Waylon Forever

Performer: Waylon Jennings
Engineer: Mark Rains; Rodney Good; Mark Rains; Rodney Good
Producer: Dave Cobb; Shooter Jennings; Dave Cobb; Shooter Jennings
Distributor: Fontana Distribution

Notes: Waylon Jennings: Shooter Jennings (vocals, guitar, guitars, keyboards); Leroy Powell (guitar, guitars, harmonica); Ted Russell Kamp (banjo, bouzouki, bass instrument); Bryan Keeling (drums, cymbals, percussion). Personnel: Waylon Jennings (vocals, guitar, guitars); Jessi Colter, Lee Ann Womack (vocals); Robby Turner (pedal steel guitar); Settles Connection (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Mark Rains. Photographer: Billy Mitchell . Arrangers: Dave Cobb; David Campbell ; Shooter Jennings. This posthumous release by outlaw country king Waylon Jennings began life in the 1990s as a collaboration between Waylon and his son Shooter (destined to become a star in his own right years later), and was finally finished by Shooter after his father's death. It consists mostly of slightly rocked-up reworkings of some of Waylon's classic tracks, but the arrangements are all pretty tasteful, none really coming near the more in-your-face sound of Shooter's subsequent solo work. The most unexpected moment is a cover of Cream's "White Room" that finds the country giant game to tackle the ubiquitous classic-rock staple with a touch of his own country soul. Ultimately, WAYLON FOREVER shows that even at the end of his long journey, Waylon still possessed a powerful voice and an attention-demanding style.

Rolling Stone (p.128) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Jennings matches the heart-wrenching quality his old buddy Johnny Cash found on the late-life gem 'Hurt,' while slyly commenting on his own legacy." Spin (p.106) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "A few Waylon standards have been given a rumbling, rock makeover, and the country legend's deep, sonorous voice sounds potent throughout."

Texan country singer Waylon Jennings was always a bit of a rocker. Early on, he played bass with Buddy Holly, and his first solo records included Beatles covers, highly unusual for a country artist at the time. Jennings was one of the key figures of the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, rejecting the lush countrypolitan sound in favor of a raw, electrified approach that owed more to the Rolling Stones than to Billy Sherrill. With a small band and simple arrangements, Jennings introduced contemporary rock-oriented grooves into his hard-hitting country sound, adding some funky grit to common-man poetics on tunes about the tougher side of life. He inspired a subsequent generation of country iconoclasts, and spurred on contemporaries like Willie Nelson and Tompall Glaser.

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