Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson - "Waylon & Willie" (1978) - RCA Victor
Howdy Partners,
We've got some golden era outlaw country on the turntable tonight and its fucking great!
This 1978 release captures these two singing cowpokes at the height of their strung out, rebellious powers!
Things get kicked off with the ultimate cowboy anthem, "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys", a # 1 song on the Country charts as well as a Grammy Winner that year!
This song alone is worth the price of admission but Side One continues on with a Kris Kristofferson tune, "The Year 2003 Minus 25"; two Nelson originals "Pick Up The Tempo" & "It's Not Supposed to Be That Way"; a Jennings original, "Lookin' For A Feelin'"; and Nelson's gorgeous take on Lee Clayton's mesmerizing, "If You Can Touch Her At All."
If you can believe it, Side Two gets even better!
Kicking off with the only tune penned by both Jennings & Nelson for this record, "I Can Get Off On You" with amazing lyrics like:
Take back the weed, Take back the cocaine baby
Take back the pills, Take back the whiskey too,
I don't need them now, You love was all I was after,
I can make it now, I can get off on you.
This is followed by another Kristofferson tune, "Don't Cuss the Fiddle" and then Waylon's sincere & fantastic interpretation of Stevie Nicks' "Gold Dust Woman."
The partners in crime sing back and forth vocals on the Shel Silverstein-penned, "A Couple More Years" and the results are nothing short of stunning! Absolutely perfect!
The side and the album ends with Waylon's classic ballad, "The Wurlitzer Prize" aka "I Don't Want To Get Over You". A great and fitting end to a great record!
As Rolling Stone associate editor writes on this record's liner notes, "I humbly submit that the world needs a lot more Willie and Waylon right now and a whole lot less of that other crap!"
This 1978 release captures these two singing cowpokes at the height of their strung out, rebellious powers!
Things get kicked off with the ultimate cowboy anthem, "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys", a # 1 song on the Country charts as well as a Grammy Winner that year!
This song alone is worth the price of admission but Side One continues on with a Kris Kristofferson tune, "The Year 2003 Minus 25"; two Nelson originals "Pick Up The Tempo" & "It's Not Supposed to Be That Way"; a Jennings original, "Lookin' For A Feelin'"; and Nelson's gorgeous take on Lee Clayton's mesmerizing, "If You Can Touch Her At All."
If you can believe it, Side Two gets even better!
Kicking off with the only tune penned by both Jennings & Nelson for this record, "I Can Get Off On You" with amazing lyrics like:
Take back the weed, Take back the cocaine baby
Take back the pills, Take back the whiskey too,
I don't need them now, You love was all I was after,
I can make it now, I can get off on you.
This is followed by another Kristofferson tune, "Don't Cuss the Fiddle" and then Waylon's sincere & fantastic interpretation of Stevie Nicks' "Gold Dust Woman."
The partners in crime sing back and forth vocals on the Shel Silverstein-penned, "A Couple More Years" and the results are nothing short of stunning! Absolutely perfect!
The side and the album ends with Waylon's classic ballad, "The Wurlitzer Prize" aka "I Don't Want To Get Over You". A great and fitting end to a great record!
True 'dat!
RATING: 4.5 silver spoons to dig your grave out of 5
RATING: 4.5 silver spoons to dig your grave out of 5
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