The Big Lebowski star Jeff Bridges was at the awards show to present the big honor, and when he announced Wallen’s name, he mispronounced it as “Waylon” — as in, “Waylon Jennings.” ...

On this day (February 13) in 2002, the country music world lost a legend when Waylon Jennings died. He passed away in his Chandler, Arizona home after a long battle with diabetes at the age of 64.

Waylon Jennings was one of the originators of the Outlaw Country movement in the ‘70s. However, his fame didn’t end when the movement faded from popularity in the ‘80s. After all, Jennings ...