Alan Messer and George Jones at Farm Aid 2, Austin, Texas, July 4, 1986. Photograph by Kim Marks. ©All rights reserved.
This and several other of my photographs are featured in Ken Burns series, COUNTRY MUSIC, currently broadcast on PBS (USA) and in the companion book.
This is one of my first Nashville photographs taken during FanFair at a lunchtime RCA Records reception and award presentation the year before I moved here from London.
Waylon was a likable “outlaw” and the music was always good. Later, I got to know Waylon with Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson, I have lots of pictures over three decades, some album covers, and a few stories.
Waylon and Jessi are real country music legends.
You can view the page about my photos on the official website here:
https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music/alan-messer