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In an interview Jennings recalled the restrictions of the Nashville establishment, " They wouldn't let you do anything.

You had to dress a certain way: you had to do everything a certain way [...] They kept trying to destroy me ....

I just went about my business and did things my way [...] You start messing with my music, I get mean " In 1972, his recording contract was nearing an end.

Hepatitis-afflicted Jennings accepted an offer from Neil Reshen to renegotiate his recording and touring contracts.

At a meeting in a Nashville airport, Jennings introduced Reshen to Willie Nelson.

By the end of the meeting, Reshen had become manager to both singers.

Jennings ' new deal gained him a $ 75, 000 advance and artistic control.

Reshen advised Jennings to keep the beard that he had grown in the hospital, in order to match the image of outlaw country.