Honky Tonk Heroes is an album

Album

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 by Waylon Jennings

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 1973 on RCA Victor. With the exception of the tenth and final track, all of the songs on the album were originally written or co-written by Billy Joe Shaver

Billy Joe Shaver

Billy Joe Shaver is a Texas country music singer and songwriter. Shaver's 1973 album Old Five and Dimers Like Me is a classic in the outlaw country genre.-Biography:...

, who helped shape Jennings' movement in the direction of outlaw country

Outlaw country

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. The record was largely produced by Jennings himself, with some of the production handled by Tompall Glaser

Tompall Glaser

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, and reached #14 on the country charts; "You Asked Me To" and "We Had It All" became successful singles, peaking at #8 and #28, respectively. The liner notes

Liner notes

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, describing initial mistrust and tension between Jennings and Shaver as well as the emotion that went into each song on the record, were written by Roger "Captain Midnight" Schutt, a radio personality who was also pictured on the album's cover.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Billy Joe Shaver

Billy Joe Shaver

Billy Joe Shaver is a Texas country music singer and songwriter. Shaver's 1973 album Old Five and Dimers Like Me is a classic in the outlaw country genre.-Biography:...

; except where indicated

1. "Honky Tonk Heroes" – 3:36
2. "Old Five and Dimers Like Me" – 3:06
3. "Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me" – 3:03
4. "Low Down Freedom" – 2:21
5. "Omaha" (Shaver, Hillman Hall) – 2:38
6. "You Asked Me To" (Billy Joe Shaver, Waylon Jennings) – 2:31
7. "Ride Me Down Easy" – 2:38
8. "Ain't No God in Mexico" – 2:00
9. "Black Rose" – 2:29
10. "We Had It All
    We Had It All (song)
    "We Had It All" is a song written by Troy Seals and Donnie Fritts and originally recorded by Waylon Jennings on his 1973 album, Honky Tonk Heroes. It has since been covered by many artists, including Dolly Parton, Conway Twitty, Willie Nelson, the Rolling Stones and Tina Turner.-Chart...
    
    " (Troy Seals
    Troy Seals
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    , Donnie Fritts
    Donnie Fritts
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    ) – 2:44

Bonus tracks

1. "Slow Rollin' Low" – 2:44
2. "You Asked Me To" (Billy Joe Shaver, Waylon Jennings) – 2:38