Don't Think Twice (Remastered) Waylon Jennings

• 1 Don't Think Twice (Remastered) 03:00
• 2 River Boy (Remastered) 02:45
• 3 Twelfth Of Never (Remastered) 02:24
• 4 The Race Is On (Remastered) 02:40
• 5 Stepping Stone (Remastered) 01:51
• 6 The Real House Of The Rising Sun (Remastered) 03:35
• 7 Just To Satisfy You (Remastered) 02:21
• 8 Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (Remastered) 02:26
• 9 Unchained Melody (Remastered) 03:12
• 10 I Don't Believe You (Remastered) 04:00
• 11 Four Strong Winds (Remastered) 02:54
• Total Runtime 31:08

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The country and western and folk music paths come together here as if they were two mountain trails meeting at a truly wonderful vista. This is years before Jennings introduced thudding double bass drums, heavy electric guitars, the thick scraggly beard, and the dark leather cowboy hat. Here he just looks like a well dressed dude who might break your nose in a bar. In the world of used record store buyers who ask for "no beards" on their Waylon, Merle, or Willie, this here is the jackpot. Jennings comes across as an undersung interpreter of Bob Dylan; this is a "Don't Think Twice" one can really take seriously, while the "I Don't Believe You," with its soulful dobro picking and swishing Jerry Lee Lewis-style piano, is one of the best covers ever of a songwriter whose work has been recorded extensively. There's more. Jennings pulls off a fine rendition of "House of the Rising Sun" and is arrogant enough to call his arrangement "The Real Rising Sun." A trio of terrific country tunes are there for the old fans, and things only falter with some banal cover versions on side two. Herb Alpert co-produced, and one wonders if he is blowing the trumpet on the version of Ian Tyson's "Four Strong Winds."

Waylon Jennings rose from hardscrabble poverty in West Texas to become Buddy Holly’s bassist. Then, he went from Nashville rebel to Outlaw star.

Jennings escaped what he considered the futureless world of Littlefield, Texas, by working in radio in Lubbock, and by picking up the guitar. His big break came when Buddy Holly tapped Jennings to play bass in his new band on a tour through the Midwest in late 1958 and early 1959.

In an oft-told moment, Jennings gave up his seat on an ill-fated flight that would claim the lives of Holly, J. P. Richardson (“the Big Bopper”), and Ritchie Valens. After the crash, Jennings’s musical world crashed around him. Holly had been his mentor, producing his first record (“Jole Blon,” Brunswick, 1958), and Jennings felt responsible, because his last words to Holly had been the joking refrain, “I hope your ole plane crashes” (in response to Holly’s “I hope your damned bus freezes up again”).

Waylon Jennings

Digitally remastered

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