Waylon Jennings was born in 1937 and probably had his first taste of commercial fame as the lead guitarist for Buddy Holly and the Crickets. IN FACT, he was the one who lost a coin toss that competed for a seat on a heated airplane during a blizzard, the flight which led to the eventual crash and death of the Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, and Ritchie Valens. A pure Lubbock, Texas boy, you can hear his Rock n' Roll influence in his fazed out guitar and ultra-lonesome writing technique, inspired by years of drug use and heartache. I'm not glorifying it, there's just something real lonesome about it : /
Willie Nelson was born in Abbot, Texas in the midst of the Great Depression to parents who very quickly abandoned him and his siblings, leaving him in the care of grandparents who had been teaching Willie the basics of music that they had learned from the mail-correspondence courses they subscribed to. He attended Baylor University but dropped out in less than two years due to his success in music.
One of the things that attracts me to this record is the Gospel sound to it that I've discussed in posts before. Waylon and Willie both grew up playing music and singing for churches and gospel choirs. It's not the only thing, however. It has serious integrity and guts, both artists pasting their insecurities and faults, ones we can all agree with to some extent, vividly and unhurriedly in words and chord progressions throughout the record. I suggest paying attention to what is Side A and Side B. This is undoubtedly one of those vinyl-pleasure albums. Enough from me, sisters and brother.
\SIDE 1
1 - Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
2 - The Year 2003 Minus 25
3 - Pick up the Tempo
4 - If You Can Touch Her At All
5 - Lookin For a Feeling
6 - It's Not Supposed to Be That Way
SIDE 2
7 - I Can Get Off of You
8 - Don't Cuss the Fiddle
9 - Gold Dust Woman
10 - A Couple More Years
11 - The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You)
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