Hamilton’s Whimmydiddle Country Music Festival returned this past weekend, bringing a 2-day ticketed event to the downtown RiversEdge Amphitheater. Similarly, to last year’s inaugural offering, the event went beyond the typical idea of country music with a more diverse than expected musical lineup throughout the day on Friday and Saturday.

Son of country legends, Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, Shooter Jennings lived and breathed music from the time he was born. He spent most of his time growing up on the road.  Jennings learned how to play the drums when he was 5 and guitar when he was 14. It was not until he moved from...

The only son of country legends, Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, Shooter Jennings, inherited his musical talent honestly. Spending his childhood on a tour bus, Shooter picked up the drums and piano by the time he was five. At fourteen, he discovered guitar and Southern rock and later, Guns N'...