EXCITEMENT BUILDS FOR THE RELEASE OF
GOIN’ DOWN ROCKIN’: The Last Recordings of Waylon Jennings
COUNTRY SUPERSTARS ROSANNE CASH AND
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON RAVE ABOUT THE COLLECTION
DUE SEPTEMBER 2012 ON SAGUARO ROAD RECORDS
Nashville, TN (May 31, 2012) — One of Nashville’s most anticipated albums continues to build a heady buzz as early tracks from Goin’ Down Rockin’: The Last Recordings of Waylon Jennings are
previewed to longtime friends and fans of the outlaw country legend.
The songs have been met with bittersweet excitement and warmly embraced
by those who knew him best. Recorded shortly before his death in 2002, Goin’ Down Rockin’ will be available on September 11 (Saguaro Road Records).
Rosanne Cash marveled, “There was never an artist like Waylon Jennings.
It’s such a joy to hear his honest voice, his integrity and his
quintessential badassness on this new record. What a great thing for
posterity that these recordings exist and were finished by Robby Turner
with such care and honor.”
Kris Kristofferson, who toured alongside Jennings in the Highwaymen,
added, “The pure beauty of Waylon’s voice – unlike any other I ever
heard – has the powerful honesty and heart of the man himself. Like his
outlaw companions Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash, they broke the mold
when they made him. I do believe ‘I Do Believe’ is the only one of these
I’ve heard before, and I could listen to it forever.”
Jennings wrote 11 of the 12 songs on Goin’ Down Rockin’, 11 of
which have never been released before. He recorded them with his
accompanist Robby Turner, but died before they could be completed. A
decade later, Turner painstakingly finished the tracks to Jennings’
specifications, working with musicians such as Reggie Young, Richie
Albright and tour mate Tony Joe White.
One of the all time greatest country music vocalists, Jennings was also
the founder of the Outlaw movement, received two Grammy Awards, and
multiple Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music awards.
11 of his albums hit #1 on the country charts, with 16 #1 singles. In
all, 54 of Jennings’ albums have charted and more than 100 singles
cracked the country and pop charts. He was inducted into the Country
Music Hall of Fame in 2001.