The The Essential

The The Essential

by Waylon Jennings
The The Essential

The The Essential

by Waylon Jennings

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Overview

There have been plenty of Waylon Jennings compilations released over the years, most of them good but few capturing the full scope of his career. RCA/Legacy's 2007 double-disc set The Essential Waylon Jennings -- not to be confused with the single-disc comp of about a decade earlier -- comes the closest, just edging out the previous two-CD standard-bearer, RCA Country Legends (which itself replaced the excellent two-CD Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line), as the best concise overview on the market. This begins a bit earlier than RCA Country Legends, starting with "Big Mamou" and "That's the Chance I'll Have to Take," and wraps up a bit earlier, not digging as deep into the '80s recordings, which is no great loss. Essential runs two songs longer than Legends, but it has two big omissions in Billy Joe Shaver's "Black Rose" and Toy Caldwell's "Can't You See," but overall this 2007 set has is a stronger set from beginning to end, containing almost all the big hits -- from "Stop the World (And Let Me Off)" through "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" and "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean" to "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way," "Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)" and "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" -- and containing no fat, making this an excellent overview and introduction to Waylon's prime. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 07/24/2007
Label: Legacy / Rca/Legacy
UPC: 0886970761529
Rank: 25262

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Big Mamou
  2. That's the Chance I'll Have to Take
  3. Stop the World (And Let Me Off)
  4. Anita, You're Dreaming
  5. (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me
  6. The Chokin' Kind
  7. Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
  8. Just to Satisfy You
  9. Cedartown, Georgia
  10. The Talker
  11. Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
  12. Sweet Dream Woman
  13. Ladies Love Outlaws
  14. Lonesome, On'ry and Mean
  15. Freedom to Stay
  16. Pretend I Never Happened
  17. You Can Have Her
  18. We Had It All
  19. Honky Tonk Heroes
  20. You Ask Me To

Disc 2

  1. This Time
  2. It's Not Supposed to Be That Way
  3. I'm a Ramblin' Man
  4. Rainy Day Woman
  5. Amanda
  6. Bob Wills Is Still the King
  7. Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
  8. Waymore's Blues
  9. Dreaming My Dreams with You
  10. Good Hearted Woman
  11. Are You Ready for the Country
  12. Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)
  13. The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)
  14. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
  15. I've Always Been Crazy
  16. A Long Time Ago
  17. Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand
  18. I Ain't Living Long Like This
  19. Theme from the Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)
  20. Storms Never Last
  21. Drinkin' and Dreamin'
  22. Rose in Paradise

