It’s moments like this that bring us all together. We’re talking about the news of new Waylon Jennings music that’s coming.
All of this information is being made available to us thanks to the son of the late great Waylon, Shooter Jennings. He actually gave the world this news on Father’s Day when he posted the “notes” all over social media. The news of new Waylon music was basically a beautiful unexpected Father’s Day “bonus gift”.
The world said goodbye to Waylon back in 2002, only a couple of months after he was elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Following his death, a number of albums were released posthumously, with the last being Going Down Rocking: The Last Recordings in 2012.
So, this news of new music from the Hoss himself is definitely welcomed from Waylon fans. Shooter Jennings has apparently uncovered some more classic Waylon tapes, as he explained in his social media post…
“When I was young, in the house that I grew up in, there was a room that was always locked. The ‘storage room’ is what my parents call it.
I have vivid memories of dozens of grey boxes in cubby holes with notes jotted in marker on the outside. I knew what was in those boxes was my dad’s work.”
The message went on to describe the timeline for getting all of these left-behind recordings put together. In 2002, following the country icon’s passing, all of the tapes were gathered in one place. Six years later in 2008, the physical recordings were transferred to digital. Most recently, in 2014, the digital recording were upgraded to more modern digital storage.
My heart couldn’t be more full knowing we have new music coming from Godfather of Outlaw Country coming y’all. Amen.
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