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Never Say Die: Live (2000)

Where the lyrics of Never Say Die: Live take you, and where it was really made.

The album was recorded in January 2000, but the complete concert it came from was not released until 2007.

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Recorded at the Ryman in January 2000 (2000)

Live show Ryman Auditorium — Jennings recorded this live album at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on 5 and 6 January 2000. The concert was also recorded on video by Sony. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Never Say Die: Live: third live album by Waylon Jennings
• Released 10 October 2000 on Sony Records through the Lucky Dog imprint
• Recorded at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, 5-6 January 2000
• Jennings' last record of original material released during his lifetime
• The 2000 release did not contain the complete concert
• Complete concert: all 22 tracks, released 24 July 2007 by Legacy Recordings

Background

• Jennings' previous live album was Waylon Live (1976)
• At the time, Jennings was battling emphysema and severe diabetes
• These illnesses forced him to give up the long tours that made up most of his career
• Album credited to "Waylon & The Waymores Blues Band"
• The backing band mixed many members of his original road band, The Waylors, with additional musicians
• Guests: Jessi Colter (his wife), Montgomery Gentry, John Anderson, Travis Tritt
• Montgomery Gentry, Anderson and Tritt were all on Sony at the time
• Songs: original Jennings hits, tracks from his more recent albums, and compositions he had never covered

Recording

• Recorded at the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, in January 2000
• Sony recorded the concert on video
• The full concert ran an hour and forty minutes
• Personnel: Waylon Jennings on electric guitar and lead vocals
• Ritchie Albright on drums; Jerry Bridges on bass guitar
• Jessi Colter on piano and vocals; Barny Robertson on keyboards and vocals
• Jim Horn on flute, alto saxophone and tenor saxophone; Charles Rose on trombone
• Robby Turner on acoustic guitar, steel guitar, mandolin and vocals
• Rance Wasson and Reggie Young on electric guitar; Jenny Lynn on electric violin and cello
• Carter Robertson on vocals

Sources: en.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

At release

• Released 10 October 2000 on Sony Records through the Lucky Dog imprint
• Like 1998's Closing in on the Fire, Never Say Die: Live reached #71 on the country charts.
• The release came from a concert that Jennings played during his declining health
• Guest appearances by Jessi Colter, John Anderson, Travis Tritt and Montgomery Gentry

Reappraisal

• Legacy Recordings released the complete concert on 24 July 2007
• The 2007 set had 22 tracks on two CDs, and the concert on DVD
• The 2007 DVD title was Never Say Die: The Final Concert
• Jennings called the Waymore Blues Band "the band I always wanted" in that reissue material

Records

• Country albums chart: number 71
• The complete 2007 reissue added 22 tracks on two CDs and on DVD

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The 2000 release contained 14 tracks, while the complete concert contained 22.
• Sony recorded the whole concert on video, which is why the full show later reached the public.
• The 2007 reissue added the complete show on two CDs and on DVD.
• The 2007 set included a cover of The Weight by Robbie Robertson.
• Jennings' wife Jessi Colter sang and played piano on the record, and she was one of four guests.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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