I never realized what a great Telecaster picker Waylon Jennings was..

Oh yeah... Getting into Waylon in the early 70s for me was as easy as slipping on a pair of comfortable jeans.
To this day, his two Bear Family boxes, are the only such boxes I own. He deserves such royal treatment IMHO.

Just pulled out Ol Waylon...the DCC of course.

 

Yeah, he definitely had the chops. Great song, too.

 

oh yeah he was a very competent player, groovy lookin telecaster.

 

I did a few shows with him in the 70s and was quite surprised.

I was not a big country fan but did do about a half dozen shows with some of the heavy weight country acts of the time, and was usually quite shocked to discover something there that I could enjoy. Whether or not I like the style, I can almost always spot and appreciate good playing.

 

Yeah, the expanded Waylon Live has some great fretwork by the man himself, as well as some serious pedal steel picking from Mooney!

 

Handsome devil too, wasn't he? Almost enough that you ignore those goofy ascots he and his band were wearing!

Great clip. Thanks, Steve.

 

Wow, never heard him do that tune. Think i now have a new favorite version--sorry, PP&M.

 

Sweet. Thanks for sharing!

 

Great picking only Waylon could play it:

@ 1:44

 

Great geetar player! Love his chicken picken' style.

 

So many country artists created larger-than-life personas that overshadowed their tremendous talent. Jerry Reed comes to mind.

Thanks for posting.

 

Great post!

My grandfather knew Waylon Jennings quite well. He was about 10 or 12 years older than Jennings. They met in Lubbock, Texas, and at the time my grandfather was catting around pretty heavy. It was Jennings, ironically, who would sing spirituals, which sort of helped my grandfather mend his ways.

My grandfather didn't own an electric guitar at the time, but with his acoustic he could flat pick just about anything, which impressed the younger Jennings. What also impressed Jennings was my grandfather' tenor voice and his smooth falsetto, which was a great counter to Jenning's lower register. They would sit and play and record whenever they got the chance, using gear at a radio station there in Lubbock. They even played live on the radio.

As fate would have it they soon parted, because my grandfather was older and not with the same crowd.

Ironically, my grandfather married my grandmother and moved to Floydada, Texas, getting a job at Lighthouse Electric, where he ran into another budding musician - this one younger, too. You might know his name. Don Williams.

I suppose my grandfather's only claim to fame was that Williams pattered the falsetto harmony run on his hit, "Amanda" after some of my grandfather's vocal work.

My grandfather was great leading hymns in the local church.

Sorry for the long post.

 

It's always refreshing to hear real country music. This is a great one. The only Waylon I have is some 70's stuff and I can see I need to remedy that.

 

One of the best live albums from any genre IMHO.

 

Didn't you ever hear about Nashville Cats?

I do love Waylon especially when he is covering Billy Joe Shaver.

 

Leavin' Town is the original LP that song is from. It's one of my favorites of his.



Exciting, Fresh, Talented
If Webster’s Dictionary would carry a definition of Waylon Jennings, it would probably read:
Way-lon / Wā’-lōn / n 1. exciting, fresh, talented (and many more overused words).

However, Webster’s is not up-to-date because my friend, Waylon Jennings, isn’t listed. So let’s forget about being so finicky over Webster’s accuracy and move on to something everybody can understand. That’s gossip among entertainers. It is impossible to have a group of entertainers together more than two minutes before someone says, “Hey, ain’t that Waylon great?” Then someone says, “Yeah, sumpin’ else!” And another, “Out of sight!”

Waylon Jennings is part of the new movement in American music, which is sometimes called the “modern country sound.” Probably a better label would be “folk-country,” if you want to give it a name. I could call it many great names but I think the most appropriate is “Waylon Jennings”--because he has brought an element of greatness to folk-country music.

--Bobby Bare

 

I couldn't agree more!!

 

He must really like this guitar. The same one like in the first clip. Cool

 

Elvis was thinking about covering Waylon's We Had It All, and after listening to Waylon's cut, put it away saying there was nothing he could add to it. Pretty much all that needs to be said.

 

Yes indeed...used it all the way to the end. His last full show in 2000:

 

I think he did alright with "You Asked Me To"!

 

Hey hoss
Ya gotta love ole Waylon

Got the extended live and RCA 2 disc best of
Use to have a lot of lps but not anymore
Any recommendations

 

"Dreaming My Dreams" definitely. "I've Always Been Crazy" and "Lonesome, Onry and Mean" are personal favorites.

 

Wow Evolvist your grandfather sure knew some of the best musicians