Waylon Jennings - Eagle CD

Eagle buy CD music This is the quintessential "Outlaw country" album. Waylon Jennings spent the early '70s working his way up to this rough-and-tumble masterpiece, arguably the finest album of his prolific career. Jennings was so taken with the songwriting of Nashville rowdy Billy Joe Shaver that he decided to record this all-Shaver album (with the exception of the Fritts/Seals-penned "You Asked Me To"), which helped put Shaver on the map as the poet laureate of the Outlaw set. Jennings eschewed the lush countrypolitan sound in favor of a raw, electrified approach that owed more to the Rolling Stones than to Billy Sherrill. ...

Eagle album for sale Recorded between 1972 & 1981. Includes liner notes by Keith Zimmerman. An Outlaw...a Lady: The Very Best of Jessi Colter is a long-overdue full-length compilation of Colter's most popular recordings of the 1970s and '80s. Among its 18 tracks are nine of her ten Top 50 country hits, including two licensed from RCA Victor, "Suspicious Minds" and "Under Your Spell Again," both duets with her husband, Waylon Jennings. (A third RCA hit with Jennings, "Storms Never Last," is presented here in Colter's solo recording of the song for Capitol.) The country Top Ten medley of the 1952 country hits "Wild Side of Life/It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" (the two songs conveniently have the ...

Eagle CD music Two aging outlaws swap reminisces and argue good-naturedly about who's caused the most trouble. Every once in a while they work themselves up to doing more damage. Small flashes of tossed-off brilliance appear in nearly every song, but sometimes it's hard to tell what's part of the pair's casual charm and what's just laziness: when the clever "Old Age and Treachery" (always overcome youth and skill) falls apart at the end, it's infuriating. Like much of either singer's output, Clean Shirt sounds a bit wrinkled at first, but most of the album holds up to repeated listening. ~ Brian Mansfield Recorded at the Bennett House, Franklin, Tennessee. Personnel: Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson (vocals); Tim Mensy (acoustic guitar); Reggie Young, Brent Mason, Kenny Mims (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar, pedabro); Mickey Raphael (harmonica); Mike Haynes (trumpet); Chris McDonald (trombone); Bobby Emmons, Bobby Wood (keyboards); Mike Leech (bass); Gene Crisman (drums); Terry McMillan (timbale).

Eagle songs A true portrait with never-before-seen footage from his days as Buddy Holly's protege to his battles with the Nashville system, this is Waylon Jennings. Standard Screen; Soundtrack English

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Eagle CD music Digitally remastered by Jim Phillips (Universal Mastering Studios-West, North Hollywood, California). This is part of MCA's 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection series. Despite its ambitious title, this compilation actually focuses on only one small section of Waylon's career, from 1986-89. Consequently, anyone expecting an introduction to Jennings' oeuvre here will wind up rather confused. Although Jennings spent the '70s breaking country taboos left and right as a founder of the outlaw country movement, by the '80s, his hard living had begun to catch up with him. By the middle of the decade he was led by slick production values rather than spearheading the sessions with his previous vigor. The feel of many tracks here is consequently more staid and the arrangements glossier than previous. The studio techniques of the '80s find their way into the arrangements, as synthesizers adorn several cuts, but then Waylon was never an Opry-loving Luddite when it came to such things. Despite the changes in Jennings' style, his inimitable voice is as commanding as ever, and there are some definite high points. The it-ain't-like-the-old-days griping of "If Ole Hank Could See Us Now," is endearingly ironic rather than reactionary. "Trouble Man" is agreeably swampy and ornery (probably due to the Tony Joe White co-write), and his version of Los Lobos' "Will the Wolf Survive?" is revelatory. Live Recording Includes liner notes by Rich Kienzle. Liner Note Author: Rich Kienzle. Photographer: Wayne Knight. Personnel includes: Waylon Jennings.