There isn’t much to see in the town of Luckenbach, Texas. It’s barely even a town. A sleepy, unincorporated settlement about an hour outside Austin, Luckenbach – with its lone mailbox – boasts a ...

“Let’s go to Luckenbach, Texas,” Waylon Jennings sang in a duet with Willie Nelson. The song’s title, “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)” gives a hint as to what the song is about—a ...

In 2006, four years after Waylon Jennings‘ death, New West Records released a live album featuring the outlaw legend’s April 1st, 1989 appearance on the long-running PBS music series Austin City ...

Q: I work as a park ranger in the Hill Country, and because of the Waylon Jennings song “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)” I am often asked about Luckenbach. I did some research so that ...

Waylon Jennings may have never been to Luckenbach, Texas, but his hit song about the town traveled to the top of the charts when Jennings dropped it more than 40 years ago. Now, two Lone Star State ...

On this day (May 21) in 1977, Waylon Jennings started a six-week run atop the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love).” The song would be Jennings’ ...

According to several record producers – there are several little "tricks" they used when attempting to get an artist to record a song they didn't like. As in the case of Waylon Jennings – record ...