWAY ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH, ZERO TO SIXTY, SHE'S THE NEXT BIG THING ♪ ♪ THEY TELL ME IT'S A STEAL ♪ ♪ DRIVE ALL NIGHT JUST TO EASE THE PAIN ♪ ♪ DON'T LOOK AWAY ♪ ♪ STAY STEADY AT THE WHEEL ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YOU CAN TRY TO SING A FAMILIAR TUNE ♪ ♪ HOWLIN' THE WORDS UNDER A BLOODSHOT MOON ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ BLACK-LIGHT TROUBADOUR, PUSH ON THROUGH ♪ ♪ AS HEARTBREAK SITS RIGHT NEXT TO YOU ♪ YES, IT DOES, BABY.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH, ZERO TO SIXTY, SHE'S THE NEXT BIG THING ♪ ♪ THEY TELL ME IT'S A STEAL ♪ ♪ DRIVE ALL NIGHT JUST TO EASE THE PAIN ♪ ♪ DON'T LOOK AWAY ♪ ♪ STAY STEADY AT THE WHEEL ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ STEADY ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH, ZERO TO SIXTY, SHE'S THE NEXT BIG THING ♪ ♪ THEY TELL ME IT'S A STEAL ♪ ♪ DRIVE ALL NIGHT JUST TO EASE THE PAIN ♪ ♪ DON'T LOOK AWAY ♪ ♪ STAY STEADY AT THE WHEEL ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ STEADY AT THE WHEEL ♪ ♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ...♪ ♪ ALL RIGHT... ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ STEADY AT THE WHEEL ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (AUDIENCE CHEERS AND APPLAUDS) (AUDIENCE CHEERS AND APPLAUDS) (PIANO CHORD PLAYS) - THIS IS A SONG, ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS I THINK I EVER WROTE, AND IT'S CALLED, "ALL OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN YOURS."
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ I HAD A CURE, FOR YOUR DISEASE... ♪ ♪ BUT YOU THREW IT AWAY ♪ ♪ AND YOU MADE IT CLEAR I WAS NOT WELCOME ON THESE SEAS ♪ ♪ AND YOU THREW IT AWAY ♪ ♪ SO IN EXILE ♪ ♪ SO I SAILED AND I SAILED FOR SO LONG ♪ ♪ AND MY HAIR GREW LONG AND MY HEART GREW COLD ♪ ♪ I FACED CERTAIN DEATH WITHOUT YOU NEAR ♪ ♪ AND I FELT THE STORM AND SWAM UNTIL THE SKIES WERE CLEAR ♪ ♪ AND I FOUND A HOME ALONG THIS CROOKED ROAD ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ AND ALL OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ♪ ♪ ALL OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN, YOURS ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ ALL OF THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ♪ ♪ ALL OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN YOURS ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH, BLACK CLOUDS ROLLED IN UNDER THE RED DOORS ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ AS THE WAVES WERE HIGH ♪ ♪ YOU BET YOUR BODY, SO WAS I ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ AND THE MOON NEVER LOOKED SO ANGRY ♪ ♪ AS WHEN YOUR WALLS CAME CRUMBLING DOWN ♪ ♪ IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ IT WAS SO PEACEFUL ♪ ♪ FOR ALL THE DESTRUCTION, IT WAS QUIET ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ AND ALL OF THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ♪ ♪ ALL OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN YOURS ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH, ALL THAT YOU LOVE... WILL BE CARRIED AWAY ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH, ALL THAT YOU LOVE WILL BE CARRIED AWAY ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ AND ALL OF THE PAIN THAT YOU PUT ON MY NAME ♪ ♪ AND ALL OF MY DOUBT AND ALL OF MY SHAME ♪ ♪ AND ALL OF MY GUILT, MY DENIAL AND FEAR ♪ ♪ AND ALL OF MY HATRED AND ALL OF MY TEARS ♪ ♪ AND ALL OF THE TIME THAT I COULDN'T GO HOME ♪ ♪ AND ALL OF THE TIMES THAT I FROZE ALL ALONE ♪ ♪ ALL OF THE SADNESS, AND ALL OF THE LIES ♪ ♪ AND ALL OF THE SHADOWS THAT BLACKENED MY EYES ♪ ♪ ALL OF THE SERVANTS, WHO CHEATED, WHO STOLE ♪ ♪ FROM ALL OF THE COLORS FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY SOUL ♪ ♪ ALL OF THE WOUNDED YOU LEFT FOR DEAD ♪ ♪ NOW CREEP IN THE CORNERS, THEY'RE ALL IN MY HEAD ♪ ♪ ALL OF THE DREAMS YOU MADE NIGHTMARES ♪ ♪ ALL OF THE SILENCE, THE DEAFENING STARES ♪ ♪ ALL OF THE SHIPS WHO CAN'T CARRY LOADS ♪ ♪ YOU WRECKED IN ANGER UPON DISTANT SHORES ♪ ♪ ALL OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ♪ ♪ ALL OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN YOURS ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH, AND ALL OF THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ♪ ♪ ALL OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN YOURS... ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (AUDIENCE CHEERS AND APPLAUDS) THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
(GUITAR STRUMS) GOT A LOT OF WONDERFUL NEW THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR LIVES.
