Album

Lonesome, On'ry & Mean / Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

1999 · Folk, World, & Country

Lonesome, On'ry & Mean / Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings

Lonesome, On'ry & Mean / Honky Tonk Heroes is a Folk album by Waylon Jennings, originally released in 1999. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.

About

If <i>Lonesome, On'ry & Mean</i> cast Waylon Jennings as the father of "outlaw country," he used his newfound freedom to craft a profoundly personal, powerful statement that injected rock rhythms and attitude into old-school C&W. An anthem of the outlaw movement if there ever was one, the galloping title track is the weary artist lashing out at the producer-controlled confines of Music Row. Welcome to Waylon's world, a place of pealed-back honky-tonk blues ("Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues), where the underlying ache of "Me And Bobby McGee" becomes palpable when wrapped in that larger-than-life baritone, a tender letter to an ex is enough to make you want to curl up and cry ("Sandy Sends Her Best"), and a country-rock cover of Johnny Cash's "Gone To Denver" and sadder-bastard take on Willie Nelson's "Pretend I Never Happened" sound more vital than the originals. With one album, Waylon might have robbed Nashville of its formula, but he returned to it some soul.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Lonesome, On'ry and Mean3:41
  2. 2Freedom to Stay3:12
  3. 3Lay It Down3:17
  4. 4Gone to Denver2:30
  5. 5Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues3:22
  6. 6You Can Have Her2:40
  7. 7Pretend I Never Happened3:01
  8. 8San Francisco Mabel Joy3:49
  9. 9Sandy Sends Her Best2:34
  10. 10Me and Bobby McGee4:39
  11. 11Laid Back Country Picker3:13
  12. 12The Last One to Leave Seattle3:25
  13. 13Big, Big Love2:26

Sound DNA

  • Folk

Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Two on one CD of his outlaw period classics; Both albums originally released in 1973.
Tracks 1 to 10 from the album Lonesome, On'ry & Mean.
Tracks 11 to 20 from the album Honky Tonk Heroes.
Track 21 is previously unreleased.
Track 22 from You Ask Me To.

Credits

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Production & Engineering

Songwriting

2 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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