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Keswick lies in north @-@ western England , in the heart of the northern Lake District . The town is 31 @.@ 4 miles ( 50 @.@ 5 km ) south @-@ west of Carlisle , 22 @.@ 1 miles ( 35 @.@ 6 km ) northwest of Windermere and 14 @.@ 2 miles ( 22 @.@ 9 km ) south @-@ east of Cockermouth . Derwentwater , the lake to the south... | cae6b324bf4af24cf5ca6b890007c13e | 38,324 |
Keswick is in the lee of the Skiddaw group , the oldest group of rocks in the Lake District . These fells were formed during the Ordovician period , 488 to 443 million years ago ; they form a triangle sheltering the town , reaching a maximum height of 931m on Skiddaw itself . To the west of Portinscale , to the south ... | 5b9e4804ab0709435fe64ef0ecfca1d7 | 38,325 |
Climatically , Keswick is in the North West sector of the UK , which is characterised by cool summers , mild winters , and high monthly rainfalls throughout the year . The wettest months fall at the end of the year , the peak average of 189 @.@ 3 mm falling in October . Rain , sunshine and temperature figures are show... | b3a5501960eca3b04f52be0445b6d64b | 38,326 |
= = Demography = =
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The registers of Crosthwaite Church stated that there were 238 interments in 1623 , believed to have been something between a twelfth and a tenth of the whole population of the parish at that time . In the 1640s there was a sharp fall in population , brought on by the plague epidemic which affected Keswick , Carlisle ... | 00d807ae591c06acd9757e0d9b05e9e7 | 38,330 |
In the 1801 census , the township of Keswick , including the town and surrounding hamlets , had a reported population of 1 @,@ 350 people . The population grew at a steady rate , increasing to 1 @,@ 683 in 1811 , 1 @,@ 901 in 1821 , 2 @,@ 159 in 1831 , 2 @,@ 442 in 1841 , and 2 @,@ 618 in 1851 . In 1871 the township h... | 602011cf0ca18f9d80696feb764967f3 | 38,331 |
= = Landmarks = =
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Keswick is the home of the Theatre by the Lake , opened in 1999 . The theatre serves a dual purpose as the permanent home of a professional repertory company and a venue for visiting performers and festivals . It replaced the Century Theatre or " Blue Box " , which had spent 25 years in semi @-@ retirement on a perman... | 738e0d3a3872261efeab0141b31d91dc | 38,335 |
The town is the site of the Cumberland Pencil Museum . One of the exhibits is what is claimed to be the world 's largest coloured pencil . Fitz Park , on the bank of the River Greta , is home to the Keswick Museum and Art Gallery , a Victorian museum which features the Musical Stones of Skiddaw , Southey manuscripts ,... | 759c134fb81b3dcb0e56456db3f91e2c | 38,336 |
Greta Hall ( see Lake Poets , below ) , is a Grade I listed building . The home of Coleridge in 1800 – 04 and Southey from 1803 until 1843 , it later became part of Keswick School and is now in private ownership , partly divided into holiday flats . The three @-@ storey house dates to the late 18th century and feature... | 4d6bfff1109a896c2891a7501f8c36ef | 38,337 |
The prominent social thinker and art critic John Ruskin , who had many associations with Keswick , once said that the town was a place almost too beautiful to live in . In October 1900 , mainly through the efforts of Rawnsley , a simple memorial of Borrowdale slate was erected to Ruskin at Friars Crag . The monument i... | 5cfcf0f831024a1795b48375f6f18f1e | 38,338 |
= = = Churches = = =
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Until 1838 Keswick had no Anglican church within the town boundaries and was part of the widespread parish of Crosthwaite . The present parish church , St John 's , was designed by Anthony Salvin and consecrated in 1838 . It is geometrical in style , with pink castle @-@ head ashlar sandstone and a slate roof . The ch... | ae5b9f9552a82f2c206b15bf5bd6edd2 | 38,342 |
The Quakers had an early meeting house in the town , replaced in 1715 by one at Underskiddaw . Protestant dissenters met at a private house from 1705 or before , moving to a chapel in Lake Road in the latter part of the 18th century . A Congregational chapel was built in 1858 – 59 . The first Wesleyan chapel was built... | 660148d93910fbc2dcc10df2c5d2d2f0 | 38,343 |
As at 2014 no other religions maintain dedicated buildings in Keswick ; Muslim worship is accommodated on Fridays in a room at the local council building in Main Street .
