Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan
Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan | ||||
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Studio album by Waylon Jennings | ||||
Released | March 1967 | |||
Recorded | May – June 1966 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 28:02 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Chet Atkins | |||
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Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan is a 1967 album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor. It consists completely of songs by Harlan Howard.
Background
Jennings had a great affection for Howard's songs, and most of his 1960s albums contain at least one song by Howard. This LP features some of Howard's most popular compositions, such as the standard "Heartaches By the Number," "Busted," (which had also been covered by Johnny Cash and Ray Charles), and two songs co-written with Buck Owens, "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" and "Foolin' Around." It was not as successful as Jennings' previous releases, peaking at #32 on the Billboard country albums chart.
Recording
In his autobiography, Jennings cited the LP as the first proper album he recorded after he was living in Nashville, recording it in two sessions spaced a week apart on May 24 and June 1, 1966 with his backing group the Waylors.[1] The singer later recalled:
- We rehearsed the album the night before each recording session, setting the band up in Harland's office with a small two-track tape recorder. Don Davis helped on the arrangements. Some had been big hits and some hadn't. One of my favourites was 'Beautiful Annabel Lee,' which Harlan wrote after the Edgar Allan Poe poem. I'm not sure we ever beat the office version of 'She Called Me Baby,' despite all the leakage and phones ringing and general mayhem.[1]
By his own estimation, Jennings covered over seventy of Howard's tunes, and later said, "Harlan was everybody's friend...I was writing more and more, and Harlan talked to me continually about the craft, giving me advice."[2]
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Track listing
All songs by Harlan Howard, except where noted.
- "She Called Me Baby" – 2:34
- "Sunset and Vine" – 2:08
- "Woman Let Me Sing You a Song" – 2:18
- "The Everglades" – 2:10
- "She's Gone, Gone, Gone" – 2:01
- "Busted" – 2:19
- "Beautiful Annabel Lee" – 2:43
- "Heartaches by the Number" – 2:08
- "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" (Howard, Buck Owens) – 2:26
- "Heartaches for a Dime" – 2:15
- "Foolin' Around" (Howard, Owens) – 2:19
- "In This Very Same Room" – 2:41
References
- ^ a b Jennings & Kaye 1996, p. 132.
- ^ Jennings & Kaye 1996, p. 123.
Bibliography
- Jennings, Waylon; Kaye, Lenny (1996). Waylon: An Autobiography. Warner Brooks. ISBN 978-0-446-51865-9.
External links
- Waylon Jennings' Official Website
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- "Under Your Spell Again" with Jessi Colter
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- "Sweet Dream Woman"
- "You Can Have Her"
- "We Had It All"
- "You Ask Me To"
- "This Time"
- "I'm a Ramblin' Man"
- "Rainy Day Woman"
- "Dreaming My Dreams with You"
- "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"
- "Bob Wills Is Still the King"
- "Can't You See"
- "Are You Ready for the Country"
- "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)"
- "I've Always Been Crazy"
- "Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand"
- "Amanda"
- "Come With Me"
- "I Ain't Living Long Like This"
- "Clyde"
- "Good Ol' Boys"
- "Shine"
- "Just to Satisfy You" with Willie Nelson
- "Women Do Know How to Carry On"
- "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)"
- "Hold On, I'm Comin'" with Jerry Reed
- "The Conversation" with Hank Williams Jr.
- "I May Be Used (But Baby I Ain't Used Up)"
- "Never Could Toe the Mark"
- "America"
- "Waltz Me to Heaven"
- "Drinkin' and Dreamin'"
- "Working Without a Net"
- "Will the Wolf Survive"
- "What You'll Do When I'm Gone"
- "The Broken Promise Land"
- "Rose in Paradise"
- "My Rough and Rowdy Days"
- "If Ole Hank Could Only See Us Now"
- "How Much Is It Worth to Live in L.A."
- "Which Way Do I Go (Now That I'm Gone)"
- "Wrong"
- "Where Corn Don't Grow"
- "The Eagle"
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- The Best of Waylon Jennings
- Don't Think Twice
- Heartaches by the Number
- Greatest Hits
- Waylon's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
- The Best of Waylon
- 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Waylon Jennings
- RCA Country Legends
- Ultimate Waylon Jennings
- 16 Biggest Hits
- Nashville Rebel