Cat. No. 2697: WAYLON JENNINGS ~ THE ESSENTIAL WAYLON JENNINGS. SONY 19075968872.

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WAYLON JENNINGS WAS A LEGEND OF AMERICAN COUNTRY MUSIC. HE STARTED HIS CAREER IN THE LATE ‘50s AS A ROCKABILLY SINGER. HIS FIRST SESSIONS WERE PRODUCED BY BUDDY HOLLY WHO ALSO PLAYED GUITAR ON THE SESSIONS. WAYLON LEARNED HOW TO PLAY BASS GUITAR SO THAT HE COULD ACCOMPANY BUDDY HOLLY ON HIS ILL-FATED “WINTER DANCE PARTY” TOUR. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT WAYLON BLAMED HIMSELF FOR THE AIR CRASH THAT TOOK THE LIVES OF BUDDY HOLLY, BIG BOPPER AND 17 YEAR-OLD RITCHIE VALENS. AFTER GIVING UP HIS SEAT ON THE PLANE, AS THE OTHERS BOARDED THE HE WAS HEARD TO SAY IN JEST “HOPE THE PLANE CRASHES’ WHICH AS WE ALL KNOW IT DID KILLING ALL ON BOARD.

AS A RESULT OF THIS SELF-BLAME WAYLON ISOLATED HIMSELF FROM MUSIC FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE RETURNING AS A COUNTRY SINGER. OVER THE YEARS HE DEVELOPED INTO ONE OF THE TOP COUNTRY ARTISTS IN AMERICA AND RECORDED MANY ALBUMS AND SINGLES WHICH TOPPED THE COUNTRY CHARTS AROUND THE WORLD. HE WAS PART OF THE “OUTLAW MOVEMENT” ALONG WITH WILLIE NELSON , JESSI COLTER AND TOMPALL GLASER WHICH TRANSFORMED AMERICAN COUNTRY MUSIC. LATER IN HIS CAREER HE AGAIN TEAMED UP WITH WILLIE NELSON ALONG WITH JOHNNY CASH AND KRIS KRISTOFFERSEN TO FORM “THE HIGHWAYMEN” WHO RECORDED SEVERAL TOP SELLING ALBUMS AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF THE MOST POPULAR DVDS IN COUNTRY MUSIC. WAYLON DIED IN 2002 AT THE AGE OF 64 AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH DIABETES BUT HE LEFT A FINE LEGACY OF COUNTRY MUSIC FOR US ALL TO ENJOY. THE TRACKS ON THIS 2CD SET COVER THE SPAN OF HIS COUNTRY MUSIC CAREER FROM 1965 UNTIL 2001. AN ESSENTIAL PIECE OF COUNTRY MUSIC . BRILLIANT *****

TRACK LISTING: CD1 - Big Mamou / That’s A Chance I’ll Have To Take / Stop The World (And Let Me Off) / Anita, You’re Dreaming / (That’s What You Get) For Lovin’ Me / The Chokin’ Kind / Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line / Just To Satisfy You / Cedartown, Georgia / The Taker / Lovin’ Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Have To Do Again) / Sweet Dream Woman / Ladies Love Outlaws / Lonesome, On’ry And Mean / Freedom To Stay / Pretend I Never Happened / You Can Have Her / We Had It All / Honky Tonk Heroes / You Ask Me To.

CD2 – This Time / It’s Not Supposed To Be That Way / I’m A Ramblin’ Man / Rainy Day Woman / Amanda / Bob Wills Is Still The King / Are You Sure That Hank Done It This Way / Waymore’s Blues / Dreamin’ My Dreams With You / Good Hearted Woman (feat. Willie Nelson) / Are You Ready For The Country / Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love) / The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don’t Want To Get Over You) / Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (feat. Willie Nelson) / I’ve Always Been Crazy / A Long Time Ago / Don’t You Think This Outlaws Bit's Done Got Out Of Hand / I Ain’t Living Long Like This / Theme From Dukes Of Hazard (Good Ol’ Boys) / Storms Never Last (feat. Jessi Colter) / Drinkin’ And Dreamin’ / Rose In Paradise.

2CD SET