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= = = Public houses and hotels = = =
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Keswick 's old inns and their successors include many listed buildings , mainly Grade II in designation . The George Hotel , stated to be the oldest inn in the town , dates to the 16th century , with the alterations made during the Georgian period still evident . The King 's Arms Hotel , in the main market square , da... | 1997bcbfdc2d923960b17281dbfd826f | 38,348 |
= = Education and health = =
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The Crosthwaite Free Grammar School , adjoining Crosthwaite churchyard , was an ancient institution , its date of foundation uncertain . In 1819 the parish of Crosthwaite had five or six schools in the town and the outlying areas , with a total of 332 children . By 1833 Keswick had twelve daily schools , including a n... | 967ab6dc1a4683bae5837244ffab57fb | 38,352 |
Junior education is provided by St Herbert 's School , which had a roll of 263 in 2013 . At senior level , Keswick and Lairthwaite schools merged in 1980 as a single comprehensive secondary school , with the name Keswick School . It was included in The Daily Telegraph 's list of the top thirty comprehensives in Englan... | 5eed37cf07594e4b3a1e1c53c990be86 | 38,353 |
The Mary Hewetson Cottage Hospital , founded in 1892 , has fifteen beds and a minor injuries unit . It underwent a major rebuilding and upgrade in 2013 .
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= = Sport = =
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Keswick is home to Keswick Football Club . The principal team plays in the Westmorland League Division One , and it also has a reserve team which plays in Westmorland League Division Two , a female team which plays in the Cumbria League , juniors who compete in the under @-@ 16 , under @-@ 14 , under @-@ 12 and under ... | 7aac71c56f791ad6fe7852176b145cfc | 38,358 |
Keswick Tennis Club has grass courts in upper Fitz Park , and also runs hard courts on Keswick 's Community Sports Area in the lower park area . Keswick Cricket Club was established in the 1880s . Its principal team competes in the North Lancashire and Cumbria Cricket League , Premier Division . The second team plays ... | 90a76b04d57ac28dbaf47c54e66e54d8 | 38,359 |
In cycling , Keswick hosted the Keswick Bikes Borrowdale Cross of the North West League , second round , in September 2010 for junior riders , an event that was supported by the British Cycling Federation . The same month , the town hosted an activity weekend for children , involving the juniors of the Brooke Steelers... | 003459f416d6b9bd4ae83966600737d2 | 38,360 |
= = Transport = =
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Keswick is on the A66 road linking Workington and Penrith , as well as the A591 , linking the town to Windermere , Kendal and Carlisle ( via the A595 ) .
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There are no rail links to Keswick ; the line built in the 1860s for the Cockermouth , Keswick and Penrith Railway closed in 1972 . Since the 1990s a plan to rebuild it has been under discussion . Some 90 percent of the earthworks of the railway still exist , but according to 2000 estimates , a reopening would cost £ ... | 3c5e27d7d891be7779215c7011ff9e7f | 38,365 |
The town is served by other bus routes providing direct connections with Carlisle , Cockermouth , Kendal , Lancaster , Penrith , Windermere , Workington , and other towns and villages in the north west . The flow of traffic from Penrith to Cockermouth and beyond was eased after the A66 was diverted to a new bypass in ... | 9f3a8de11673588bff59934071b31764 | 38,366 |
The majority of visitors arrive by car and are catered for by three town centre car parks , another large one next to the Theatre by the Lake , and smaller ones elsewhere in the town .
