This Time (Remaster) (CD)

Texan country singer Waylon Jennings was always a bit of a rocker. Early on, he played bass with Buddy Holly, and his first solo records included Beatles covers, highly unusual for a country artist at the time. Jennings was one of the key figures of the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, rejecting the lush countrypolitan sound in favor of a raw, electrified approach that owed more to the Rolling Stones than to Billy Sherrill. With a small band and simple arrangements, Jennings introduced contemporary rock-oriented grooves into his hard-hitting country sound, adding some funky grit to common-man poetics on tunes about the tougher side of life. He inspired a subsequent generation of country iconoclasts, and spurred on contemporaries like Willie Nelson and Tompall Glaser.

• Category:  Music  »  Country  »  Outlaw Country
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: October 12, 1999
• Label: Buddha Records
• UPC: 744659966927
• WAPI (Tower ID): 105820440
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #25412 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #84383 in Country (See Top 100 Country Bestsellers)
• #76 in Outlaw Country (See Top 100 Outlaw Country Bestsellers)

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Personnel includes: Waylon Jennings (vocals, guitar); Fred Newell, Larry Whitmore, Reggie Young, Willie Nelson, Sonny Curtis (guitar); Ralph Mooney (steel guitar, dobro); Don Brooks (harmonica); Kyle Lehning (trumpet, piano, organ); Jessi Colter, Dee Moeller (piano, organ); Duke Goff (bass); Richie Albright, Jerry Alison (drums).

Producers: Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Duane Eddy.

Reissue producer: Mike Ragogna.

Includes liner notes by John L. Smith and Rich Kienzle.

Digitally remastered by Elliott Federman (SAJE Sound, New York, New York).

THIS TIME is part of Buddha Records' Original Masters series.

Buddha Records is to be commended for resurrecting many of Waylon's finest, long out-of-print '70s albums, with extra tracks to boot. THIS TIME is marked by Jenning's classic mid-'70s "outlaw country" sound; bare-bones production and raw, rock-inflected musicianship. The title song is a forceful statement of intent, while "Louisiana Women" features a slinky, uncharacteristically understated vocal performance.

THIS TIME is the immediate successor to Jennings' genre-defining finest hour, HONKY TONK HEROES, an album full of Billy Joe Shaver songs, and Shaver's work pops up here as well. His bluesy, churning "Slow Rollin' Low" is a classic Shaver underdog anti-anthem. The bonus tracks are of historical interest, as they feature Waylon backed by Buddy Holly's Crickets, of which Jennings was a member before his solo career. They tackle Holly tunes in a country style, with unsurprisingly magical results. Thus, the reissue of THIS TIME offers an even more revealing portrait of Jennings' artistry at its peak than the original release does.

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