Wanted! The Outlaws

by Waylon Jennings

Overview

The term "outlaw" had been bandied about after Waylon Jennings' 1972 hit "Ladies Love Outlaws," but it didn't permanently gel until the release of the album Wanted! The Outlaws in 1976. The songs in this packaged product weren't new -- the album contained previously released material by Jennings, Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser, and Jennings' wife Jessi Colter (who had hit the charts a year earlier with "I'm Not Lisa"). But it marked the industry's recognition of the changing times, and as the center point of a campaign to publicize Nashville's new "progressive" breed, it worked like a charm. It quickly became the first country album to sell more than a million copies, and it boosted the careers of all involved. [In 1996, RCA reissued Wanted! The Outlaws on CD for the first time, adding one new Waylon & Willie recording (a lively reading of Steve Earle's "Nowhere Road") and nine "lost" tracks. But "lost" isn't really correct: like the original 11 selections, such songs as Waylon's "Slow Movin' Outlaws" and Willie's "Healing Hands of Time" have been previously released. They do, however, sweeten the package, making this 20th anniversary edition a decent (though by no means definitive) sampler of outlaw country.] ~ Kurt Wolff

Product Details

Release Date:	04/30/1996
Label:	Rca
UPC:	0078636684123
Rank:	18655

Tracks

1. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
2. Honky Tonk Heroes (Like Me)
3. I'm Looking for Blue Eyes
4. You Mean to Say
5. Suspicious Minds
6. A Good Hearted Woman
7. Heaven or Hell
8. Me and Paul
9. Yesterday's Wine
10. T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)
11. Put Another Log on the Fire (Male Chauvinist National Anthem)
12. Slow Movin' Outlaws
13. I'm a Ramblin' Man
14. If She's Where You Like Livin' (You Won't Feel at Home With Me)
15. It's Not Easy
16. Why You Been Gone So Long
17. Under Your Spell Again
18. I Ain't the One
19. You Left a Long, Long Time Ago
20. Healing Hands of Time
21. Nowhere Road

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Waylon Jennings   Primary Artist,Vocals
Willie Nelson   Primary Artist,Vocals
Tompall Glaser   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jessi Colter   Primary Artist,Vocals
Tompall Glaser & Band   Primary Artist
Jesse Coulter   Primary Artist
Steve Earle   Guest Artist,Guitar,Mando-Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Mickey Raphael   Harmonica
Garry Tallent   Bass
Greg Morrow   Drums
Robby Turner   Pedal Steel
Richard Bennett   Guitar
Ray Kennedy   Harmonica,Tambourine

Technical Credits

Shel Silverstein   Producer,Composer
Steve Earle   Composer,Producer
Steve Lindsey   Producer
Billy Joe Shaver   Composer
Bill Vandevort   Engineer
Chet Atkins   Producer
Felton Jarvis   Producer
Dusty Rhodes   Composer
Waylon Jennings   Composer,Producer,Performer
Dee Moeller   Composer
Ronnie Light   Producer
Mark James   Composer
Jessi Colter   Composer,Performer
Ray Kennedy   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Jimmie Rodgers   Composer
Ray Pennington   Composer,Producer
Mickey Newbury   Composer
Willie Nelson   Composer,Producer,Performer
Al Pachucki   Engineer
Ronny Light   Producer
Sharon Rice   Composer
Sharon Vaughn   Composer
Tompall Glaser   Producer
Danny Davis   Producer
Reno Kling   Composer
Buck Owens   Composer
Frankie Miller   Composer
Chet Flippo   Liner Notes
Janice Soled   Research
Benny Quinn   Digital Remastering
Bill Grine   Photography
Herb Burnette   Art Direction
Melinda Wickman   Photography
Bill Noss   Art Direction
Susan Eaddy   Art Direction
Leslie Ladd   Engineer
Hank Williams   Mastering