Various Artists - I`ve Always Been Crazy: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings

Artist:

Various Artists

UPC:

886974986126

Description:

Includes liner notes by Chet Flippo.
Digitally remastered using HDCD technology.
This tribute to the late, great outlaw country pioneer Waylon Jennings arrives on the heels of LONESOME, ON`RY & MEAN, a Waylon tribute that featured artists of a less commercial bent like Guy Clark and Robert Earl Keen. Unsurprisingly (seeing as how this one packs more star power via Kenny Chesney, Travis Tritt, Deana Carter, et al), I`VE ALWAYS BEEN CRAZY made a bigger sales impact. No stranger to rootsy self-examination, John Mellencamp seems a natural fit for the jauntily introspective "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way." Travis Tritt hews closest to the traditional Waylon sound on "Lonesome, On`ry and Mean," but Dwight Yoakam adds a punchy lilt to "Stop the World and Let Me Off."
Though Waylon`s widow, Jessi Colter, amps up "Storms Never Last," Alison Krauss`s version of "You Asked Me To" drops things down to about the same place as the original recording of the former. While it`s nice to see that Kid Rock was able to restrain himself from turning his duet with Chesney on "Luckenbach, Texas" into a rap-metal monstrosity, it`s equally refreshing to listen to Metallica`s James Hetfield turn, "Don`t You Think This Outlaw Bit`s Done Got Out of Hand," into a raging cow-metal tune. Don`t forget, Waylon was always about changing things up, and his legacy is that of bringing rock`s rawness into country.

Album Information

Release Date:

12/01/2009

Type:

Collection

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Alt Country

Label:

Sony Music Entertainment

Catalog Number:

749861

Original Release Year:

2003

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

DDD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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