Honoring the man and his music Waymore’s Outlaws consists of former
members of Waylon Jennings recording and touring band, The Waylors,
including Jerry “Jigger” Bridges on bass, Barny Robertson on keys,
Carter Robertson on vocals, Jeff Hale on drums and steel guitarist
Fred Newell. Collectively, the band performed on the recordings of
Waylon’s megahits such as “I Ain’t Living Long Like This,” the
Dukes of Hazzard “Good Ol’ Boys” theme, “Luckenbach Texas”
and “Rainy Day Woman,” as well as countless other gold and
platinum hits. Lead guitarist and singer Tommy Townsend adds to their
mix of Outlaw music. Waymore’s Outlaws are keeping the spirit of
Waylon Jennings and his music alive today. Jerry “Jigger” Bridges,
who spent a little over two decades out on the road with Waylon, plays
bass for Waymore’s Outlaws. A native of Red Bay, Alabama, Jigger was
strongly influenced by the R&B emerging from nearby Muscle Shoals.
Following a four-year stint as a staff musician at FAME Recording
Studio, he moved to Nashville and began working with Waylon on the
“Dukes of Hazzard” soundtrack. After his contributing bass work on
Waylon’s Greatest Hits album, Richie and Waylon asked Jigger to join
The Waylors on the road. GRAMMY Award-winning producer, arranger, and
engineer Barny Robertson played keys for Waylon for many years and has
produced and arranged over 50 albums. As an in-demand session player,
he received the “Nashville Super Picker Award.” He has been
nominated for three Dove Awards and in 1992 won a Grammy Award for
producing “A Cappella Kids.” Instantly recognizable artist and
vocalist Carter Robertson holds the distinction of being the only
female member of Waylon’s band. She backed up both Waylon and his
wife, Jessi Colter, on stage and in the studio. Her recording credits
include Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Don Was and many others.
Fred Newell is a veteran of the Nashville studio scene who has
recorded with everyone from Ray Charles to George Strait. In addition
to being the staff lead guitarist on numerous TV shows, he is
respected worldwide for his ability to generate feeling and sounds out
of his instruments that many struggle to emulate. The first country
guitarist to ever receive an endorsement from Marshall Amplifiers,
Newell is a guitar legend in many circles. Fred joined Waylon’s
touring band on pedal steel during the 90s after the late and
legendary Ralph Mooney retired from the road. Jeff Hale has immense
touring and recording experience. While playing drums in the lounges
of Memphis and attending Memphis State University, Jeff began touring
and recording with Tony Joe White after Tony heard some demo
recordings Jeff did with Stax Records. The songwriting connection
between Tony Joe White and Waylon led to Waylon making Jeff a
permanent fixture in his band, where he spent the next fourteen years
honing his skills and learning every aspect of the music business from
the undisputed “rebel” of outlaw country music. Jeff received
recognition from Modern Drummer magazine for “Best Country
Drummer” and through the years has shared the stage with many
artists. Tommy Townsend, the band’s lead guitarist and singer, is a
native of Blairsville, Georgia. Waylon was a pivotal force in
Townsend’s life, as Tommy had the distinction of being mentored by
Waylon in his youth. The two collaborated several times over the
years, with Waylon playing guitar and singing harmony on some tracks
and co-producing an album on Tommy with Jerry Bridges. Waylon and his
band took Tommy under their wings recording in the studio and
occasionally out for appearances on the road. As a songwriter, Tommy
co-wrote three of the songs on Waymore’s Outlaws CD, Same Ol’
Outlaws, which was the first of three albums released by the band. No
biography about Waylon Jennings or any of his band configurations is
compete without mentioning the late Richie Albright. Waylon’s
original drummer, longtime friend, and right-hand man joined Waylon
and The Waylors in 1964, and he was the steadfast drummer for
Waymore’s Outlaws until his passing in 2021. Richie not only toured
and recorded with Waylon for decades but produced or co-produced many
of Waylon’s records that are still being played on radio today. In
the world of country music Richie not only made history as a drummer,
songwriter, and producer, he was immortalized in the Country Music
Hall of Fame and Museum’s Nashville Cats exhibit in 2019. The list
of artists he played and/or recorded with is a long one, including
Jessi Colter, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Jr, Tony Joe
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