To the world, Jessi Colter was a woman who stood beside a legend. A beautiful, enigmatic voice in the outlaw country movement. The woman who harmonized with Waylon Jennings on stage and in life.
But behind the harmony, there were years when the music stopped at the front door — and what remained was silence. Tension. Fear. And a decision she made not for herself… but for her son.
🎶 From Stardom to Shadows
Jessi was already a rising star in her own right when she married Waylon Jennings in 1969. Her hit “I’m Not Lisa” would come a few years later, but even then, her identity was often tethered to his.
