Waylon Jennings

he is my man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6zEloppnq8

In those Waylon/Jessi clips he seems so weathered compared to her. Hard livin'...

Wiki says her mother was a Pentecostal preacher and her father was a racecar driver (which sounds like a Southern Culture on the Skids song!) Also never knew she was married to Duane Eddy.

much love for Waylon

wish a lot of his canonical/earlier stuff was easier to find

of all the genres I listen to, country seems the most poorly served in the reissue/archival dept

you just gotta get all those wild german imports.

http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Six-Strings-Away/dp/B00003L2WU

that was on sale for like $70 a few months ago!

oh hai http://tjshouseofcountrymusic.blogspot.com/2011/10/waylon-jennings-discography-89-albums.html

!!!

!!!, indeed.

just unbelievable. I've been looking for years for some of this stuff

thanks for that amateurist

This is an amazing album cover btw
http://npknet.com/images/Jackvynil/1121albums327.jpg

the debut of his winged W logo iirc

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KLFYJyAnofM/TkCgdhZMQ-I/AAAAAAAABY8/-9Uu6QMILO4/s1600/horensteinwaylonjennings.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3377/3196862684_c01d81c012.jpg

wow!

that cover makes me imagine an alternate universe where waylon was cast as han solo. a better universe.

is the middle finger in that photo the Big Bopper's or RIchie Valens

man that amateurist link is such a goldmine. haven't heard a lot of the 60s stuff before, loads of great sounds + tunes. This one cracked me up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DikpRYxv2mA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0M7JaPymtg

otm

this song is crazy badass. he's going to beat the shit out of some punk who impregnated this girl and then skipped out on here. even though the girl still loves jackass dude and not waylon (who loves _her_ naturally).

Fun Fact: That "Tulsa" song was written by Wayne Carson Thompson, of "The Letter", "Soul Deep" & "I Couldn't Spell !!*@!" fame.

i did not know that.

this album is so fuckin gooooooood

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CN2k6yVFFH4/Tq38jJravvI/AAAAAAAABdk/8NrPusesRgY/s400/cover.jpg

a country singles ballot poll would be fun but also an epic clusterfuck

that albums is p darn good! i was just listening to an lp from about the same time of all harlan howard jams, like that one a lot, too.

that tulsa song upthread is one of my favorites. i've been keeping my eye open for that taker/tulsa album for a while, figuring it would pop up sooner or later, but i might just have to shell out the damn ebay prices. that one and singer of sad songs always felt to me like key turning points before all the outlaw business went full-on

Harlan Howard's songbook is a goldmine

I don't have Singer of Sad Songs... I grabbed a whole shit-ton of albums from that dude that had the whole discography up awhile ago (which I assume has been taken down by now). Finding actual copies of any of Waylon's pre-outlaw era stuff is pretty hard though. Which is too bad cuz I think Waylon's late 60s stuff is my favorite.

Collector's Choice did twofers of the 60s RCA albums, but like all CCM titles, they are now oop.

I grabbed a whole shit-ton of albums from that dude that had the whole discography up awhile ago (which I assume has been taken down by now).

nope it's still there.

blogger has been removed

???

oh i guess it has as of last week. oh well, guy was cruising for a bruising.

yeah definitely

country seems like the one genre, oddly, that is really shafted in terms of internet distro - there aren't historical archivist blogs (well, not many) posting stuff, tons of things are out of print or never made it to CD at all, etc. bums me out.

i'd kinda lump this one with taker/tulsa and singer of sad songs, too, tho i like those two better.

http://www.audiophileusa.com/covers400water/64141.jpg

this cover of mickey newbury's 33rd of august is pretty awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Jw-7J09RY

i haven't heard don't think twice, which is sandwiched in these someplace, i've kept my eye out for it. anyone know that one?

country seems like the one genre, oddly, that is really shafted in terms of internet distro - there aren't historical archivist blogs (well, not many) posting stuff, tons of things are out of print or never made it to CD at all, etc. bums me out.

there are a ton of country LP/78 blogs.

do tell

I mean I do some periodic trawling for 50s and 60s stuff and it's usually pretty slim pickings

for example been looking online for this and never seen it anywhere. and no I'm not buying the CD twofer that has this and Coat of Many Colors on it (I already have Coat of Many Colors)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1982-Silver-Eagle-Waylon-Jennings-Outlaws-Tour-Bus-/171000951136?forcev4exp=true#v4-39

"There are about 23 different phrases that rotate on the front of the bus: EatUrHeartOut,
Room for One More, Party Time, WHEREIN THE HELL R WE, Outlaws, ect.."

lol

I was just coming here to post that. ILX fundraiser!

omg official ILX Outlaws bus yessssss

shared on FB today:

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1476009_10152081994912445_606308061_n.jpg

amazing story in the OUTLAW book that came out this year about Waylon writing a guy a $4,000 check on a paper bag and the bank actually cashing it.

other good stories about Waylon's most crippling addiction... pinball.

lol

"That hairy, smelly Outlaw sure plays a mean pinball..."

i think roughly 80% of the best videos on youtube belong to waylon, this among them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugm0JZhX3CI

"it don't make no sense. i mean, it does, but it don't."

^^^ That's great. I'd love a solo Waylon album.

"we had it all"

fuck

the 1975 "Waylon Live" RCA release that was eventually expanded into a 2CD set in the 2000's

This is a fantastic set, if you like the honky-tonk side of Waylon.

Here’s the context on Songbird:

A new Waylon Jennings project of previously unheard material compiled and mixed by son Shooter Jennings, Songbird, is being released via Son of Jessi/Thirty Tigers on Oct. 3.

The first of three previously unheard albums by the legendary star, Songbird features recordings produced between 1973 and 1984 in various studios by Waylon and his longtime drummer and co-producer Richie Albright, featuring members of his indelible backing band, The Waylors, including Albright and renowned pedal steel guitarist Ralph Mooney, along with such special guests as Tony Joe White, Jessi Colter and more.

Hearing new material from this era, I’m reminded anew of how much of Sturgill Simpson’s sound—everything from his vocal stylings to the composition of the songs—is influenced by Waylon.