There was never an artist like Waylon Jennings. It’s such a joy to hear his honest voice, his integrity and his quintessential badassness on this new record. What a great thing for posterity that these recordings exist and were finished by Robby Turner with such care and honor.  – Rosanne Cash

The pure beauty of Waylon’s voice – unlike any other I ever heard – has the powerful honesty and heart of the man himself. Like his outlaw companions Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash, they broke the mold when they made him. I do believe ‘I Do Believe’ is the only one of these I’ve heard before, and I could listen to it forever.  – Kris Kristofferson

The songs on the album were recorded shortly before Jennings death in 2002.  Jennings wrote 11 of the 12 songs on the album and 11 of them have never been released before.  The album was originally recorded with Robby Turner and a decade later, Turner painstakingly finished the tracks to the specifications of Jennings.  Turner worked with musicians such as Reggie Young, Richie Albright, and Tony Joe White.

Goin’ Down Rockin’: The Last Recordings of Waylon Jennings will be available on September 11 through Saguaro Road Records.

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Ten years after Waylon’s passing, Robby is releasing the album as a tribute to his friend. He returned to the tracks to complete them with Waylon’s vision for what will be Waylon’s final album. He brought in musicians that had known Waylon to help honor his vision: Reggie Young, Richie Albright, and tour mate Tony Joe White.

“Waylon knows he’s surrounded by friends and all that hear this will feel as if they know Waylon in all his authenticity,” explains his widow, country singer Jessi Colter.

See the full track listing, and album cover, below:

Goin’ Down Rockin’: The Last Recordings of Waylon Jennings Tracklisting:

1.     Goin’ Down Rockin’
2.     Belle of The Ball
3.     If My Harley Was Runnin’
4.     I Do Believe
5.     Friends In California
6.      The Ways of the World
7.     Shakin’ The Blues
8.     Never Say Die
9.     Wasting Time
10.  Sad Songs & Waltzes
11.   She Was no Good for Me
12.   Wrong Road To Nashville

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You can bet your boots that Waylon didn’t do it this way.  But Justin Bieber did and it’s worked out pretty well for him.

It’s a new age and today’s artists have the benefit of an Internet audience.  In Sheer’s case, that audience is gigantic.  A few years ago she began posting videos on her YouTube page of her performing covers of artists like Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum and The Band Perry.  “Big deal,” you might say.  ”Lots of aspiring singers post videos!”  True.  But very few of them rack up the views that Sheer has.  So far her videos have more than 42 million hits.  That includes more than 3 million views of her original song “You Will Never Be,” which she co-wrote.  In addition, she has nearly 200,000 likes on her Facebook page.

Whether all of these hits and “likes” will translate into record sales and concert tickets sold, is still to be seen.  Right now Sheer is writing more songs in Nashville and has begun work on her debut album.

Nope, Waylon Jennings didn’t do it this way.  But who’s to say Julia Sheer (and others of the Internet Age) can’t?  Stay tuned!

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