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  “STORIES IN SONG” SERIES 2019 – “WITHOUT YOU” – By Des Kelly  A perfect “Country” love story, if ever there was one. He was Waylon Jennings, an  “Outlaw” Country Star, famous for his rebel attitude, his drinking & “drugs” habits, yet his human compassion for his many friends in the business, his undoubted “luck” when he gave up his seat on a plane trip, to escape certain death when the plane crashed shortly after take-off, killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P.  (the Big Bopper. Waylon was then the bass guitar player in the famous Buddy Holly Band,  “The Crickets”. The drastic incident happened on the 3rd of February, 1959, and even though this Outlaw realized how lucky he was, at the time, this did not stop him from getting together with his good mates Willie Nelson, Kris. Kristofferson, Johnny Cash & Merle Haggard (another well known REAL Outlaw), ...