Folk-Country
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Folk-Country is the major-label debut album by Waylon Jennings
, released in 1966 on RCA Victor
. It is his first collaboration with producer Chet Atkins
. "Stop the World (And Let Me Off)" was released as a single.
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...
, released in 1966 on RCA Victor
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
. It is his first collaboration with producer Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins
Chester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...
. "Stop the World (And Let Me Off)" was released as a single.
Track listing
- "Another Bridge to Burn" (Harlan HowardHarlan HowardHarlan Perry Howard was a prolific American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard wrote a large number of popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists...
) – 2:41 - "Stop the World (And Let Me Off)" (Carl Belew, W. S. Stevenson) – 2:03
- "Cindy of New Orleans" (Jennings) – 1:59
- "Look into My Teardrops" (Don Bowman, Howard) – 2:21
- "Down Came the World" (Bozo Darnell, Jennings) – 2:17
- "I Don't Mind" (Howard/Richard Johnson) – 2:55
- "Just for You" (Jennings, Bowman, Jerry Williams) – 2:11
- "Now Everybody Knows" (Bowman) – 2:39
- "That's the Chance I'll Have to Take" (Jennings) – 2:05
- "What Makes a Man Wander" (Howard) – 2:37
- "Man of Constant SorrowMan of Constant Sorrow"Man of Constant Sorrow" is a traditional American folk song first recorded by Dick Burnett, a partially blind fiddler from Kentucky. The song was originally recorded by Burnett as "Farewell Song" printed in a Richard Burnett songbook, c. 1913. An early version was recorded by Emry Arthur in 1928...
" (Traditional) – 2:44 - "What's Left of Me" (Howard) – 2:33