Long Time Gone, A Birthday Tribute to Waylon Jennings feat: The Lonesome Prairie Guests & Friends plus Lenny Kaye, author of the Waylon Jennings Autobiography.
About This Event
Long Time Gone is a birthday tribute to Waylon Jennings at Lucinda's, presented with The Lonesome Prairie Guests & Friends and featuring Lenny Kaye. Kaye, guitarist for Patti Smith, producer and author of Nuggets and You Call It Madness, joins a program that nods to Jennings’ autobiography and to a repertoire rooted in outlaw and traditional country, where direct storytelling is central.
About Long Time Gone, A Birthday Tribute to Waylon Jennings
“Long Time Gone, A Birthday Tribute to Waylon Jennings” is a live event at Lucinda’s, presented as a birthday-night reckoning with Jennings’ legacy. Waylon Jennings appears alongside The Lonesome Prairie Guests & Friends, with Lenny Kaye in the mix, and the program leans into a Hip-Hop/R&B framing rather than a museum-piece country salute. No NYC premiere history is confirmed, but in New York the tribute reads as a study in how American song traditions get retranslated across scenes. The most interesting tension is the genre shift itself, testing what “tribute” can mean.
About the Artists
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings is an individual artist associated with Hip-Hop/R&B listings on New York City bills, including appearances at Lucinda’s. His name also anchors themed performances such as *Long Time Gone* and *A Birthday Tribute to Waylon Jennings*, presented with The Lonesome Prairie Guests & Friends and alongside Lenny Kaye in a program that nods to Jennings’ autobiography.
Lenny Kaye
Explore the work of Lenny Kaye, guitarist for Patti Smith, influential producer, and author of Nuggets and You Call It Madness, shaping generations of music culture.