Nashville Rebel (box set)


Nashville Rebel is a box set by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Nashville through Legacy Recordings in 2006. According to AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, it is "the first comprehensive, multi-label Waylon Jennings retrospective ever assembled," comprising ninety-two songs recorded between 1958 and 1994, with [selections from the majority of the singer's recording career. The first track of the box set is the Buddy Holly-produced "Jole Blon," released in 1958, while the last is "I Do Believe," a song produced by Don Was that was included on The Highwaymen's 1995 release, The Road Goes On Forever. The other material on the box set covers Jennings' career chronologically, with songs ranging from his years on RCA's roster to later compositions from his short-lived stay at Epic Records; it ignores, however, the tracks from Jennings albums released on independent labels. The majority of the singer's charting singles are included in the package, as are collaborations such as "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" with Willie Nelson and "Highwayman" with The Highwaymen. A notable addition is the previously unreleased "The Greatest Cowboy of Them All," a 1978 duet with Johnny Cash which was later recorded by Cash alone for A Believer Sings the Truth and The Mystery of Life ; two others, "It's Sure Been Fun" and "People in Dallas Got Hair," had never been released in the United States. Nashville Rebel was released on four CDs, with a 140-page booklet and liner notes by Rich Kienzle and Lenny Kaye.

Track listing

Disc 1 – ''1958–1969''

  1. "Jole Blon" – 1:56
  2. "My Baby Walks All Over Me" – 2:09
  3. "That's the Chance I'll Have to Take" – 2:06
  4. "Stop the World " – 2:03
  5. "Anita, You're Dreaming" – 2:26
  6. "Time to Bum Again" – 2:02
  7. " For Lovin' Me" – 2:27
  8. "Green River" – 2:28
  9. "Nashville Rebel" – 1:51
  10. "Mental Revenge" – 2:23
  11. "Love of the Common People" – 2:55
  12. "The Chokin' Kind" – 2:28
  13. "Walk on out of My Mind" – 2:20
  14. "I Got You" – 2:38
  15. *With Anita Carter
  16. "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" – 2:21
  17. "Yours Love" – 2:18
  18. "Just to Satisfy You" – 2:18
  19. "Something's Wrong in California" – 2:30
  20. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" – 2:04
  21. "Cedartown, Georgia" – 2:50
  22. "I Ain't the One" – 2:14
  23. *With Jessi Colter
  24. "Singer of Sad Songs" – 2:58
  25. "It's Sure Been Fun" – 2:38
  26. "Six White Horses" – 2:38
  27. "People in Dallas Got Hair" – 2:18

Disc 2 – ''1970–1974''

  1. "The Taker" – 2:22
  2. "Mississippi Woman" – 2:50
  3. "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" – 3:03
  4. " Tulsa" – 3:07
  5. "Sweet Dream Woman" – 3:00
  6. "Ladies Love Outlaws" – 2:33
  7. "Under Your Spell Again" – 2:56
  8. *With Jessi Colter
  9. "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean" – 3:40
  10. "Pretend I Never Happened" – 3:02
  11. "You Can Have Her" – 2:41
  12. "Honky Tonk Heroes" – 3:37
  13. "Black Rose" – 2:29
  14. "We Had It All" – 2:46
  15. "You Ask Me To" – 2:32
  16. "This Time" – 2:27
  17. "It's Not Supposed to Be That Way" – 3:28
  18. "Slow Rollin' Low" – 2:45
  19. "I'm a Ramblin' Man" – 2:48
  20. "Rainy Day Woman" – 2:31
  21. "Amanda" – 2:59
  22. "Bob Wills Is Still the King" – 3:01
  23. "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" – 2:56
  24. "Waymore's Blues" – 2:42
  25. "The Door Is Always Open" – 2:39
  26. "Dreaming My Dreams with You" – 2:25

Disc 3 – ''1974–1980''

  1. "'T' for Texas" – 4:00
  2. "Freedom to Stay" – 4:02
  3. "Good Hearted Woman" – 2:56
  4. *With Willie Nelson
  5. "Suspicious Minds" – 3:59
  6. *With Jessi Colter
  7. "Can't You See" – 3:45
  8. "Are You Ready for the Country" – 3:11
  9. "MacArthur Park (Revisited)" – 6:35
  10. "Jack-A-Diamonds" – 3:25
  11. "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" – 3:20
  12. *With Willie Nelson
  13. "Brand New Goodbye Song" – 2:54
  14. "The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)" – 2:09
  15. "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" – 2:33
  16. *With Willie Nelson
  17. "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" – 3:17
  18. *With Johnny Cash
  19. "I've Always Been Crazy" – 4:14
  20. "Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand" – 2:59
  21. "The Greatest Cowboy of Them All" – 3:42
  22. *With Johnny Cash
  23. "Come with Me" – 3:02
  24. "I Ain't Living Long Like This" – 4:47
  25. "Clyde" – 2:41
  26. "Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)" – 2:07

Disc 4 – ''1980–1995''

  1. "Storms Never Last" – 3:06
  2. *With Jessi Colter
  3. "Shine" – 2:51
  4. "Just to Satisfy You" – 2:49
  5. *With Willie Nelson
  6. "Women Do Know How to Carry On" – 3:19
  7. "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" – 3:23
  8. *With Willie Nelson
  9. "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)" – 3:26
  10. "Breakin' Down" – 3:22
  11. "Take It to the Limit" – 3:49
  12. *With Willie Nelson
  13. "The Conversation" – 3:52
  14. *With Hank Williams Jr.
  15. "I May Be Used (But Baby I Ain't Used Up)" – 3:01
  16. "Never Could Toe the Mark" – 2:58
  17. "America" – 3:45
  18. "Waltz Me to Heaven" – 3:07
  19. "Highwayman" – 3:03
  20. *With The Highwaymen
  21. "Drinkin' and Dreamin'" – 3:01
  22. "Working Without a Net" – 2:43
  23. "Will the Wolf Survive" – 3:30
  24. "What You'll Do When I'm Gone" – 2:58
  25. "Rose in Paradise" – 3:42
  26. "Rough and Rowdy Days" – 2:34
  27. "Wrong" – 3:00
  28. "I Do Believe" – 3:25
  29. *With the Highwaymen