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= = Culture = =
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= = = Regular events = = =
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Annual events in the town 's calendar include the Keswick Film Festival ( February – March ) . It features screenings of old and new films , interviews with directors , and the festival 's Osprey Awards for short films by local filmmakers . The ten @-@ day Words by the Water literary festival is held in March every ye... | fcbc9e431866a790b51b3927071dca75 | 38,374 |
In May each year , Keswick is host to three contrasting events . The Keswick Half Marathon , in the early part of the month takes participants around Derwentwater with an additional loop into Newlands Valley . In the second week of May there is the four @-@ day Keswick Jazz Festival , with more than 100 jazz events at... | 01bfac23babeaba8ade8653ec075eaf9 | 38,375 |
The main event of the town 's calendar in June is the Keswick Beer Festival , a two @-@ day event that attracts more than 5 @,@ 000 participants each year . July is marked by the opening of the annual Keswick Convention , an international gathering of Evangelical Christians , described in 1925 as " the last stronghold... | bbc9343a16b873e87c56261b11b50b3c | 38,376 |
In August , Keswick features the Derwentwater Regatta . It was inaugurated by the eccentric local landowner Joseph Pocklington in 1792 , and after a lapse of more than two centuries was revived in 2013 . Its organisers describe it as " A weekend of mayhem and madness afloat , with the chance to climb aboard in a varie... | 8f552f3ee5b957c6cfc81c1dca979741 | 38,377 |
Classical music is presented throughout the year , both in conjunction with the Lake District Summer Music Festival and independently through the Keswick Choral Society and the Keswick Music Society , which was founded in 1947 . Performers in Keswick have included the Chilingirian Quartet , the Royal Northern Sinfonia... | 79303376b577e360c37ed2955808b386 | 38,378 |
= = = Lake Poets and other Keswick notables = = =
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Coleridge and William Wordsworth were close friends and collaborators ; when Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy took up residence in the Lake District in late 1799 it was , in Bott 's word , inevitable that Coleridge would follow suit . Six months after the Wordsworths moved into Dove Cottage at Grasmere , Coleridge le... | 7c68fd5883d29bac3dec74dcf6b2f7dd | 38,382 |
Among Keswick notables before the Lake Poets was Sir John Bankes , a leading Royalist during the English Civil War . He was Charles I 's Attorney General and Chief Justice . Bankes was born at Castlerigg near Keswick in 1589 . A bust in his memory is in upper Fitz Park close to the museum . In 2014 he was further comm... | 71427865d90c9946618763c9ca3a3351 | 38,383 |
Later residents of the area have included the classical scholar , essayist , poet and founder of the Society for Psychical Research , Frederic Myers , who was born in Keswick , and the campaigner for animal welfare Donald Watson , founder of the Vegan Society , who lived in Keswick after retiring from teaching . The p... | f7a2266bc8972073aa763765d16bc76d | 38,384 |
Of literary figures after the Lake Poets among those most closely associated with Keswick was the novelist Hugh Walpole . In 1924 he moved into Brackenburn , a house between Keswick and Grange at the opposite end of Derwentwater . Like the Lake Poets in the previous century , he wrote enthusiastically about the Lake D... | e1d7174e1e52d7899649e011254543d5 | 38,385 |
= Drishyam =
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Drishyam ( English : Visual ) is a 2013 Indian Malayalam @-@ language drama thriller film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph . It stars Mohanlal and Meena in the lead roles and features Ansiba Hassan , Esther Anil , Kalabhavan Shajon , Asha Sarath , Siddique , Roshan Basheer and Neeraj Madhav in supporting roles . ... | 19ce4135d62c7170dea72b1908275653 | 38,390 |
The film 's principal photography commenced in the first week of October 2013 at Thodupuzha in Kerala and was completed in 44 days . The cinematography was done by Sujith Vaassudev and was edited by Ayoob Khan . The soundtrack of the film was composed by Anil Johnson and Vinu Thomas .
