The Journey: Six Strings Away (1999)

About this title: Bear Family's second Waylon Jennings box set covers the late '60s and early '70s, tracing Waylon's journey to outlaw country. Often, it's possible to hear him floundering as he tries to find the perfect balance between rock and country, sometimes flailing about admirably, other times feeling a little out of place. Still, this remains essential for any serious Jennings or country music fan. Even when Waylon wasn't quite sure of what he was doing, he made extraordinary music, from the wah-wah-inflected cover of "Lonely Weekends" to the undeniable brilliance of his Honky Tonk Heroes material. ... read more

Tracks:

1. Folsom Prison Blues [Cash]
2. Today I Started Loving You Again [Haggard]
3. If You Were Mine to Lose [Jaco]
4. Six Strings Away [Jennings]
5. Cedartown, Georgia [Vickery/Smith/Cobbl]
6. I Lost Me [Carter]
7. Brown Eyed Handsome Man [Berry]
8. Alone [Moeller]
9. Something's Wrong in California [Lay/Carson]
10. The Days of Sand and Shovels [Marsh/Reneau]
11. Just to Satisfy You [Jennings/Bowman]
12. For the Kids [Silverstein]
13. Farewell Party [Williams]
14. Sing the Blues to Daddy [Corbin]
15. Change My Mind [Putman]
16. Lonely Weekends [Richardson]
17. A World of Our Own [Springfield]
18. Come Stay With Me [DeShannon]
19. MacArthur Park [Webb]
20. Long Way Back Home [Lightfoot]
21. These New Changing Times [Jennings/Gay]
22. Cindy, Oh Cindy [Barron/Long]
23. Mary Ann Regrets [Howard]
24. But You Know I Love You [Settle]
25. Drivin' Nails in the Wall [Gay]
26. Let Me Tell You My Mind [Rogers/Gay]
27. Games People Play [South]
28. Don't Play the Game [Pollock]
29. The House Song [Bannard/Stookey]
30. Delia's Gone [Jennings/Jennings]
31. It's All Over Now [Colter/Eddy]
32. The Thirty Third of August [Newbury]
33. I'm Gonna Leave (While I Still Love You) [Sharp]
34. Grey Eyes You Know [Howard/Myers]
35. I May Never Pass This Way Again [Buzzeo]
36. (I'd Be) A Legend in My Time [Gibson]
37. Lila [Eddy]
38. Willie and Laura Mae Jones [White]
39. I Ain't the One [Colter]
40. Singer of Sad Songs [Zanetis]
41. Let Me Stay Awhile [Newbury]
42. Sunday Morning Coming Down [Kristofferson]
43. (I'd Be) A Legend in My Time [Gibson]
44. It's Sure Been Fun [Howard]
45. Where Love Has Died [Owen]
46. Yellow Haired Woman [Jennings/Lane]
47. This Time Tommorow (I'll Be Gone) [Maphis/Maphis]
48. Life Goes On [Jennings/Dillon]
49. People in Dallas Got Hair [Davidson/Walker]
50. Six White Horses [Bond]
51. Pickin' White Gold [Carter]
52. Donna on My Mind [Barton]
53. Honky Tonk Women [Jagger/Richards]
54. Time Between Bottles of Wine [Morris]
55. Ragged But Right [Jones]
56. If I Were a Carpenter [Hardin]
57. Must You Throw Dirt in My Face [Anderson]
58. She Comes Running [Hazlewood]
59. No Regrets [Rush]
60. Rock, Salt, and Nails [Philips]
61. Sick and Tired [Kenner/Bartholomew]
62. It Ain't Easy [Howard]
63. Woman You Need a Man [Howard]
64. Marriage on the Rocks [McAlpin]
65. To Beat the Devil [Kristofferson]
66. Mississippi Woman [Lane]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.