The Ramblin' Man [Remaster]

Performer: Waylon Jennings
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Personnel includes: Waylon Jennings (vocals, guitar); David Kirby, Bobby Thompson, Carl Gay, Fred Newell, Billy Ray Reynolds, Larry Whitmore, John "Bucky" Wilken, Randy Scruggs (guitar); Ralph Mooney (pedal steel guitar); Tommy Jackson (fiddle); Roger Crabtree (harmonica); Bunky Keels, Kyle Lehning (piano); Joe Allen, Duke Goff, Leon Rhodes (bass); D.J. Fontana, Richie Albright (drums). Producers: Waylon Jennings, Ray Pennington, Tompall Glaser. Reissue producer: Rob Santos. Recorded at RCA Studios and Glaser Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee in February & July 1974. Originally released on RCA (0734). Includes liner notes by Rich Kienzle. Digitally remastered by Elliott Federman (SAJE Sound, New York, New York). Personnel: Waylon Jennings (vocals, guitar); Ritchie Albright (guitar, drums); Larry Whitmore, Carl Gay, Dave Kirby, Randy Scruggs, Fred Newell, Bobby Thompson (guitar); Shaun Jackson (violin); Roger Crabtree (harmonica); Kyle Lehning (trumpet, keyboards); Bunky Keels (piano); Andrew McMahon (organ); D.J. Fontana, Larrie Londin (drums). Liner Note Author: Rich Kienzle. RAMBLIN' MAN is a product of the most creatively fertile period in Waylon Jennings' career. In the mid-'70s, Jennings' outlaw stance was still fresh and challenging, and the records he made with his Waylors were imbued with the same energy the group put into its countless performances of the period. Jennings' rock-friendly aesthetic is advanced here by a version of the Allman Brothers' "Midnight Rider" that fits his rough-and-ready image like a glove. "The Hunger" is a lyrically sophisticated ballad reminiscent of the more introspective work of Mickey Newbury or Danny O'Keefe. "I Can't Keep My Hands Off of You" is full of the kind of assured lustiness for which Jennings' husky voice is such an effective conduit. The occasional string section or vocal obbligato may crop up, but for the most part, the Waylors play it gritty and soulful throughout RAMBLIN' MAN, providing the perfect context for Waylon's outlaw manifestos. Three bonus tracks are added to this reissue, including the poignant but unsentimental "The Last Letter," previously available only in a live version.

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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