Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan


Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan is a 1967 album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor. It consists completely of songs by Harlan Howard.

Background

Jennings had a great affection for Howard's songs, and most of his 1960s albums contain at least one song by Howard. This LP features some of Howard's most popular compositions, such as the standard "Heartaches By the Number," "Busted,", and two songs co-written with Buck Owens, "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" and "Foolin' Around." It was not as successful as Jennings previous releases, peaking at #32 on the Billboard country albums chart.

Recording

In his autobiography, Jennings cited the LP as the first proper album he recorded after he was living in Nashville, recording it in two sessions spaced a week apart on May 24 and June 1, 1966 with his backing group the Waylors. The singer later recalled:
By his own estimation, Jennings covered over seventy of Howard's tunes, and later said, "Harlan was everybody's friend...I was writing more and more, and Harlan talked to me continually about the craft, giving me advice."

Track listing

All songs by Harlan Howard, except where noted.
  1. "She Called Me Baby" – 2:34
  2. "Sunset and Vine" – 2:08
  3. "Woman Let Me Sing You a Song" – 2:18
  4. "Everglades" – 2:10
  5. "She's Gone, Gone, Gone" – 2:01
  6. "Busted" – 2:19
  7. "Beautiful Annabel Lee" – 2:43
  8. "Heartaches by the Number" – 2:08
  9. "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" – 2:26
  10. "Heartaches for a Dime" – 2:15
  11. "Foolin' Around" – 2:19
  12. "In This Very Same Room" – 2:41