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AboutJessie Colter was born with the name Mirriam Johnson on May 25, 1943, in Phoenix. (She adopted the stage name Jessie Colter after her great-great-great uncle who was in Jesse James' notorious outlaw gang.) Her mother became Sister Helen, an ordained Pentecostal minister, and Colter became the church pianist at
age 11. As a teen, her musical talent impressed rockabilly guitar star Duane Eddy, who produced her 1961 single "Lonesome Road."
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Country singer and songwriter born May 25, 1943 in Arizona; she achieved enormous popularity in the 1970s. She was married to Waylon Jennings from 1969 until his death in 2002. They have a son, Shooter Jennings. She was also married to Duane Eddy from 1962 to 1968. They have a daughter, Jennifer Jennings. She is the grandmother of Struggle Jennings and great grandmother of Brianna Harness.
Aliases: Mirriam Eddy, Mirriam Johnson
Variations: Jessi Colter, Colter, G. Colter, J Colter, J Coulter, J. Colter, J. Coulter, J.Colter, Jesse, Jesse Colter, Jessi, Jessi Colter Jennings, Jessi Coulter, Jessi Olter, Jessie Colter, Jessie Colter Jennings, Jessie Colter-Jennings, Jessie Coulter
They married in 1963. He wrote and recorded an instrumental, "Mirriam", while she wrote some of his album tracks, as well as "No Sign of the Living" for Dottie West. In 1967, Eddy and Colter recorded a duet single, "Guitar on My Mind," but divorced the following year. She married Waylon Jennings on Oct. 26, 1969, at her mother's church.
In 1975, Colter notched a sizable country and pop hit with the self-penned "I'm Not Lisa." That was followed a year later by the success of Wanted! The Outlaws, a collaboration with Jennings,Willie Nelson and Tompall Glaser and the first Nashville album to sell a million copies. Her best-known duets with Jennings are "Suspicious Minds" and her soothing composition "Storms Never Last."
Being a constant traveling companion with Waylon, she was usually a featured crowd favourite part of his concert shows. In the '90s, she began writing and performing children's music. She sang on Jennings' live album in 2000, two years before he died. She added a new version of "Storms Never Last" to a Jennings tribute album in 2003. That same year, Capitol Records released the retrospective The Very Best of Jessi Colter: An Outlaw ... A Lady. This year she releases her first album of new material in 20 years, Back from the Ashes, which has been produced by the musical genius, Don Was.
age 11. As a teen, her musical talent impressed rockabilly guitar star Duane Eddy, who produced her 1961 single "Lonesome Road."
Profile:
Country singer and songwriter born May 25, 1943 in Arizona; she achieved enormous popularity in the 1970s. She was married to Waylon Jennings from 1969 until his death in 2002. They have a son, Shooter Jennings. She was also married to Duane Eddy from 1962 to 1968. They have a daughter, Jennifer Jennings. She is the grandmother of Struggle Jennings and great grandmother of Brianna Harness.
Aliases: Mirriam Eddy, Mirriam Johnson
Variations: Jessi Colter, Colter, G. Colter, J Colter, J Coulter, J. Colter, J. Coulter, J.Colter, Jesse, Jesse Colter, Jessi, Jessi Colter Jennings, Jessi Coulter, Jessi Olter, Jessie Colter, Jessie Colter Jennings, Jessie Colter-Jennings, Jessie Coulter
They married in 1963. He wrote and recorded an instrumental, "Mirriam", while she wrote some of his album tracks, as well as "No Sign of the Living" for Dottie West. In 1967, Eddy and Colter recorded a duet single, "Guitar on My Mind," but divorced the following year. She married Waylon Jennings on Oct. 26, 1969, at her mother's church.
In 1975, Colter notched a sizable country and pop hit with the self-penned "I'm Not Lisa." That was followed a year later by the success of Wanted! The Outlaws, a collaboration with Jennings,Willie Nelson and Tompall Glaser and the first Nashville album to sell a million copies. Her best-known duets with Jennings are "Suspicious Minds" and her soothing composition "Storms Never Last."
Being a constant traveling companion with Waylon, she was usually a featured crowd favourite part of his concert shows. In the '90s, she began writing and performing children's music. She sang on Jennings' live album in 2000, two years before he died. She added a new version of "Storms Never Last" to a Jennings tribute album in 2003. That same year, Capitol Records released the retrospective The Very Best of Jessi Colter: An Outlaw ... A Lady. This year she releases her first album of new material in 20 years, Back from the Ashes, which has been produced by the musical genius, Don Was.
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