AT WAYLON JENNINGS’ FUNERAL, JESSI COLTER DIDN’T SPEAK MUCH… SHE JUST SANG “STORMS NEVER LAST.” When Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter walked into the studio together in the early 1980s, people expected music. What they didn’t expect was a love story pressed into vinyl.Their 1981 album “Leather and Lace” became more than a duet project. Songs like “Storms Never Last,” “Suspicious Minds,” and “I Ain’t The One” sounded less like recordings and more like conversations between two stubborn, passionate souls.Waylon once joked, “Storms don’t scare me… not if Jessi’s still standing there.”Years later, when Waylon Jennings passed away, Jessi Colter sang “Storms Never Last” at his funeral. The room fell silent, like the song had finally revealed what it meant all along.Their story didn’t end there. Their son, Shooter Jennings, grew up carrying both voices into a new generation of country and rock.
At Waylon Jennings’ Funeral, Jessi Colter Didn’t Speak Much… She Just Sang “Storms Never Last.” When Waylon Jennings and Jessi…