Waylon Jennings – tiny curations

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The store is located 30 minutes West of Lubbock, in the small town of Littlefield, smack dab in the middle of town sits Waymore’s Liquor Store and Waylon Jennings Museum at 901 Hall Ave. at the corner of Waylon Jennings Blvd:
901 Hall Ave
Littlefield, TX 79339
Open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m.

I have described one of my visits to Waymore’s Liquor store as well as Billy the Kid’s grave located in Ft. Sumner on an early episode of tiny curations celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Jon Bon Jovi’s Young Guns II – “Blaze of Glory” Soundtrack, for the people at home, go check that out if you would like to hear more.

Your mother taught Waylon to play guitar when he was 8 years old and he played around and won awards around Littlefield. And you have a guitar that was marked by young Waylon in your collection as well as framed gold album for country music’s very first platinum album, “Wanted! The Outlaws.” You have much more in your museum, could you give us a walk through of some of the items in your collection there in your Waylon museum?

You even have that Johnny Cash Santa Fe wool coat.

What might folks expect when they come to visit Waymore’s?

Let us now play “You Asked Me To” a song written by Billy Joe Shaver for Waylon Jennings 1973 album “Honky Tonk Heroes”. The album composed mostly of Billy Joe Shaver songs and with an interesting background on how those songs happened to land in Waylon’s lap, but here is the song now:

And that last song was “Can’t You See”, a song originally performed by The Marshall Tucker Band, but this was his version off of Waylon’s 1976 album “Are You Ready for the Country.”

How was it growing up in the country, there in Littlefield with your brothers and you and the Jennings family?

And now here is one of my favorites “I Can Get Off On You (Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson)”. But first, any Waylon and Willie stories that you can share?

That was “Drinkin’ and Dreamin'” the first single off of the 1985 “Turn the Page” album.

Mr. Jennnings, you are full of stories, I can tell. Do you have a story about your brother Waylon that you would like to share, maybe one that folks don’t know or a great memory to share about him on this day?

Now, your nephew Shooter Jennings is holding the country flame alive and has a great catalog of music in his own right, love his music and seen him many many times. And now a one of the most sought after producers around, a Grammy winning Producer. But there are other Jennings that we should all be aware of, isn’t that right?

Finally, here is a slowed down and reworked version of Waylon Jennings 1978 song “Don’t You Think This Outlaw Bit’s Done Got Out of Hand”, inspired by Waylon’s famous cocaine arrest the year prior. This version of the song was produced by son Shooter Jennings and backed by Shooter and his band The .357’s. This is off of the album “Waylon Forever” released several years after Waylon’s passing. These are the final recordings and unreleased and unheard material by your brother. I love this version, and the reworked song has a reworked title, here is “Outlaw Shit”:

Thanks for being here with us today James. I appreciate your time and joining us on this 20th anniversary of your older brothers passing.
And I will stop by and see you again on a future President’s Day as my family and I make our annual road trip to and from Angel Fire and Taos area, New Mexico then back to our home in Austin. But no journey in that part of the state would be complete without our pilgrimage to Waymore’s Liquor Store and visiting with you and your family. So I will see you then, my friend!

When were talking about other Waylon songs, here is a small list that we couldn’t get to here today, but folks might want to go home and give a spin, and keeping with the spirit of tiny curations, these are deep dives and deep album cuts:

• Wrong.
• Rose in Paradise
• Blackjack County Chains
• Mr. Shuck And Jive
• Pick Up The Tempo

02 – Oklahoma Wind (with Waylon Jennings) – (Tramp On Your Street) from Honkey Tony Heroes, like the Highwaymen, with Waylon, Willie, Kris, but as Johnny Cash had already passed, the composer or Waylon’s Billy Joe Shaver.

• Live Forever
• Silver Stallion
• American Remains
• Living Legend
• Against The Wind
• I Never Cared For You – Waylon Jennings
• If I Can Find A Clean Shirt
• Ed Bruce w Willie & Waylon- The Last Cowboy Song

And James, before we go, what is your favorite song by your brother Waylon? And can you sing us a verse?

“Rough and Rowdy Days”

Thank you James.

Thanks for listening.