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Released on 19 December 2013 in Kerala , Drishyam received positive reviews with critics praising the screenplay , the performances and direction . The film grossed over ₹ 750 million worldwide and is the highest @-@ grossing Malayalam film of all time . It ran for more than 150 days in theatres and became the first M... | 999980e016240815fb5d202dbf5e80b1 | 38,392 |
= = Plot = =
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Georgekutty ( Mohanlal ) is an orphan who had dropped out of school after his 4th grade . Now he is a businessman running a cable TV service in a rural area . He is married to Rani ( Meena ) and they have two daughters , Anju ( Ansiba Hassan ) and Anu ( Esther Anil ) . His only interest apart from his family is watchi... | 29f6ef6f17a08b94e4def4afc8db64bd | 38,396 |
During a nature camp , Anju gets photographed in the bathroom by a hidden cell phone . The culprit , Varun ( Roshan Basheer ) , is the son of police inspector general Geetha Prabhakar ( Asha Sarath ) . Varun is accidentally killed by Rani and her daughter when he comes to blackmail them . They hide his body in a compo... | 61fa7e2303cedbe9b67616509db78c85 | 38,397 |
After a preliminary investigation , Geetha calls Georgekutty and family for questioning . Georgekutty , who had predicted that this would happen , had already taught his family how to change their alibi at the time of murder . When questioned individually , they give the same replies . Georgekutty also presents the bi... | 4ea937b38857c27bb258de2af8501f96 | 38,398 |
Geetha arrests Georgekutty and family and Sahadevan uses brute force to beat the truth out of them . Eventually , Anu gives in and reveals the place where the body is buried . After digging the compost pit , they find the carcass of a calf , indicating that Georgekutty had moved the body . Anu reports to the media and... | 256b59cfa94f27535b16a8d87d5898f4 | 38,399 |
Later , Geetha and Prabhakar ( Siddique ) meet Georgekutty to ask forgiveness for their rude and violent behavior . Prabhakar asks Georgekutty if he can tell them about their son . Georgekutty then reveals indirectly that his family has committed a crime . Now in remand , Georgekutty signs a register at the newly cons... | 902d4b93bbf395018947f48b54f40bbe | 38,400 |
= = Cast = =
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= = Production = =
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= = = Development = = =
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In July 2013 , it was reported that Jeethu Joseph will be directing a film titled My Family with Mohanlal in the lead . In August 2013 , Jeethu clarified that the film was titled Drishyam . A thread similar to that of Drishyam has been with the director since the early 1990s . He was inspired by a conversation he had ... | 04f20f58fd54fae33614c5591486c3e5 | 38,410 |
= = = Casting = = =
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Jeethu had initially approached Mammootty to play the lead , but he was unable to commit and asked Jeethu to proceed with the film with another actor . According to the director , Mammootty was instrumental in casting actress Meena for the film . The director , in an interview with The New Indian Express , stated that... | 35a9bc81438d91158e17ce7d8f8564fe | 38,414 |
Kalabhavan Shajon , who previously worked in the industry as a comedian and the sidekick of the lead actors , was chosen for the main antagonistic role . The director stated , " I had two @-@ three actors in mind , but at last decided to pick Shajon . I was very clear that I did not want anyone who has played negative... | acc64aac71f3523d44e1aad2f4b105f6 | 38,415 |
= = = Filming = = =
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Drishyam commenced principal photography in the first week of October 2013 . Mohanlal joined the sets only from 10 October as he was down with chickenpox . The film was shot at Thodupuzha in Kerala . The road @-@ side house shown in the film , which was a major location , is situated at Vazhithala , near Thodupuzha . ... | 7ab3ba94ca12f384cc77b0e6a9446539 | 38,419 |
= = Themes = =
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A reviewer from The Hindu noted , " The film takes off as a typical family drama . The first half of the film is intentionally slow @-@ paced and shows to the audience the lighter moments in the family of Georgekutty . This half combines the elements of drama and comedy genres . The audience gets completely absorbed i... | c50ee5bf6fa5b2ee7f7f93ff3c1840bf | 38,423 |
When asked whether he had kicked off a new genre in Malayalam — family thriller , a genre which combines the elements of a family drama and thriller , Jeethu replied , " I still believe it belongs to the genre ' drama ' , not a thriller . " He also stated in another interview , " We usually brand a film as a thriller ... | 8bda8e94d7ef043c67c936f712245de5 | 38,424 |
The film has also been said to be inspired by The Devotion of Suspect X , a Japanese novel written by Keigo Higashino . Ekta Kapoor , who had purchased the Hindi movie rights of the novel , sent a legal notice to the makers of the film . However , the director clarified , " After Ekta 's legal team sent us the letter ... | b5e9730118ab3a55f48df60d0f651d1f | 38,425 |
