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Waymore's Blues (Part II) is an album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Nashville in 1994.

Waymore's Blues (Part II)
Studio album by
Released1994
RecordedSeptember 3, 1975
Genre
  • Country
  • Outlaw country
Length39:26
LabelRCA Nashville
ProducerDon Was
Waylon Jennings chronology
Cowboys, Sisters, Rascals & Dirt
(1993)
Waymore's Blues (Part II)
(1994)
The Road Goes on Forever
(1995)
Alternative cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Background


It was recorded and released at a time in Jennings' career when he wasn't signed to any major label; Waymore's Blues (Part II) was a one-off return to RCA for the singer following short stints at MCA Records and Epic Records. It was produced by Don Was, who would lend his distinctive style of production to The Highwaymen's The Road Goes on Forever a year later. Jennings later stated, "We clicked from the start of the first take, which was the title cut," and instructed the musicians "to forget about everything they had ever heard me do."[2] He later recalled:

For his part, Don was looking at what he called my essence; he wanted to create an instrumental texture, a pad of colors, rather than having the usual trading of licks. He didn't want to lose me in a sea of arrangement. He called it impressionistic, like a painting, and when we heard "Waymore's Blues Part II" come over the speakers, I understood what he was getting at...And I was proud of that album, because it felt like I was back in command of myself, sure of my creativity, knowing I was reaching for something I hadn't done before, and finding it.[3]

In his 1996 memoir Waylon, Jennings reflected on several of the cuts:

"You Don't Mess Around with Me" was used in the soundtrack to the movie Maverick, which also featured Jennings on "Amazing Grace". Waymore's Blues (Part II), whose title is a reference to an earlier, popular Jennings composition, reached #63 on the country charts, with no charting singles. The song "Wild Ones" was done as a music video in 1994.

Members of the Western Writers of America chose "The Old Timer" as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[6]


Track listing


All songs written by Waylon Jennings except as noted.

  1. "Endangered Species" (Jennings, Tony Joe White) – 3:12
  2. "Waymore's Blues (Part II)" – 4:18
  3. "This Train (Russell's Song)" – 3:34
  4. "Wild Ones" – 3:38
  5. "No Good for Me" – 3:22
  6. "Old Timer (The Song)" – 5:32
  7. "Up in Arkansas" (White, Ricky Ray Rector) – 4:06
  8. "Nobody Knows" – 3:00
  9. "Come Back and See Me" – 4:16
  10. "You Don't Mess Around with Me" – 4:28

Personnel



Chart performance


Chart (1994) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 63

References


  1. Allmusic review
  2. Jennings & Kaye 1996, pp. 345–346.
  3. Jennings & Kaye 1996, p. 347.
  4. Jennings & Kaye 1996, pp. 346–347.
  5. Jennings & Kaye 1996, p. 346.
  6. Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010.

Bibliography





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