YMMV / Waylon Jennings

• Covered Up: His Willie Nelson duet "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" was first released by Ed Bruce, and co-written by Bruce and his wife Patsy. Similarly, their "Good Hearted Woman" was originally a Top Ten single for Jennings solo, but the duet version was a #1.
  • "I'm a Ramblin' Man", originally written and recorded by Ray Pennington (who produced Waylon's version).
  • "Clyde", originally a J.J. Cale album track.
  • Also on the receiving end: he recorded "Where Corn Don't Grow" in 1990 but it only got to #67 on the country chart. 6 years later it became a Top 10 hit for Travis Tritt.
• Do Not Do This Cool Thing:
  • "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" goes out of its way to depict cowboys as a blend of machismo and sensitivity, only to warn in its chorus:
    Mammas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
    Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks
    Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
  • "I'm a Ramblin Man" has the narrator brag about how well-traveled he is and how exciting his life has been, but then advises "Don't fall in love with a ramblin' man."
• Epic Riff: "I'm a Ramblin' Man" and "Rainy Day Woman" are rare classic country examples of this; "Rainy Day Woman"'s riff is played on a steel guitar.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Waylon was on the level of Elvis and The Rolling Stones with the Navajo Nation. His song "Love Of The Common People" is often touted as the unofficial anthem of the Nation.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Once jokingly told Buddy Holly that he hopes the latter's plane crashes, in response to another joke from Buddy about how he hopes the former's bus freezes up. Waylon's joke had haunted him for the rest of his life after Buddy's plane did indeed crash.