I WANT TO CALL UP THE, THE LEADER OF THE NEW THING, YELAWOLF.
(AUDIENCE CHEERS AND APPLAUDS) - THIS SONG IS CALLED, "MAKE ME A BELIEVER," AND THE BAND IS SOMETIMES WHY.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) YEAH!
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YOU SAID I KNOW I GET IT ALL, YEAH, I BET ♪ ♪ I DON'T BELIEVE YA ♪ ♪ ALL RIGHT, YEAH, OKAY NOW ♪ ♪ IN YOUR MIND, YOU THINK YOU CAN HANDLE IT ALL ♪ ♪ I WANNA SEE YA ♪ ♪ ALL RIGHT, YEAH, OKAY NOW ♪ ♪ SET UP YOUR TARGET ♪ ♪ BLAME EVERY MISTAKE YOU MADE ON THE LUCK OF A LOSING ♪ ♪ STILL BRUISED FROM EVERY FIGHT YOU'RE CHOOSING ♪ ♪ PICK A SIDE, PICK UP A GUN AND SHOOT IT ♪ ♪ YEAH... ♪ ♪ MAKE ME A BELIEVER ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH... ♪ ♪ MAKE ME A BELIEVER ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ IN YOUR MIND YOU MUST BE THE BOSS MAN ♪ ♪ DON'T YOU FEEL LIKE A CHEATER ♪ ♪ ALL RIGHT, YEAH, OKAY ♪ ♪ WHATEVER MAN, BIG CHECKS ♪ ♪ GOT GLOVES, YOU CAUGHT THAT SUNSET ♪ ♪ OH, WHAT A LEISURE ♪ ♪ ALL RIGHT, YEAH, OKAY NOW ♪ ♪ RENTED LAMBORGHINI FOR THAT HOLLYWOOD LIVIN' ♪ ♪ ANOTHER NIGHT ON A THOUSAND COUNT LINEN ♪ ♪ WOULDN'T DROP A DOLLAR TO SAVE YOUR MAMA ♪ ♪ KILL 'EM ALL, 'LONG AS THE TEAM IS WINNING ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH... ♪ ♪ MAKE ME A BELIEVER ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ MAKE ME A BELIEVER ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH... ♪ ♪ LOW DOWN, NO GOOD ♪ ♪ I'M JUST A WHITE TRASH, NO GOOD ♪ ♪ BUT YOU'RE THE DECEIVER ♪ ♪ ALL RIGHT, YEAH, OKAY NOW ♪ ♪ BAD BOYS, TATTOOED, WHISKEY DRINK ALL DAY ♪ ♪ DRUG USE, I'M A RECEIVER ♪ ♪ DAMN RIGHT, YEAH, OKAY NOW ♪ ♪ AT THE CLUB WITH YOUR PROMISCUOUS WOMEN ♪ ♪ CIGARETTE SMOKE AND COCAINE SELLIN' ♪ ♪ I MAY BE THE CHILD OF A MAN IN PRISON ♪ ♪ BUT AT LEAST I AIN'T NO GOD GIMMICK ♪ - [RECORDED VOICE] REASONS OF ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC, AND WHY I PREACH AGAINST IT, AND I BELIEVE IN WITH ALL OF MY HEART THAT IT IS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO OUR JUVENILE DELINQUENCY OF TODAY, - YEAH!
- OF THE EVIL.
TWO, THREE, FOUR... (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH... ♪ ♪ MAKE ME A BELIEVER ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH... ♪ ♪ MAKE ME A BELIEVER ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) BIG DOG... (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ MAKE ME A BELIEVER ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ LET'S GO!
♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH... ♪ ♪ MAKE ME A BELIEVER ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ MAKE ME A BELIEVER ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) ♪ YEAH, YEAH ♪ ♪ MAKE ME A BELIEVER ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) THANK YOU SO MUCH!
(AUDIENCE CHEERS AND APPLAUDS) SOMETIMES WILD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY.
(AUDIENCE CHEERS AND APPLAUDS) ♪ ♪ ♪
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Shooter Jennings expanded the parameters of Country, Rock ‘n’ Roll and more. (30s)
SHOOTER JENNINGS Performs 'Steady at the Wheel'
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Listen to SHOOTER JENNINGS perform 'Steady at the Wheel.' (3m 6s)
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