The next installment of my Jessi Colter-bio will arrive as soon as I find time amidst all of my other projects, but until then Colter fans ought to be galvanized by the following news: Jessi has been hard at work on her autobiography -- crafting her life-story at home in Arizona and sometimes in the town of Normandy, near Nashville. The autobiography is confirmed by a recent article about the Jennings estate's indefatigable business-manager, Nikki Mitchell, in the Shelbyville Times Gazette. The article is entitled
Ready for the Country? and can be read at
http://www.t-g.com/story/1784482.html. As if this news was not exciting enough, a new Jessi Colter studio album is rumored for 2012. In interviews related to the promotion of the latest Jessi & Shooter-approved Waylon Jennings tribute album, Jessi notes that she has been working with Lenny Kaye and a slew of peers for the past three years. The disc is expected to be released by Scatter Records. No matter what the case may be, the idea of Jessi's memoirs reaching the public is particularly extraordinary. Her life has been as adventurous as that of her beloved husband, and with all due respect to the beloved and wonderful Waylon ... I expect Jessi remembers a lot more of the key moments. It would be the musical autobio of the decade, if well-written and candid, and we already know that Jessi is a straight-shootin' and admirably articulate woman. Stay tuned, Colterians!
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