“Love was the only medicine that worked.” When Jessi Colter wrote “Storms Never Last,” she wasn’t chasing a hit — she was writing a lifeline. Waylon Jennings was in the thick of his addictions, fame was both blessing and curse, and their marriage teetered between collapse and redemption. But instead of walking away, Jessi turned pain into poetry. The song became their vow in disguise: “Storms never last, do they, baby?” It wasn’t naïve optimism; it was survival through melody. Each time they performed it together, you could feel how much was unsaid — an entire history of struggle and faith folded into three simple verses. Behind that harmony lay two broken hearts learning to heal in the same rhythm.
“Storms Never Last”: The Real Love Story of Jessi Colter and Waylon Jennings Introduction Some songs don’t just play on…