Jessi Colter
Jessi Colter
Miriam Johnson, known professionally as Jessi Colter, is an American country music artist who is best known for her collaboration with her husband, country singer and songwriter Waylon Jennings, and for her 1975 country-pop crossover hit "I'm Not Lisa"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth25 May 1943
CityPhoenix, AZ
CountryUnited States of America
american-musician began certainly radical vulnerable
After I began writing, I thought, I'm on to something, but it's kind of radical and certainly very vulnerable and very different.
happen recording time
I've been circling. The recording had to happen at the right time and the right place.
There's just no vision. You have no ground, no vision.
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That was one of our masters. I'm not sure when it was recorded.
american-musician hanging musicians running streets
I was hanging out with Shooter, running the streets with the musicians who were really into their music. That's what made me feel good.
eyes talking wonder
Shooter's so much like Waylon in my eyes, sometimes I wonder who I'm talking to,
danced dressing shooter style weight worry
Shooter has always had his own style, from dressing to playing. He's always danced to a different tune. There are times that I worry about him, because I know the weight of that burden.
american-musician happened
It's just what it is. It just all happened in my stride.
american-musician force great
Waylon was such a great force in music.
american-musician awesome excited fact hearing media people talk
The fact that this is getting released, and people are just now hearing it, kind of tickles me. This is just awesome that the media is excited to talk to me and find out what's happening.
american-musician felt love
What I felt is the same kind of love I felt between Waylon and his audience. And that's what I miss.
genius shooter
He's got the Waylon vibe, but the Shooter genius.
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I'm very happy. I was little scared because it's such a big bite.
american-musician good son time watching
I'm having a good time watching Shooter. He's a good kid. He's been a good son to me. He has never failed.