The Essential Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings
- Artist
- Waylon Jennings
- Label
- RCA Nashville
- Catalog number
- 88697 07615 2
- Released
- 2007
- Country
- US
- Format
- Compilation
- Barcode
- 886970761529
What’s on it
The Essential Waylon Jennings has 42 tracks, about 1:59:15 of music. Open a track to see who wrote, played on and produced it.
1-1Big Mamou
- Written-By
- Link Davis
1-2That's The Chance I'll Have To Take
- Written-By
- Waylon Jennings
1-3Stop The World (And Let Me Off)
- Written-By
- Carl Belew, W.S. Stevenson
1-4Anita, You're Dreaming
- Written-By
- Don Bowman, Waylon Jennings
1-5(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me
- Written-By
- Gordon Lightfoot
1-6The Chokin' Kind
- Backing Vocals
- The Waylors
- Written-By
- Harlan Howard
1-7Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line
- Written-By
- Jimmy Bryant
1-8Just To Satisfy You
- Written-By
- Don Bowman, Waylon Jennings
1-9Cedartown, Georgia
- Written-By
- Charles Cobble, Jimmie Peters, Mack Vickery, Sammi Smith
1-10The Taker
- Written-By
- Kris Kristofferson, Shel Silverstein
1-11Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
- Written-By
- Kris Kristofferson
1-12Sweet Dream Woman
- Written-By
- Al Gorgoni, Chip Taylor
1-13Ladies Love Outlaws
- Written-By
- Lee Clayton
1-14Lonesome, On'ry And Mean
- Written-By
- Steve Young (2)
1-15Freedom To Stay
- Written-By
- Bill Hoover (2)
1-16Pretend I Never Happened
- Written-By
- Willie Nelson
1-17You Can Have Her
- Written-By
- Bill Cook
1-18We Had It All
- Written-By
- Donnie Fritts, Troy Seals
1-19Honky Tonk Heroes
- Written-By
- Billy Joe Shaver
1-20You Ask Me To
- Written-By
- Billy Joe Shaver, Waylon Jennings
2-1This Time
- Written-By
- Waylon Jennings
2-2It's Not Supposed To Be That Way
- Performer
- Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
- Written-By
- Willie Nelson
2-3I'm A Ramblin' Man
- Written-By
- Ray Pennington
2-4Rainy Day Woman
- Written-By
- Waylon Jennings
2-5Amanda
- Performer
- Waylon Jennings
- Written-By
- Bob McDill
2-6Bob Wills Is Still The King
- Written-By
- Waylon Jennings
2-7Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"
- Written-By
- Waylon Jennings
2-8Waymore's Blues
- Written-By
- Curtis Buck, Waylon Jennings
2-9Dreaming My Dreams With You
- Written-By
- Allen Reynolds
2-10Good Hearted Woman
- Performer
- Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
- Written-By
- Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson
2-11Are You Ready For The Country
- Written-By
- Neil Young
2-12Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)
- Performer
- Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
- Written-By
- Bobby Emmons, Chips Moman
2-13The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You)
- Written-By
- Bobby Emmons, Chips Moman
2-14Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
- Performer
- Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
- Written-By
- Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson
2-15I've Always Been Crazy
- Written-By
- Waylon Jennings
2-16A Long Time Ago
- Written-By
- Shel Silverstein, Waylon Jennings
2-17Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out Of Hand
- Performer
- Waylon Jennings
- Written-By
- Waylon Jennings
2-18I Ain't Living Long Like This
- Performer
- Waylon Jennings
- Written-By
- Rodney Crowell
2-19Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)
- Written-By
- Waylon Jennings
2-20Storms Never Last
- Lead Vocals
- Jessi Colter
- Performer
- Waylon Jennings
- Written-By
- Jessi Colter, Waylon Jennings
2-21Drinkin' And Dreamin'
- Written-By
- Max D. Barnes, Troy Seals
2-22Rose In Paradise
- Written-By
- Jim McBride, Stewart Harris
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Where it came from
Released in 2007 by RCA Nashville, The Essential Waylon Jennings serves as a comprehensive retrospective of the artist's prolific career. It was curated to consolidate his most significant contributions to the outlaw country movement, spanning his transition from a bass player for Buddy Holly to his rise as a central figure in the Nashville recording scene during the 1970s and 1980s.
The collection was designed to reflect the raw, rebellious aesthetic that defined Jennings' work, contrasting with the polished sounds of the contemporary Nashville establishment. Featuring iconic tracks like Lonesome, On'ry and Mean and Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys, the release was received as an authoritative entry point for new listeners and a respectful archival tribute for long-time supporters of his legacy.
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