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| + | '''Waylon Arnold Jennings''' (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American country music singer, writer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets. Jennings escaped death in the February 3, 1959, plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson when he gave up his seat to Richardson who had been sick with the flu. |
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| + | In 1979, he recorded the theme song for the hit television show ''[[Dukes of Hazzard]]'', and also served as the narrator, "The Balladeer", for all seven seasons of the show. |
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| + | In "[[Chitty Chitty Death Bang]]", he narrated a watch fight between [[Peter Griffin]] and a [[Cheesie Charlie's]] Skill Crane player, who found Griffin's watch at the crane's prize pickup chamber. |
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| − | '''Waylon Arnold Jennings''' (1937-2002) was a country music singer, though his musical career was varied enough that he played bass with Buddy Holly & the Crickets. Credited as "The Balladeer," he narrated every episode of the TV show "The Dukes of Hazzard," frequently voicing over cliffhanger freeze-frames right before the commercial breaks. Jennings did a Hazzard-esque voiceover for two Family Guy episodes, the later of which, ''To Love and Die in Dixie'', was among his last performances before his death. |
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| + | In "[[To Love and Die in Dixie]]", what turned out to be his last televised appearance, he reprised his role as The Balladeer once again after Peter painted his car to look like The General Lee, Bo and Luke Duke's 1969 Dodge Charger. |
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| − | *FG103 "[[Chitty Chitty Death Bang]]" |
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| − | *FG312 "[[To Love and Die in Dixie]]" |
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| + | As [[Peter]] is dying in the future of "[[Rich Old Stewie]]", he sees others who have already passed on from the show, including Waylon Jennings. |
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Revision as of 03:59, 2 March 2020
Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American country music singer, writer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets. Jennings escaped death in the February 3, 1959, plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson when he gave up his seat to Richardson who had been sick with the flu.
In 1979, he recorded the theme song for the hit television show Dukes of Hazzard, and also served as the narrator, "The Balladeer", for all seven seasons of the show.
In "Chitty Chitty Death Bang", he narrated a watch fight between Peter Griffin and a Cheesie Charlie's Skill Crane player, who found Griffin's watch at the crane's prize pickup chamber.
In "To Love and Die in Dixie", what turned out to be his last televised appearance, he reprised his role as The Balladeer once again after Peter painted his car to look like The General Lee, Bo and Luke Duke's 1969 Dodge Charger.
As Peter is dying in the future of "Rich Old Stewie", he sees others who have already passed on from the show, including Waylon Jennings.