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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0078636685724
Label: RCA
Manufacturer: RCA
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: RCA
Release Date: June 18, 1996
Sales Rank: 101358
Studio: RCA
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential recording:
Drawn from Waylon's 20 restless years with RCA, we hear him constantly challenging and reinventing himself. Waylon understood simplicity, and heeded Buddy Holly's advice to master rhythm. Few more rhythmically adventurous country records were ever made. Rooted for the greater part in the '70s when Waylon was at his commercial and artistic peak, this 16-song collection includes classics like "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line," "Good Hearted Woman," "Waymore's Blues," "Just to Satisfy You," "Storms Never Last," and 11 others. It's hard to fault each song individually, save to say that most of them come from albums which deserve to be heard in their entirety. --Colin Escott
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Remorse and fatalism hang over his music like morning mist on an Iowa corn field. Yet his art, uniquely American, pulses with a zest for life. Waylon Jennings (1937-2002) was/is a survivor. A black and blue(s) survivor.
The lives and deaths of three men - country musician Hank Williams Sr. (died 1953), actor James Dean (1955), and rocker and fellow Texan Buddy Holly (1959) - paved the artistic road on which Jennings was to travel. Jennings' connection to the "The Day The Music Died" (reference ... Read More
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I bought this a few years ago, and still love it! I was always a Waylon fan and saw him in concert quite a few times. This CD is great!
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Now I have to admit that I originally purchased this CD for the theme from the Dukes Of Hazard (Yes guilty as charged). I'm not a Waylon Jennings fan per se. However, after listening to this entire CD old Waylon won me over. I can't find one bad song on this thing(of course it is titled The Essential Waylon Jennings so that should be a given I suppose). You have to understand that I am very new to country music (steady doses of Motley Crue, Metallica, and Journey in my youth). But ya know what old Waylon ... Read More
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This is a good introduction to Waylon's music but I would have expected any collection of his RCA music titled Essential to include Luckenbach Texas - and that's only the most obvious omission among several. Compare this compilation with the more recent single CD (Ultimate), the American double CD (RCA country legends) or the Australian triple CD (Legendary) - this last compilation was issued in the UK titled Legends.
Once you get past the shock of some obvious omissions, look on the bright ... Read More
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Outlaw Country At Its Best A Man That Change The Game Of Country
Music Forever A Legend Indeed A Must Own For Jennings Fans.
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