Artist: Shooter Jennings
Album: Don't Wait Up (For George)
Bitrate: 230kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Black Country Rock
Genre: Country
Size: 29.73 megs
PlayTime: 0h 17min 00sec total
Rip Date: 2014-08-12
Store Date: 2014-08-22
Track List:
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01. Don't Wait Up (I'm Playin' 4:21
Possum)
02. Living In A Minor Key 2:34
03. She Thinks I Still Care 2:28
04. If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me 3:46
05. The Door 3:51
Release Notes:
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One of the cool things about having Waylon Jennings for a father is your dad's
work friends are likely to be a lot more interesting than if he worked, say, at
a vacuum cleaner repair shop. Shooter Jennings knew George Jones as a
good-hearted guy who used to stop by and visit his father sometimes, and when
Jones died in 2012, Shooter lost both a family friend as well as a musical hero.
Don't Wait Up (For George) is a five-song EP Jennings released in tribute to the
Old Possum, featuring two originals and three covers of George Jones classics.
Ultimately, it's the new tunes from Jennings that are most effective here;
"Living in a Minor Key" was written by Jennings with Faren Miller for Jones to
sing, and this simple but evocative tale of good and bad times sounds like
something that would fit Jones like a glove. "Don't Wait Up (We're Playin'
Possum)" pays homage to Jones while allowing Jennings to indulge in his badass
persona as he ponders both cheating songs and real-world infidelity, and the mix
suits him well. As for the covers, Jennings and Katy Cole deliver a strong
version of "If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me" with a potent last-call-at-the-honky-tonk
feel, and the dark electronic sheen on "She Thinks I Still Care" works better
than expected, but the tricked-up noise that accompanies "The Door" is
pretentious and ultimately doesn't serve the song well. And while Jennings
clearly means well, the covers face one insurmountable obstacle -- no one will
ever sing those songs as well as George Jones. That said, Shooter Jennings
clearly sings from the heart on "Don't Wait Up," and this is a tribute to the
artist and the man that rings honest and true.