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Waylon Jennings   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Jessi Colter   Primary Artist,Vocals,Organ,Piano,Featured Artist
Willie Nelson   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist,Guitar
Johnny Cash   Primary Artist
Kris Kristofferson   Primary Artist
Hoyt Hawkins   Vocals
Neal Matthews   Vocals
James Colvard   Guitar
Hugh Stoker   Vocals
Bunky Keels   Piano
John "Bucky" Wilkin   Guitar
Ronald Drake   Vocals
Laverna Moore   Vocals
Kay Klinger   Vocals,Vocals
Raymond Walker   Vocals
Sherman Hayes   Guitar (Bass),Bass
William Joor   Trumpet
Carl Gay   Guitar
Fletcher Watson   Guitar
Lawrence Herzberg   Violin,Violin
Willie Ackerman   Drums
Jim Haber   Keyboards
Dan Mustoe   Drums
Roger Crabtree   Harmonica
Jerry Gropp   Guitar
Larry Whitmore   Guitar
June Page   Vocals
Dolores Edgin   Vocals
Don Brooks   Harmonica
E. Duane West   Vocals
Lennie Haight   Violin
Hargus "Pig" Robbins   Piano
Joe Allen   Guitar (Bass),Bass,Guitar
Becky Williams   Vocals
Byron Bach   Cello
Matt Betton   Drums
Gary Paxton   Vocals
David Carroll Kirby   Guitar
Marvin Chantry   Viola
Steven Smith   Violin
Temple Riser   Vocals
Dorothy Dillard   Vocals
Rance Wasson   Guitar
Jerry Bridges   Guitar (Bass),Bass,Guitar
Carter Robertson   Vocals
Andy McMahon   Organ
Barny Robertson   Keyboards,Piano
John Guerin   Drums
William Wright   Vocals
John Hug   Guitar
Vangie Carmichael   Vocals
Bob Tebow   Vocals
David Vanderkooi   Cello
Henry Strzelecki   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Bobby Dyson   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Ernest West   Vocals
Duke Goff   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Ginger Holladay   Vocals
Gordon Payne   Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica
Fred Newell   Guitar
Don Sheffield   Trumpet
Dee Moeller   Organ,Piano
Bee Spears   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Roy Huskey   Guitar (Bass)
Lee Miller   Guitar (Bass)
Don Smith   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Louis Dean Nunley   Vocals
Norbert Putnam   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Ray Edenton   Guitar
Brenton Banks   Violin
Lea Jane Berinati   Vocals
Buddy Harman   Drums
Ritchie Albright   Drums
Priscilla Hubbard   Vocals
Billy Ray Reynolds   Guitar
Larry Butler   Organ
Dale Sellers   Guitar
Sharon Vaughn   Vocals
Kyle Lehning   Trumpet
Larrie Londin   Drums
George Tidwell   Trumpet
Gary VanOsdale   Viola
Stan Farber   Vocals
Maurice Spears   Trombone
Fred Carter   Guitar
Larry Byrom   Guitar
Sheldon Kurland   Violin
Stephanie Woolf   Violin
George Binkley III   Violin
Chips Moman   Guitar
Gary Scruggs   Guitar,Harmonica
Gene Merlino   Vocals
Jim Gordon   Saxophone
D.J. Fontana   Drums
Anita Kerr   Vocals
Kenny Buttrey   Drums
Joe Osborn   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Bobby Thompson   Guitar
Randy Scruggs   Guitar
Mack Johnson   Trumpet
Glen D. Hardin   Piano
Charles Cochran   Piano
Floyd Cramer   Piano
Billy Joe Walker, Jr.   Guitar
Paul Foster   Guitar (Bass),Bass,Guitar
Reggie Young   Guitar
Chip Young   Guitar
Wayne Moss   Guitar
Jimmy Capps   Guitar
Leon Rhodes   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Sonny Curtis   Guitar
Bob Moore   Guitar (Bass)
Jerry Reed   Guitar
Tommy Jackson   Fiddle
Tommy Williams   Fiddle
Johnny Gimble   Guitar
Buddy Spicher   Fiddle
Pete Drake   Guitar (Steel)
Ralph Mooney   Guitar (Steel),Dobro
John Jarvis   Piano,Synthesizer
Charlie McCoy   Guitar (Bass),Bass,Harmonica
Jerry Carrigan   Drums
Richard Morris   Marimba
William Brown   Vocals
Ray Stevens   Organ,Piano,Vibraphone
David Briggs   Piano
Eddie Hinton   Guitar
Martin Katahn   Violin
Priscilla Ann Hubbard   Vocals
Jim Colvard   Guitar
Dottie DeLeonibus   Vocals
William "Billy" Brown   Vocals
Martha McCrory   Cello
John Leslie Hug   Guitar
William Paul Ackerman   Drums
Bob Moore & His Orchestra   Bass
Jimmy Gray   Guitar
Steven Maxwell Smith   Violin
Roy Christensen   Cello
Carl Gorodetzky   Violin
Gary S. Paxton   Vocals
Fred Carter, Jr.   Guitar
Lee Thomas Miller   Bass
Johnny Christopher   Guitar
Roy Huskey Jr.   Bass
Mary Holladay   Vocals

Technical Credits

Ronnie Light   Audio Production,Producer
James D. Musil   Audio Production,Producer
Jerry Bridges   Audio Production,Producer
Ken Mansfield   Audio Production,Producer
Jack Clement   Audio Production,Producer
Ron Haffkine   Audio Production,Producer
Ritchie Albright   Audio Production,Producer
Chips Moman   Audio Production,Composer,Producer
Gary Scruggs   Audio Production,Producer
Tompall Glaser   Audio Production,Producer
Ray Pennington   Audio Production,Producer
Danny Davis   Audio Production,Producer
Jimmy Bowen   Audio Production,Producer
Waylon Jennings   Audio Production,Composer,Producer
Chet Atkins   Audio Production,Producer
Rob Santos   Compilation Producer
Shooter Jennings   Compilation Producer
Willie Nelson   Audio Production,Producer,Composer
Bobby Emmons   Composer
Jimmy Peters and the Ring Dance   Composer
Kris Kristofferson   Composer
Curtis Buck   Composer
Vic Anesini   Mastering
John Jackson   Project Director
Sammi Smith   Composer
Donnie Fritts   Composer
Howard Fritzson   Art Direction
Mike Curry   Design
Zak Profera   A&R
Alan Messer   Photography
Michael Putland   Photography
Charlyn Zlotnik   Tray Photo,Photography
David Gahr   Cover Photo
Raeanne Rubenstein   Photography
Bill Hoover   Composer
Allen Reynolds   Composer
Patsy Bruce   Composer
Troy Seals   Composer
Shel Silverstein   Composer
The Anita Kerr Singers   Performer
Steven Berkowitz   A&R
Billy Joe Shaver   Composer
Johnny Whiteside   Liner Notes
Jeremy Holiday   Packaging Manager
Don Bowman   Composer
Lee Clayton   Composer
W.S. Stevenson   Composer
Mack Vickery   Composer
Link Davis   Composer
Jim McBride   Composer
Rodney Crowell   Composer
Jessi Colter   Composer
Neil Young   Composer
Al Gorgoni   Composer
Bergen White   Arranger
Stewart Harris   Composer
Glen Spreen   Arranger
Harlan Howard   Composer
Gordon Lightfoot   Composer
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