Waylon Live

• Artist: Waylon Jennings
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• Release Date: 1976 12
• Type: Live, Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Country

Review

As one of the great live albums, Waylon Live is nearly flawless, a snapshot of Waylon Jennings at the height of his powers and, not so coincidentally, at the peak of the outlaw movement. At this time, he was popular and powerful, creating a mythos out of his performances and songs, delivering first-rate material both on record and in concert. This is where it all came together, since a set list limited Waylon to his best songs, whether his own hits or carefully selected covers. This is especially true of 1999's Buddha reissue that included nine bonus tracks (all put into the middle of the record), restoring Waylon Live to the double-LP running time it was designed to have. With the restoration of this section -- containing such perennials as "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)," "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean," "The Taker," "Look Into My Teardrops," and "Never Been to Spain" -- the record really becomes a definitive statement on outlaw country and how it bent the rules, borrowing from country and rock and twisting them into something thoroughly distinctive. On top of it all, Waylon and his band give a bracing, terrific performance, investing these songs with more passion than they had previously seen on record. It winds up as one of the great country records and one of the great live albums, capturing a movement at its peak and transcending it. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)	Jimmie Rodgers	Waylon Jennings	(4:03)
Rainy Day Woman (Lyrics)	Waylon Jennings	Waylon Jennings	(2:33)
Me and Paul (Lyrics)	Willie Nelson	Waylon Jennings	(3:33)
The Last Letter	Rex Griffin	Waylon Jennings	(3:54)
I'm a Ramblin' Man (Lyrics)	Ray Pennington	Waylon Jennings	(2:46)
Bob Wills Is Still the King (Lyrics)	Waylon Jennings	Waylon Jennings	(3:18)
Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) [#]	Kris Kristofferson	Waylon Jennings	(4:08)
Look into My Teardrops [#]	Don Bowman, Harlan Howard	Waylon Jennings	(2:39)
Lonesome, On'ry and Mean [#]	Steve Young	Waylon Jennings	(3:13)
Freedom to Stay [#]	Bill Hoover	Waylon Jennings	(3:59)
Big Ball's in Cowtown [#]	Hoyle Nix	Waylon Jennings	(2:36)
The Taker [#]	Shel Silverstein, Kris Kristofferson	Waylon Jennings	(2:12)
Mississippi Woman [#]	Red Lane	Waylon Jennings	(2:02)
Mona [#]	Eddy, Mirriam	Waylon Jennings	(3:21)
Never Been to Spain [#]	Hoyt Axton	Waylon Jennings	(5:05)
Pick Up the Tempo [#] (Lyrics)	Willie Nelson	Waylon Jennings	(3:37)
Good Hearted Woman [Original Version Without Overdubs][#]	Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson	Waylon Jennings	(2:59)
House of the Rising Sun [#] (Lyrics)	Alan Price	Waylon Jennings	(3:41)
Me and Bobby McGee [#] (Lyrics)	Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster, Fred L. Foster	Waylon Jennings	(4:46)
This Time [#] (Lyrics)	Waylon Jennings	Waylon Jennings	(4:14)

Credits

Waylon Jennings (Producer), Ray Pennington (Producer), Ritchie Albright (Guitar), Randy Kling (Mastering), Waylon Jennings (Guitar), Jimmy Osborne (Illustrations), George Bennett (Recording Technician), Waylon Jennings (Arranger), Waylon Jennings (Vocals), Ralph Mooney (Guitar (Steel)), Neil Zlozower (Photography), Ralph Mooney (Guitar), Roger Crabtree (Harmonica), Billy Ray Reynolds (Guitar), Rich Kienzle (Liner Notes), Al Pachucki (Engineer), Larry Whitmore (Guitar (12 String)), Duke Goff (Guitar (Bass)), Larry Whitmore (Guitar), Ritchie Albright (Drums)

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