The film was criticised for the use of some " sexist dialogues " in the first half which were playing to a certain " new generation " audience . Sowmya Rajendran of Sify criticised the same and stated about one of such scenes in the film , " it is such banter , which we often dismiss with a laugh , that helps perpetua... | 3d99b327c64644638d4473d5cd5056cf | 38,426 |
There were also allegations that Drishyam might provoke murder . Additional Director General of Police ( ADGP ) Senkumar claimed that two people accused of murdering a woman from Nilambur in February 2014 admitted that their methods for disposing of the victim 's body and mobile phone SIM card were influenced by the f... | 3ddbe9839139d04212a35ab812feb5d1 | 38,427 |
= = Soundtrack = =
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The film features a soundtrack composed by Anil Johnson and Vinu Thomas , with lyrics penned by Santhosh Varma . The background score was composed by Anil Johnson . The songs were released on 20 June 2014 by Muzik 247 .
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Veeyen of NowRunning noted in his review of the film that the songs " have a refreshingly delightful tenor to them that deserve an applause for certain . " The reviewer of IndiaGlitz called the score " refreshing " and stated that it " builds the tempo " for the film .
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= = Release = =
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Drishyam released on 19 December 2013 in India . It also received a theatrical release in the United States , United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates on 3 January 2014 . The film was passed with an ' U ' ( Universal ) certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification . The film was selected to be screened i... | 40e1f93816d21043525211b13cd9163b | 38,436 |
= = = Home media = = =
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Drishyam was released on Blu @-@ ray Disc , DVD and VCD on 9 May 2014 . The film created a new record in the DVD and VCD sales on the first day of release itself . The film 's satellite rights were reported to be bought by Asianet for a record amount of ₹ 6 @.@ 5 crore ( US $ 970 @,@ 000 ) . The record was previously ... | 280110102868edb42a7e2b6724146412 | 38,440 |
= = = Plagiarism allegations = = =
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In August 2014 , film director Sathish Paul filed a copyright infringement suit against the makers , saying that it had similarities to his script titled Oru Mazhakkalathu , written in 2013 . The court passed an order saying that the movie had prima facie similarities to Sathish ' script , but allowed the making of th... | 5eca7f64c12aa6f6bfb2cceac12eef2e | 38,444 |
= = Reception = =
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= = = Critical response = = =
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Sify 's reviewer rated the film as " Excellent " and stated , " It is not often that you sit in a theatre with bated breath , never wanting to miss a moment of the film on screen . Writer director Jeethu Joseph 's Drishyam is one such film , a gripping tale that leaves you spellbound with its skillful craft . " Veeyen... | 18fcf86816e06e2bb72a331bac13fbbc | 38,451 |
Shibu B S of The New Indian Express wrote , " For his latest outing Drishyam , Jeethu attempts a splendid mix of emotions , relationships , suspense and thrill . End result : a spectacular cinematic experience . " Dalton L of Deccan Chronicle gave the film a 3 @-@ star rating , writing , " The limelight belongs entire... | 006055c3714f12583a48f0c634ef8191 | 38,452 |
Unni R. Nair noted in his review for Kerala9.com , " The care with which the script is done , the finesse with which the direction part is executed and the characterization and performance plus the thoughtful placing of the songs makes Drishyam worth real appreciation . That the film has almost zero- ' filmy ' humour ... | 13ab298d9b2eed3db2d2c0c855748074 | 38,453 |
= = = Box office = = =
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According to Sify , the film " started on a low key " but " swept the box @-@ office " from its second day of release . The film grossed ₹ 60 million in its first eight days . In less than one month following its release , Drishyam became the highest @-@ grossing Malayalam film of all time , beating the record of Twen... | b08dc324e38f599aaec45837de0974a7 | 38,457 |
The film also grossed around ₹ 100 million from rest of India . It showed for 100 days in Tamil Nadu . It also had a 100 @-@ day theatrical run in multiplexes in Mumbai , Bengaluru , Ahmedabad and Hyderabad . The collection from the overseas markets was more than ₹ 40 million , with around ₹ 10 million from England al... | 0e881e56bdea7592562bfb51ea21f9b0 | 38,458 |
Drishyam was the first Malayalam film to collect ₹ 500 million from its theatrical box office collections , remake rights , satellite and television rights . The film collected more than ₹ 600 million in its theatrical run worldwide .
