# Waylon Jennings vs George Jones: the country battle that ended with one of them tied to a tree

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/waylon-jennings-vs-george-jones-the-country-battle-that-ended-with-one-of-them-tied-to-a-tree/
- Published: 2026-11-05T21:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T21:26:21+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/waylon-jennings-vs-george-jones-country-battle-tied-tree/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Waylon Jennings tied George Jones to a tree during a drunken outburst.
- Shooter Jennings recalled Jones shouting that he was country music’s greatest singer.
- The story reflects the pair’s unruly lives and long friendship.

## Summary

Waylon Jennings reportedly tied fellow country singer George Jones to a tree after Jones became drunk and angry during a visit to the Jennings household. The anecdote, recalled by Jennings’ son Shooter, illustrates the volatile personal lives behind country music’s outlaw image and the long friendship between the two musicians.

Jones was known as “No Show Jones” for cancelling concerts and was said to have driven his lawnmower to buy alcohol after his wife hid his car keys. Shooter Jennings said Jones insulted his father by calling him a “Conway Twitty-singing son of a bitch”, prompting Waylon to tie him up; Jones then shouted that he was the greatest country singer of all time. The article also recounts an earlier incident in which Jennings hog-tied Jones after he trashed Jennings’ house while drunk.

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