Assembly your girlfriend’s dad could be a nerve-wracking expertise, particularly when he is a well-known artist like Waylon Jennings. Waylon had a mischievous facet, which he handed all the way down to his children, and in a classic interview on TNN, he recalled a time when one among his daughters performed a prank on a man she was speaking to. The man was an aspiring songwriter, and assembly Waylon would have been intimidating sufficient, however his daughter did not inform him who her dad was earlier than bringing him over.
As Waylon remembered, “I’ve a daughter. Certainly one of my daughters is terrible imply… I will inform you what she did. This man did not know who she was, she did not inform him her final identify. That they had gone out as soon as earlier than, in order that evening, she stated ‘Include me, I am going over to some pals’ homes.'” She then walked him as much as Waylon and launched him, saying, “That is my father, Waylon Jennings.” To make issues worse, Waylon was hanging out with Muhammad Ali and Johnny Money on the time, which should have been overwhelming for the poor man.
Waylon stated, “And on one facet of me was Muhammad Ali, and on the opposite facet was Johnny Money. Now you have seen that donkey’s eyes on ‘Hee Haw’? That outdated boy’s eyes simply kinda spun a bit of bit. I stated, ‘It is a onerous life, ain’t it hoss?'” It is superb to consider how that man should have felt, and it is a surprise he did not faint on the spot.
It is attention-grabbing to contemplate what occurred to that man after assembly Waylon. Did he find yourself making it within the music trade, or is he only a common man with a loopy story to inform? We might by no means know, nevertheless it’s enjoyable to think about.
In different information, Shooter Jennings has been engaged on a brand new album that includes unreleased music from his father, Waylon Jennings. The album, titled Songbird, is about to be launched on October third and options songs that Waylon recorded a long time in the past however by no means completed or launched. Shooter produced the mission and added some background vocals and instrumentation to shine it up, however he made positive to do all of it with out utilizing AI.
Throughout a podcast look on The Drifting Cowboy podcast, Shooter put rumors to relaxation, saying, “Oh, the AI factor? It is so superb that like proper when AI occurs, we get a brand new Waylon file. I imply, I might most likely be the man saying that, , trigger I am cynical… That is why we took so many painstaking steps to make sure that… after all, it isn’t AI.” He defined that he used a 1976 customized API at Sundown Sound and solely outboard gear to combine the album, and he did not use any digital processing.
Shooter stated, “I used ProTools to organize the tracks within the sense the place, once they had been open, they had been precisely as they had been put. They had been digitized, however they had been precisely as they had been on these tapes.” He went by way of every observe, comping the vocals and devices to create a cohesive sound, and he did all of it with integrity and respect for his father’s music. It is clear that Shooter is devoted to preserving his father’s legacy, and followers of Waylon Jennings are certainly excited to listen to the brand new album. As Shooter stated, he did not wish to “pollute the fabric” with AI or another fashionable know-how, and he is performed a fantastic job of staying true to his father’s imaginative and prescient.
