No direct thread about Waymore??? Shame on us all! A thread I'd like to discuss all things. This will outdate quickly, but there's a guy claiming he is selling some Waylon gear on eBay. What do you think? I'm cautiously suspicious... of course US$30,000 for an amp Waylon used: 1975 Randall Commander 210 Waylon Jennings owned | eBay how about US$15,000 for the Waylon Phaser?
how about US$5,000 for a Waylon volume pedal? I have never EVER seen Waylon use on stage pedals, and especially a volume pedal. He always used his Telecaster controls, and would have a phaser unit on top of his amp. Speaking of which: for US$5,000: or:
1971, with the legendary Ralph Mooney on pedal steel, and another great guy in country music Billy Ray Reynolds on electric rhythm:
I find this interesting, even though the quality is rough and Waylon sounds horse as hell or whatever.... It's the in between clean cut, start of the beard, and the long hair, and his Tele pickin' trademark licks.. The video says between 72 and 73, which sounds about right to me: You Asked Me To:
Waymore's Blues, I love his sense of humour, hey great does this sound, apart from the upload quality. Yeah baby!
From the movie 'Road To Nashville' 1966, Waylon & The Waylors make an appearance. The lefty is Jerry Gropp, Ritchie Albright on drums, and Waylon's brother Tommy on bass. Tommy also went on and made solo records later on.
Keith Urban owns one of Waylon's original Telecaster's. I believe Waylon is seen using this one of the 'lost outlaw performance' dvd. It also survived being underwater in the Nashville flooding due to the hard case it was stored in. Phew! Interesting to me, that now Keith owns it, it sounds nothing like Waylon's gutiar, but all Keith. Which is how it should be anyway. Also shows, nobody could pick those strings and sound like Waylon, other than......Waylon!
Waylon is my kind of country and Ralph Mooney is the king! But never could quite get my ears around Waylon's use of phasing on his guitar.
"Well, Bo and Luke were coming over the mountain ...." But seriously, no shame in that little sideline Waylon had, narrating for TV. How I first heard of him was to do with the Winter Tour '59. A real one off. Finger pickin' good.
Tonewise prefer the Roy Nichols, Don Rich, James Burton orbit. Dialing that in might have blended a little better with Ralph. Still, takin' nothin' away from Waylon. Wish he was still around (my guitar idol was Clarence White but that's a very rarified zone).
Love Waylon... Interesting items. Thanks for posting. Seller has all + feedback.. however there is a lack of specified provenance (?) Why does he not post the LOA ? for heavens sake... things to seriously think about. I believe smart money would definitely require a thorough background history. Anyone can write up a quick LOA, and get it notarized...
I think the prices are a bit outrageous too, 30,000 dollars for an amplifier? Waylon may have used it, but he used heaps of different amplifiers over the years. He had quite a collection of them. If it was his one workhorse amp throughout his career it may be different. Example, Willie Nelson's 'Trigger' the model shown below, has been with him for many decades and is still his workhorse he uses.
Rick, I believe you are right .. way too highly priced definitely. Something else entered my mind, as a collector who has bought and sold world class items. The seller should have made contact with Scooter Jennings via his web site, let him look over a series of photos of the items. I see no reason why he would not have confirmed either way, and even possibly written an LOA documentation.
So many great albums but Honky Tonk Heroes is one my favorites. Interesting stories about the recording of this one too.
The original pressing was always great. The vinyl reissue is absolutely fabulous too. The original pressing was always great. Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes I had never heard of 'Fat Possum' records before and don't know how they fit in with Waylon's RCA catalogue, but it sounds amazing! The label artwork is boring though, it would have looked great recreating the original in someway.
i always loved waylon's greatest and the only daddy that'll walk the line album my favourite songs would be "honky tonk heroes" and "i don't think hank done it this way"
Yeah most likely, some give em a bad wrap, but the Waylon LP's period, in my opinion.... blow the hell out of any digital cd release, particularly the 70's albums. Those vinyl albums are great! There's something about the bottom end bass so prominent in Waylon's 70's sound that really lends to vinyl.
