Waylon Forever (CD - 2008)

Waylon Jennings: Shooter Jennings (vocals, guitar, guitars, keyboards); Leroy Powell (guitar, guitars, harmonica); Ted Russell Kamp (banjo, bouzouki, bass instrument); Bryan Keeling (drums, cymbals, percussion).

Personnel: Waylon Jennings (vocals, guitar, guitars); Jessi Colter, Lee Ann Womack (vocals); Robby Turner (pedal steel guitar); Settles Connection (background vocals).

Audio Mixer: Mark Rains.

Photographer: Billy Mitchell .

Arrangers: Dave Cobb; David Campbell ; Shooter Jennings.

This posthumous release by outlaw country king Waylon Jennings began life in the 1990s as a collaboration between Waylon and his son Shooter (destined to become a star in his own right years later), and was finally finished by Shooter after his father's death. It consists mostly of slightly rocked-up reworkings of some of Waylon's classic tracks, but the arrangements are all pretty tasteful, none really coming near the more in-your-face sound of Shooter's subsequent solo work. The most unexpected moment is a cover of Cream's "White Room" that finds the country giant game to tackle the ubiquitous classic-rock staple with a touch of his own country soul. Ultimately, WAYLON FOREVER shows that even at the end of his long journey, Waylon still possessed a powerful voice and an attention-demanding style. minimize