The Essential Waylon Jennings

Compilation by Waylon Jennings

Released June 1996

country

Tracklist

1
Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line
2:22
3.0 ★
2
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
2:03
3.0 ★
3
The Taker
2:23
4
Good Hearted Woman
3:04
5
You Asked Me To (single remix)
2:31
6
Amanda
2:58
4.0 ★
7
Rainy Day Woman
2:31
3.0 ★
8
Waymore’s Blues
2:40
4.0 ★
9
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
2:55
4.4 ★
10
Wild Side of Life / It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Waylon Jennings duet with Jessi Colter
3:21
11
The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don’t Want to Get Over You)
2:11
12
Theme From the Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol’ Boys)
2:09
3.5 ★
13
Storms Never Last
Waylon Jennings duet with Jessi Colter
3:05
14
Just to Satisfy You
Waylon Jennings duet with Willie Nelson
2:51
4.0 ★
15
Lucille (You Won’t Do Your Daddy’s Will)
3:26
16
Never Could Toe the Mark
3:00
17
America
3:40
18
The Broken Promise Land
3:14
19
Drinkin’ and Dreamin’
2:58
4.0 ★
20
Whatever Happened to the Blues
4:12

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Release credits

Al Cartee
producer [16]
Al Pachucki
recording [8]
Benny Quinn
re
Biff Watson
guitar [8]
Billy Ray Reynolds
guitar [6, 9]
Bobby Dyson
bass [1]
Bobby Emmons
keyboard [14]
Bobby Wood
piano [14]
Brent Cartee
engineer [19], producer [16]
Buddy Spicher
fiddle [8]
Carl Gay
guitar [6]
Carter Robertson
background vocals [12]
Charles Cochran
piano [9, 13]
Charlie McCoy
harmonica [1, 8]
Chet Atkins
producer [1-2]
Chips Moman
engineer [14], producer [11, 14]
Clifford Barny Robertson
piano [12]
Dan Mustoe
drums (drum set) [17, 19]
Danny Davis
producer [3]
Debendra Mahalanobis
design, illustration
Don Cartee
engineer [14, 19], producer [16]
Don Was
producer [20]
Donald C. Sheffield
trumpet [2]
Dottie Deleonibus
background vocals [1]
Duke Goff
bass [6-7, 9]
Fred Carter, Jr.
guitar [1]
Fred Newell
guitar [6-7]
Garth Fundis
vocal [6]
Gary Scruggs
guitar [17, 19], harmonica [19], producer [17-19]
Gene Chrisman
drums (drum set) [14]
George Tidwell
trumpet [2]
Gordon Payne
guitar [12]
Gordon Stoker
background vocals [1]
Hargus “Pig” Robbins
piano [1-2]
Hoyt Hawkins
background vocals [1]
J.I. Allison
drums (drum set) [16]
Jack Clement
producer [8-9]
Janice Soled
task
Jerry Bridges
bass [6, 12-13, 16-17, 19], guitar [16-17, 19], producer [17-19]
Jerry Carrigan
drums (drum set) [1-2]
Jerry Gropp
harmonica [16]
Jerry Reed
guitar [2]
Jessi Colter
lead vocals [13], performer [10], vocal [13]
Jimmy Colvard
guitar [8]
Jimmy Gray
guitar [2]
Jimmy Haber
keyboard [17, 19]
Joe Allen
guitar [8]
John Wilkin
guitar [6]
Johnny Christopher
guitar [14]
Johnny Gimble
guitar [8]
Junior Huskey
bass [1-2]
Ken Mansfield
producer [6]
Kyle Lehning
keyboard [6], recording [6-7, 9]
Larry Whitmore
guitar [6-7]
Mike Leech
bass [14]
Neal Matthews
background vocals [1]
Ralph Mooney
resonator guitar [12], steel guitar [6-7, 9, 13]
Randy Scruggs
guitar [12]
Ray Edenton
guitar [1-2]
Ray Pennington
producer [8]
Ray Stevens
organ [1]
Ray Walker
background vocals [1]
Reggie Young
guitar [14]
Richie Albright
drums (drum set) [6-9, 12-13], producer [10, 12-13]
Roger Crabtree
harmonica [6]
Ron Haffkine
producer [13]
Ronny Light
producer [4]
Steve Lindsey
task
Susan Eaddy
art direction
Tompall Glaser
producer [7]
Wade Jessen
liner notes
Waylon Jennings
guitar [1-2, 6-9, 12-14, 16-17, 19], lead vocals [1-2, 6-9, 12-14, 16-17, 19], mandolin [16], performer [10], producer [5-10, 13, 15-16]
Wayne Moss
guitar [1-2]
Willie Nelson
lead vocals [14]

Issues

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The Essential Waylon Jennings
CD
June 1996
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The Essential Waylon Jennings
CD
1996