{"id":219533,"date":"2025-09-24T15:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/?p=219533"},"modified":"2025-09-24T15:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:26:18","slug":"unheard-waylon-shooter-jennings-brings-a-trove-of-his-dads-unreleased-tracks-to-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/unheard-waylon-shooter-jennings-brings-a-trove-of-his-dads-unreleased-tracks-to-light","title":{"rendered":"Unheard Waylon: Shooter Jennings Brings a Trove of His Dad\u2019s Unreleased Tracks to Light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the past several years, Shooter Jennings has been an in-demand producer, working with the likes of Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker, and Charley Crockett. But with some rare free time in the summer of 2024, he began tackling a project that had been gnawing at him: sorting through hundreds of finished songs recorded by his late father, Waylon Jennings, that had sat untouched since getting transferred to digital drives in 2008. As Jennings camped out at L.A.\u2019s Sunset Studios 3, it felt, he says, \u201clike going through a box that has this whole chapter of your father\u2019s life in it that you never knew.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Songbird<\/em>\u2014out in October\u2014is the first result of that work, and a shoo-in for best country album of the year lists. The ten songs, recorded from 1973 to 1983, draw from a range of songwriters Waylon admired, and they counter his often-cantankerous public image with moments of remarkable tenderness, exploring themes of love, longing, and connection. \u201cWhen somebody\u2019s been gone for so long, the memory of them kind of distorts,\u201d Jennings says. \u201cThere was so much more to him than the outlaw thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- Promo shortcode start --><div id=\"nlf-1c\" class=\"gg-promo topic-distilled\"><div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/promos\/bourbon-tall.jpg\" class=\"tall\" alt=\"glass of bourbon with ice\"><\/div><div class=\"right\"><form id=\"nlf-1\" method=\"post\" class=\"form\" action=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/newsletters\/\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"gg_form_submit\" value=\"nlf-1\"><div class=\"hed\">Get Our Bourbon Newsletter!<\/div><div class=\"dek\">Distilled is our newsletter about the South\u2019s favorite spirit.<\/div><div class=\"action two-items\"><div class=\"input-left\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" class=\"email-input\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"you@example.com\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"group_id\" value=\"151240180\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode_form\" value=\"nlf-1\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"subscription_99416\" value=\"on\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"prev_page_id\" value=\"219533\"><\/div><div class=\"gform_footer\"><div style=\"display:none;\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-st\" id=\"nl-nov-st1\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-b\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-r\" id=\"nl-nov-r1\" value=\"2025-11-14\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-et\" id=\"nl-nov-et1\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/div><button data-sitekey=\"6Lc-hRkaAAAAAI84hbB81Jl48pGievR_C_UgHdnY\" data-callback=\"on_submit_nlf_1\" data-action=\"submit\" class=\"g-recaptcha button button-primary after-email\">Sign Up<\/button><\/div><\/div><div class=\"captcha-terms\"><p>This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p><\/div><\/form><script>document.getElementById('nl-nov-st1').value=Date.now();document.getElementById('nl-nov-r1').value='';function on_submit_nlf_1(token) {document.getElementById('nl-nov-et1').value = Date.now();document.getElementById('nlf-1').submit();}<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Promo shortcode end -->\n\n\n\n<p>The title track is a gorgeous take on the 1977 Fleetwood Mac classic, written by Christine McVie. \u201cBrand New Tennessee Waltz,\u201d by songwriter Jesse Winchester (whose songs have been recorded by Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, and Jimmy Buffett, among others), further showcases Waylon\u2019s emotional depth, and it\u2019s Shooter\u2019s favorite song on the record \u201cbecause of how vulnerable he is\u2026and how good his voice sounds.\u201d The delicate \u201cWrong Road Again,\u201d made famous by Crystal Gayle in 1974, captures Waylon at his most remorseful, while a version of JJ Cale\u2019s \u201cI\u2019d Like to Love You Baby\u201d is a sly, come-hither invitation with a twangy bounce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat I drew from this was he was kind of the songbird,\u201d Jennings explains. \u201cHe would go and cut everybody\u2019s songs. If he liked it, he\u2019d do it.\u201d Jennings notes that Nelson also recorded a version of \u201cSongbird\u201d for his 2006 album of the same name, but he took delight in the fact that \u201cWaylon had him beat by thirty years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waylon famously had a contentious relationship with his label, RCA, but after beginning hard-nosed negotiations in 1972, he finally started to gain the creative control he wanted. He soon recorded <em>Honky Tonk Heroes<\/em>, a collection of songs written by a then-unknown Billy Joe Shaver, which essentially kicked off the Outlaw Country era in Nashville. For Waylon and his band, the Waylors, the period marked a remarkably fertile recording output fueled by cigarettes, cocaine, and the desire to capture lightning in a bottle.<\/p><div id=\"div-gpt-ad-4258376\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad mobile inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-7650023\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad tablet inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-2579167\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad desktop inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Jennings confirms he\u2019s planning to release at least two more albums from the trove. But there are also live recordings, side projects with Jessi Colter (Waylon\u2019s widow and Shooter\u2019s mother), and an unreleased album from the Waylors. Jennings estimates it will probably take him the next five years to sort through it all. For him, it\u2019s about giving something back to fans who have kept Waylon\u2019s memory alive. \u201cThey need to hear this because it will give them a whole other journey with him,\u201d he says. \u201cI think in this time we\u2019re in and the way everything is focused on AI, this is a reminder of how it was done. This is the real deal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-plus-new-music-from-madi-diaz\"><strong>Plus: New Music from Madi Diaz<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"1100\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GG0525_Music_02-1100x1100.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-219535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GG0525_Music_02-1100x1100.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GG0525_Music_02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GG0525_Music_02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GG0525_Music_02-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GG0525_Music_02-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhose move is it to move on?\u201d cries Madi Diaz at the close of \u201cHope Less,\u201d the opening track on her devastating new album. Following the arc of a relationship\u2019s disintegration and the subsequent fallout, <em>Fatal Optimist<\/em> is raw and sparse, mostly just Diaz and her acoustic guitar. \u201cFeel Something\u201d simmers with rage, the twinkling piano of \u201cFlirting\u201d signals a possible sense of calm, while the final, title track brings in her band for a declaration of healing. In less assured hands, <em>Fatal Optimist<\/em> could be suffocating, but Diaz\u2019s finely tuned lines and turns of phrase ring true. It\u2019s a stunning collection from one of music\u2019s most impactful and deliberate songwriters.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Photo-illustration: Shooter: Charlie Steffens\/ZUMA Press Wire\/Alamy; Waylon: Art Meripol; produced by Amy L. 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