{"id":15443,"date":"2019-05-24T23:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T05:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1806972"},"modified":"2019-05-24T23:00:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T05:00:59","slug":"jessi-colter-the-lady-among-the-outlaws-is-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/jessi-colter-the-lady-among-the-outlaws-is-76\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessi Colter, The Lady Among The Outlaws, is 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/morrise\/\" title=\"Posts by Edward Morris\" rel=\"author\">Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">17m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>As a recording artist, Jessi Colter was both spotlighted and at times overshadowed by her husband, Waylon Jennings. He co-produced her 1970 album, <em>A Country Star is Born<\/em>, with Chet Atkins; negotiated her inclusion on the multiplatinum anthology, <em>Wanted! The Outlaws<\/em>, in 1976; and sang with her on five of her 12 singles that charted between 1970 and 1982.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"e5f48f13\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-74258868-1558713192.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-74258868-1558713192.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-74258868-1558713192.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-74258868-1558713192.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-74258868-1558713192.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-74258868-1558713192.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-74258868-1558713192.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-74258868-1558713192.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Photo of Jessi Colter\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image portrait p3x4\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\">Michael Ochs Archives\/Getty Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But Colter, whose given name was Miriam Johnson and who observes her 76th birthday Saturday (March 25), had gained musical momentum before she met and married Jennings in her native Phoenix in 1969. Raised in a Pentecostal church, she became its pianist when she was 11. Legendary guitarist Duane Eddy produced a single for her in 1961, the year before he became her first husband.<\/p>\n<p>Colter is a songwriter as well as a musician, a fact made vivid in 1975 when her \u201cI\u2019m Not Lisa,\u201d released on Capitol Records, went No. 1 on the country charts and No. 4 on the pop rankings.<br \/>She followed this hit with two more of her own compositions, \u201cWhat\u2019s Happened to Blue Eyes\u201d (No. 5, 1975) and \u201cIt\u2019s Morning (And I Still Love You)\u201d (No. 11, 1976).<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"fc08067f\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-1034675832-1558713287.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-1034675832-1558713287.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-1034675832-1558713287.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-1034675832-1558713287.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-1034675832-1558713287.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-1034675832-1558713287.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-1034675832-1558713287.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-1034675832-1558713287.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Best Little Whorehouse In Texas - Nashville Premiere\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image portrait\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\">R. Diamond\/Getty Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, it was the release of <em>Wanted! The Outlaws<\/em> that gave Colter her enduring presence in the country music pantheon. Assembled from previously released tracks by Jennings, Colter, Willie Nelson and Tompall Glaser and packaged in Old West d\u00e9cor, the album became both a bestseller and a publicity bonanza for country music in general.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuspicious Minds,\u201d Colter\u2019s duet with Jennings, which was her first charted record in 1970 when it had topped out at No. 25, was re-released from <em>Outlaws<\/em> and zoomed to No. 2. From there on, Colter\u2019s chart numbers declined. Her last single to chart, \u201cHoldin\u2019 On,\u201d came out in 1982 and expired at No. 70.<\/p>\n<p><em>Leather &amp; Lace<\/em>, Colter\u2019s 1981 album with Jennings, was certified gold, indicating the sale of half a million copies.<\/p>\n<p>Colter continues to record, sometimes with her and Jennings\u2019 son, Shooter, but no longer confines herself to country music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"754b9282\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-852215706-1558713240.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-852215706-1558713240.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-852215706-1558713240.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-852215706-1558713240.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-852215706-1558713240.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-852215706-1558713240.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-852215706-1558713240.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-852215706-1558713240.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Waylon Jennings, Shooter Jennings And Jessi Colter\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image portrait\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\">Beth Gwinn\/Getty Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"024ca214\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-468315822-1558713207.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-468315822-1558713207.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-468315822-1558713207.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-468315822-1558713207.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-468315822-1558713207.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-468315822-1558713207.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-468315822-1558713207.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-468315822-1558713207.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Nikki Mitchell Foundation Presents An Intimate Celebration\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image portrait\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\">Rick Diamond\/Getty Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"92f3bf85\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-468315656-1558713199.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-468315656-1558713199.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-468315656-1558713199.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-468315656-1558713199.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-468315656-1558713199.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-468315656-1558713199.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-468315656-1558713199.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/05\/GettyImages-468315656-1558713199.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Nikki Mitchell Foundation Presents An Intimate Celebration\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\">Rick Diamond\/Getty Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Her new memoir, <em>An Outlaw and a Lady<\/em>, and companion album <em>The Psalms<\/em> with Patti Smith\u2019s guitarist Lenny Kaye were released in 2017. Price and Colter confirmed in a series of social media that Price is the producer of Colter\u2019s next album.<\/p>\n<p>Here are five of Colter\u2019s most memorable singles:<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Edward Morris is a veteran of country music journalism. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a frequent contributor to CMT.com.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1806972\/jessi-colter-the-lady-among-the-outlaws-is-76\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Edward Morris 17m ago As a recording artist, Jessi Colter was both spotlighted and at times overshadowed by her husband, Waylon Jennings. He co-produced her 1970 album, A Country Star is Born, with Chet Atkins; negotiated her inclusion on the multiplatinum anthology, Wanted! The Outlaws, in 1976; and sang with her on five of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 21:33:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}