Whey Jennings, grandson of country music legends Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, has a new song befitting the West End Fair’s 100 years of agricultural history.

Scheduled to perform this evening at the fair, located on Fairgrounds Road in Gilbert, Whey announced the release of “Farm Life” earlier this week on social media.

The track “is near and dear to my heart,” said Whey, who spent the first 30 years of his life in Texas. “I grew up farming. Some of the most honest, rewarding hard work you can get.”

Whey, living now in central Pennsylvania with his wife and five children, will play sets at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. on the fair’s Main Stage. Fairgoers should expect “one heck of a good time,” said the singer-songwriter, making his West End Fair debut. “I’m playing my own original music and also paying homage to my grandfather.”

Waylon, inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame the year prior to his passing in 2002, was crucial to the 1970s outlaw country movement. Colter, one of the few women to emerge from the aforementioned movement, married Waylon in 1969.

Scoring 15 No. 1 hits on Billboard’s country singles chart, Waylon scored his most successful crossover hit with “Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol’ Boys).”

Waylon narrated the show from 1979 to 1985 and, in 2019, Whey performed the theme on TBN’s “Huckabee” with “Dukes” stars Tom Wopat, Catherine Bach and Ben Jones.

Aside from collaborations with Waylon, Colter enjoyed solo success with hits such as “I’m Not Lisa” and “What’s Happened to Blue Eyes.”

Though Whey grew up around country music royalty, his grandparents tried to keep their professional and personal lives separate. Waylon toured most of the time while Whey was young, with Whey seeing his grandfather at hotels, airports and backstage at shows.

In fact, it was at one of Waylon’s shows where Whey took the stage for the first time. Picking up the microphone his grandmother left on a chair backstage, young Whey pranced out onto the stage. He proceeded to sing his grandfather’s duet hit with Willie Nelson, “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys.”

After shouting “Hey, hold up there Hoss ... wait for me,” Waylon joined Whey on guitar. On that day, Whey fell in love with music.

Aside from his grandparents, some of Whey’s other musical favorites while growing up include Jamey Johnson, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker Band, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Jr. and George Jones. Waylon, though, remains Whey’s greatest hero.

“We recently did a tribute to my grandfather at the Country Rebel Ranch. Many family and friends took part in it. It was a great day and the film turned out amazing.”

The special, available on the Country Rebel YouTube page, coincided with Waylon’s 85th birthday and 20th year since his passing. Colter, as the Jennings family matriarch, gave the tribute her blessing.

“I’m very proud of my family,” Whey said. “I believe we are proud of each other as people and as entertainers. We love and support each other in our own individual music styles.”

While Whey’s father Terry worked in areas such as music management and publishing, he, unlike brother Shooter Jennings, never followed in his father’s musical footsteps.

“My dad always supported me in my decisions, but he tried to talk me out of the music business,” said Whey, who’s been on the road for 11 years. “He told me it would be heartbreaking, and in a lot of ways he was right, but I still wouldn’t trade my life for anything.”

After his father’s passing in 2019, Whey recorded “Bad at Being Sad.” The track appeared on the six-track EP “Gypsy Soul,” released in 2020.

“It was written by my manager, Tammy Carolus, after her Nan passed away,” the singer said. “She was having a really hard time, so I told her to write her feelings down. After reading what she wrote, we worked together and turned it into a song.”

In terms of new music, the “Farm Life” previews Whey’s upcoming album “If It Wasn’t For the Sinnin,’” due in October. The set, written before and after Whey’s sobriety, reflects the songwriter’s journey and pieces of everywhere he’s been.

“If It Wasn’t For the Sinnin’” will also include tracks such as “This One’s For You” - an ode of appreciation to family, friends and fans - and “The Gun.” Compared to Whey’s previous releases, the recording process for the new album was completely different.

“We recorded it with fantastic studio musicians in Nashville and put a full production behind it,“ he said. “Honestly, it’s my proudest moment in music. Dirt Rock Empire really stepped up for me.”

In terms of new music beyond his upcoming release, Whey expects “to be back in the studio before the end of the year to start working on my first project for next year.”

Whey is branching out his touring.

“I have recently expanded my career to traveling overseas and most recently, Alaska, which has been a great time. We are headed to Cancun with Trace Adkins this fall and that will be exciting.”