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= = = Accolades = = =
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= = Remakes = =
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Drishyam was remade into several Indian languages . The remake rights of the film were sold for ₹ 155 million . It was first remade in Kannada as Drishya ( 2014 ) by P. Vasu and starring V. Ravichandran and Navya Nair . The Telugu version titled Drushyam ( 2014 ) directed by Sripriya featured Daggubati Venkatesh , alo... | 12b683179a76de44f317735a437e3bf4 | 38,466 |
= Waylon Jennings =
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Waylon Arnold Jennings ( pronounced / ˈweɪlən ˈdʒɛnɪŋz / ; June 15 , 1937 – February 13 , 2002 ) was an American singer , songwriter , musician , and actor . Jennings began playing guitar at eight and began performing at 12 on KVOW radio . His first band was The Texas Longhorns . Jennings worked as a DJ on KVOW , KDAV... | 894151258a495286ccc377425dd2cade | 38,471 |
Jennings then worked as a DJ in Coolidge , Arizona , and Phoenix . He formed a rockabilly club band , The Waylors . He recorded for independent label Trend Records and A & M Records before succeeding with RCA Victor after achieving creative control .
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During the 1970s , Jennings joined the Outlaw Country movement . He released critically acclaimed albums Lonesome , On 'ry and Mean and Honky Tonk Heroes followed by hit albums Dreaming My Dreams and Are You Ready for the Country . In 1976 , he released the album Wanted ! The Outlaws with Willie Nelson , Tompall Glase... | cf65d8d2e6fc643450012176a46e39db | 38,473 |
Jennings also appeared in movies and television series . He was the balladeer for The Dukes of Hazzard , composing and singing the show 's theme song . In 2001 , he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame , which he chose not to attend . In 2007 , he was posthumously awarded the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award by... | 4fa9d1a434a2a613d2e37caa1ad15f36 | 38,474 |
= = Early life = =
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Waylon Arnold Jennings was born on June 15 , 1937 , on the J.W. Bittner farm , near Littlefield , Texas . He was the son of Lorene Beatrice ( née Shipley ) and William Albert Jennings . The Jennings family line descended from Irish and Black @-@ Dutch . Meanwhile , the Shipley family moved from Tennessee and settled i... | 86694b746cb2a34e70c40a45ef676df0 | 38,478 |
The name on his birth certificate was Wayland , meaning land by the highway . His name was changed after a Baptist preacher visited Jennings 's parents and congratulated his mother for naming him after the Wayland Baptist University in Plainview , Texas . Lorene Jennings , who had been unaware of the college , changed... | 93b33f0f4494ab4d462781bcef445ec5 | 38,479 |
After working as a laborer on the Bittner farm , Jennings 's father moved the family to Littlefield and established a retail creamery . When Jennings was eight , his mother taught him to play guitar with the tune " Thirty Pieces of Silver " . Jennings used to practice with his relatives ' guitars , until his mother bo... | 82950e7532eef043fcbbbebf7d34fcbc | 38,480 |
Beginning at family gatherings , Jennings advanced to perform at the Youth Center with Anthony Bonanno , followed by appearances at the local Jaycees and Lions Clubs . He won a talent show at Channel 13 , in Lubbock , singing " Hey Joe " . He later made frequent performances at the Palace Theater in Littlefield , duri... | 98ac8a4875e257a2b18ccb4c6110df5e | 38,481 |
= = Music career = =
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= = = Beginnings in music = = =
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