Shooter Jennings Pays Tribute to Late, Great George Jones on 'Don't Wait Up' — billboard.com

Shooter Jennings' new EP "Don’t Wait Up (For George)" is a very personal project for the singer. It’s a tribute to a man that he got to know very well over the years -- George Jones. As the son of Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, Jennings recalls that Jones was a part of his life both figuratively and musically. “George is someone who was very important in my life -- even as a kid, he was such a constant. People like Willie and Tony Joe White lived other places, but George was around the house a lot. He was so meaningful to me, and he helped me on my first record, ‘4th Of July',” which was a top-30 single for Jennings in 2005. “Back in 2012, a guy emailed me who was producing George’s new record, and asked if I had any songs. I didn’t, but I wrote two. I sent them, and never heard back. Then, of course, George passed away. A little while later, I stumbled across them, and I thought it would be cool to cut them and put them out.

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