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Shooter Jennings Won’t Rule Out Opening A Waylon Jennings-Themed Bar In Nashville – “There Have Been Talks”
Is a Waylon Jennings bar in Nashville on the horizon?
In an industry that seemingly never rests, Shooter Jennings is undoubtedly one of the busiest creators in country music. When he’s not creating music of his own, the 3x Grammy winner is producing albums for the likes of Turnpike Troubadours, Charley Crockett, Jake Owen, American Aquarium, Lukas Nelson, Tanya Tucker and more.
2025, in particular, has been an incredibly stacked year for Jennings, producing the likes of Turnpike’s The Price of Admission, Crockett’s Lonesome Drifter and Dollar A Day, Nelson’s American Romance, Owen’s upcoming Dreams to Dream and most notably, the highly-anticipated collection of his father, Waylon Jennings’, lost tracks on Songbird, which debuted at #17 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart this week. With all of that being said, it’s been an incredibly busy year for Jennings, both as an artist and producer.
With Songbird’s release back on October 3rd, Jennings recently appeared on Rolling Stone’s “Nashville Now” podcast. Sitting down with host, Joseph Hudak, the “Lonesome Blues” singer dove into everything from the discovery and construction of the lost tapes on Songbird and separating himself from his father’s work to the current state of Nashville and even Sabrina Carpenter’s recent dip into the genre during her recent Opry debut.
On the topic of Nashville, Jennings opened up about how he finds the constant white noise of covers being played at every bar incredibly annoying. Recalling a recent trip with the Turnpike Troubadours, he joked and said he wanted to open up a music-free bar, noting all the real musicians would rather be there.
“I went to go get lunch, and everywhere I went there was someone yelling a f****** song out of a restaurant. I’m downtown, so I’m around Kid Rock’s bar and all that sh*t. Bon Jovi covers are coming out of this room, somebody’s yelling Tyler Childers out of this room… I’m like, ‘Okay, I’m going to try to find a restaurant that has no music.’ If I open up a bar, it’s going to be silent, and I know all the musicians will hang out there… I kind of hate music when I’m here.”
Of course, this is thanks in part to the seemingly endless number of artists’ bars that have popped up on Broadway and its surround area over the past decade, ranging from the aforementioned Kid Rock to the likes of fellow country stars such as Eric Church, Jason Aldean, Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson, Luke Bryan, Post Malone and more.
Though bars bearing artists’ names have undoubtedly become all the rage lately, Shooter has been hesitant to green-light a Waylon Jennings-themed bar over the years. This is mostly thanks in part to the simple fact that Waylon famously did not drink all that much.
With that being said, however, Shooter revealed that he has recently changed his tune and has not ruled out the possibility of a Waylon bar in the future “if it was the right thing”, noting that there have been serious talks about it in the past.
“There was a while where I would not do it because he didn’t drink, and I thought it was a weird thing. But now I’d totally do it if it was the right thing, and there have been talks about it.”
With seemingly everyone in the genre getting their own bar recently, highlighted by the fact that even newcomers such as Jelly Roll and Post Malone have their own, I think it’s about time we see some legends, such as Waylon, get their own venue, even if it’s posthumously. But of course, that’s entirely up to Shooter and the rest of the Jennings family to decide.
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