The Ex-Faces

Waylon (born 20 April 1980), is a singer from Apeldoorn, The Netherlands who became second in the Dutch television show 'Holland's Got Talent' in 2008. In an interview he said he specifically chose this talent-show, because you immediately have a response from the audience, unlike Idols or X-Factor. "You can't fool the audience". Waylon started his career in 1995 singing in the television program Telekids where he sang the chorus of the song "Harry Stallion."[2] Since childhood he was inspired by country music and he played the drums with the band West Virginian Railroad.[3] He released his first cassette Still Growing as Waylon Young in 1994, and his first album Watching the Way in 1996. He was signed in 1997 by EMI and went to Nashville to record an album. The album was never completed. In 1999 he released Hard to Be. In 2001, he lived and worked for a year in the United States where he also performed with his idol, Waylon Jennings. After Jennings died in 2002, Waylon returned to the Netherlands. Waylon's talent was further developed with Lisa Boray. After returning from the United States, he joined the cover band Santa Rosa. He also sang in the band Millstreet.[3] In 2005, Waylon and Rachel Kramer performed as the duo Rachel & Waylon in the preliminary rounds of the National Song Contest with the song "Leven als een beest. He is the first Dutch artist to be signed to Motown Records in 2009. His debut album titled "Wicked Ways" was released on August 28 2009. It became platinum (it sold more than 50.000 copies) in The Netherlands. His debut single "Wicked Way" has been picked up by MTV and was the Radio 538 'Alarmschijf'. His second album, titled "After All" was released on November 4th, 2011. In 2014 he and singer Ilse Delange took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen as the Dutch entry. They formed the duo The Common Linnets and sang the country/bluegrass song "Calm After the Storm". They came second with a total of 238 points behind Conchita Wurst from Austria. The song features on their debut album "The Common Linnets", which was released in may 2014. Waylon last performed with Delange at a concert on June 21, 2014 in Enschede, following which he left The Common Linnets in order to focus on his solo career. He released his third studio album "Heaven After Midnight" in september of the same year. www.waylon.nl