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Leather and Lace (1981)

Where the lyrics of Leather and Lace take you, and where it was really made.

A duet album by a married couple, recorded across three studios in three different cities.

Key places

Recorded at RCA Studios, Nashville (1981)

Recording site Nashville — The recording credits list RCA Studios in Nashville. The marker sits at city-center level, not on the studio building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Pantheon, Paradise Valley (1981)

Recording site Pantheon Recording Studio — The recording credits list Pantheon Recording Studio in Paradise Valley, Arizona. The marker sits at city-center level, not on the studio building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at American Studios, Memphis (1981)

Recording site Ardent Studios — The recording credits list American Studios in Memphis. The marker sits at city-center level, not on the studio building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Leather and Lace is a duet album by Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter
• Released on RCA Records in 1981
• It is the 41st album by Waylon Jennings
• The track listing has ten songs
• Jennings and Colter are a married couple, and the album is built on duets between them

Background

• The album was made after the outlaw movement had run its course
• That left Colter and Jennings free to make a duet album they had put off for a long time
• AllMusic reads the record as one that did not need to prop up the outlaw image

Recording

• The album was recorded in February 1981
• Jennings and Richie Albright produced it
• Recording credits name RCA Studios in Nashville, Pantheon Recording Studio in Paradise Valley, and American Studios in Memphis
• Charlie McCoy played harmonica, and Ralph Mooney played steel guitar and dobro
• Norbert Putnam and Jerry Bridges are listed on bass
• Kenneth Buttrey and Richie Albright are listed on drums and percussion
• Sonny Curtis, Gordon Payne, Pete Wade, and Bucky Wilkin are listed on guitar

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Born June 15, 1937 in Littlefield, Texas; American country singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and author.
• Considered one of the pioneers of the outlaw movement in country music.
• Played in the Texas Longhorns as a teen; worked as a DJ at KLLL in Lubbock.
• Played bass for Buddy Holly on the Winter Dance Party tour; gave up his seat on the plane that crashed in 1959.
• Led the Waylors at JD's club in Phoenix, Arizona, developing a rock-influenced country style.
• Signed with RCA Victor in 1965; gained creative control in the early 1970s with Lonesome, On'ry and Mean and Honky Tonk Heroes.
• Had a number-one hit with "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" from Dreaming My Dreams.
• Recorded Wanted! The Outlaws with Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser, and Jessi Colter, the first platinum country album.
• Narrated and sang the theme for The Dukes of Hazzard, "Good Ol' Boys", which became his biggest hit.
• Joined Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash in the Highwaymen.
• Overcame cocaine addiction in 1984.
• Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001; died February 13, 2002 in Chandler, Arizona.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

Reappraisal

• AllMusic reviewed the album, and its review is quoted on the page
• The review ties the record to the end of the outlaw movement
• By the time Leather and Lace was made, the outlaw movement had run its course
• Colter and Jennings were therefore free from having to keep up that image
• The duet album was overdue, and the review describes it as the pair's long-delayed project
• The review calls the music enjoyable and runs about half an hour
• The review compares the album's comfort to an old shoe

Records

• Peaked at No. 11 on Billboard's country albums chart
• Released on RCA Records in 1981

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Ralph Mooney played steel guitar and dobro on the album.
• "You Never Can Tell (C'est la Vie)" is a Chuck Berry song credited on the track listing.
• Jennings and Colter both appear as performers in a line-up that also includes Charlie McCoy on harmonica.

Sources: it.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org

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