Son of a Country Music Legend Teams Up With Willie Nelson for a New Project That Fans Can’t Stop Talking About.LC
Seems like just about every notable musician in history is getting their own documentary or biopic at this point, with the most obvious recent examples being Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Pavement. So it’s no huge surprise to hear that one of the most famous country “outlaws” of all time is finally getting his very own doc…or that another country superstar is participating.
Shooter Jennings, son of late country icon Waylon Jennings, broke the big news on X when he responded to the following question from a fan: “With all the bad movies & documentaries about folks I don’t care about How about a DocuMovie about Waylon?”
There is an official Waylon documentary underway with my good friend Greg Olliver (Lemmy, Chasing Whiskey) directing. Willie was interviewed yesterday. He also filmed all of me finding, preparing and finishing the Songbird (and future) albums. https://t.co/JTDsPfV2lK
— Shooter Jennings (@shooterjennings) November 9, 2025
Shooter’s reply was cause for celebration among fans of both his father and fellow icon Willie Nelson.
“There is an official Waylon documentary underway with my good friend Greg Olliver (Lemmy, Chasing Whiskey) directing,” Shooter wrote. “Willie was interviewed yesterday. He also filmed all of me finding, preparing and finishing the Songbird (and future) albums.”
Commenters were definitely enthusiastic about the idea.
“Fantastic! Can’t wait to see this!” one person wrote, with a second adding, “That’s fantastic, Shooter! Just keeps getting better and better! Thank you so much!”
“Oh my. This is huge. Waylon has been my hero since I was a kid, and a huge reason I started playing music. I’ve got the first line to Belle of the Ball tattoed on my bicep. Can’t wait,” declared someone else.
How did the ‘Songbird’ album come about?
As Country Thang Daily reported, Songbird — released this year — is the first of three posthumous Waylon albums that Shooter has put together using lost recordings from the years between 1973 and 1984. Shooter apparently unearthed the vintage tapes while looking through his father’s archives and discovered that the music on them was already almost completed. Though he did add some finishing touches, such as harmonies, he reportedly left the recordings as raw as possible.
“This project has given me an entirely new chapter in my relationship with my father and working on this music has brought a whole new understanding about how, when and why my dad made music,” Shooter said. “The hard work is there on the tapes and the passion and the soul within is as alive today as it was the day it was recorded.”
Sounds like the perfect companion album to the upcoming documentary.
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This story was originally reported by Parade on Nov 12, 2025, where it first appeared in the News section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
