Track Listing

1. Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way - John Mellencamp
2. Lonesome, On'ry and Mean - Travis Tritt
3. Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love) - Kenny Chesney with Kid Rock
4. Stop The World [And Let Me Off] - Dwight Yoakam
5. Storms Never Last - Jessi Colter
6. Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line - Hank Williams, Jr.
7. Are You Ready For The Country - Pinmonkey
8. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys - Deana Carter and Sara Evans
9. Waymore's Blues - Ben Harper
10. You Asked Me To - Alison Krauss
11. This Time - Andy Griggs
12. I've Always Been Crazy - Stargunn (son, Shooter Jennings' band)
13. I Ain't Living Long Like This - Brooks & Dunn
14. Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out Of Hand - James Hetfield (Metallica)
15. The Dream - Waylon Jennings

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38922 in Music
• Released on: 2003-08-19
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Waylon would like it.
Waylon was the greatest singer ever. He did some of the coolest, most unique songs ever. So do other singers cover his songs well? Surprisingly, yes! I think Waylon would be very proud of the performances on this tribute. Travis Tritt's "Lonesome, onry and mean" is excellent. Dwight Yoakam makes "Stop the world and let me off" his own. Brooks and Dunn rock out on "Ain't living long like this". Hank Williams, jr., Pinmonkey,Andy Griggs, and John Mellencamp all turn in solid cuts. The ladies here did even better than expected. Deana Carter with Sara Evans on "Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys" is quite good. Alison Krauss does a soft tender "You asked me to". Waylon's widow, Jessi Colter does a great new faster, rocking version of the song she wrote about Waylon, "Storms never last". There's also some actual rock. Waylon and Jessi's son, Shooter, with his former band Stargunn, make us believe him when he screams, "I've always been crazy"! And James Hetfield of Metallica gives us a good hard "Don't you think this outlaw bit's done got out of hand". Of course, the main reason to buy this cd is the final cut...Waylon's final recording, "The Dream". It sums up his life beautifully. Nobody can do a Waylon song nearly as good as the original, but these are great songs, done well, by people who love the best and most original country singer ever.

Good stuff!
Overall, it's a great album. Some of the songs are done much the way they were by Waylon himself, and some have a very modern spin put on them. I appreciated the artist's interpretations and especially loved Kenny Chesney/Kid Rock's version of "Luckenbach, Texas" and the girls singling "mamas". A few of the songs don't even sound like the orig. and definitely don't sound country...so if that bugs you, you may not want to buy this album.

A heartfelt tribute
"I've Always Been Crazy: A Tribute To Waylon Jennings" is a heartfelt tribute that shows how Waylon influenced a wide variety of artists, from folky rock, to country, to rap, to metal.

Travis Tritt's version of "Lonesome, On'ry, and Mean" is fairly good, although it would have been EXCELLENT if he had played (or made more audible) some of that tasty Waylonesque chicken pickin' we all KNOW he can do (check out "Never Say Die: Live"). The Kenny Chesney and Kid Rock duet on "Luckenbach, Texas" shows that they both loved Waylon and is one of the most sincere tributes on this album. Most of the songs are great interpretations.

Second best song? For me, it's Starrgun's rendering of the title track. Waylon loved the way they did that song, and, man, they tear it up on this album. I love it.

Now, the best song is no surprise. Waylon's "The Dream" could be the best song he ever wrote. It's so very appropriate for this album: "All I can say, I've had it both ways, and the dream could never compare." In a way, it makes me sad to listen to it... but it's really a happy song. The message is, at least. Listening to the honesty and purity in his voice is what can make you sad... because there's so damn much of it.

Essential listening? Yes. Pick up "Waylon Live: The Expanded Edition" while you're at it, if you haven't already done so... it's the best new Waylon release in years.