Waylon & Willie

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Waylon & Willie
Studio album by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Released	January 1978
Genre	Country Outlaw country
Length	32:50
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (Not Rated) link
Waylon Jennings chronology
Ol' Waylon (1977) Waylon & Willie (1978) White Mansions (1978)

Waylon & Willie, as the name implies, is a duet album by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, released on RCA Victor in 1978. Released at a time when the outlaw movement was beginning to wane creatively, the album still served to promote the singers well, becoming one of the highest-selling releases in their catalogues and reaching the top of the country charts. The record contains three songs sung individually by each of the two artists, as well as five duets. Some of the tracks used on the album had previously been released in some form; these were mostly redone using overdubbing. Unquestionably, the album's biggest hit was "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys", hitting #1 on the country charts, entering the pop charts and earning the duo a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. Three other songs – "Lookin' for a Feeling", "I Can Get Off on You" and "The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)" – also reached the top of the charts, while "If You Can Touch Her at All" peaked at #5. "Gold Dust Woman" is a song originally off Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album Rumours written by Stevie Nicks. The song speaks of the lure and danger of a cocaine lifestyle (gold dust being a euphemism for cocaine). "Gold Dust Woman" would become a major hit for Fleetwood Mac. The original liner notes, complimenting Jennings and Nelson on their ability to surprise and deliver solid material, were written by Chet Flippo. Waylon & Willie was reissued by RCA Records in 2001. The 2001 CD marks the first time the full album was issued on CD in the United States; previous US CD issues contained only eight of the album's eleven songs.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys" (Ed Bruce/Patsy Bruce) – 2:34
2. "The Year 2003 Minus 25" (Kris Kristofferson) – 3:04
3. "Pick Up the Tempo" (Nelson) – 2:32
4. "If You Can Touch Her at All" (Lee Clayton) – 3:04
5. "Lookin' for a Feeling" (Jennings) – 2:38
6. "It's Not Supposed to Be That Way" (Nelson) – 3:20
7. "I Can Get Off on You" (Jennings/Nelson) – 2:24
8. "Don't Cuss the Fiddle" (Kris Kristofferson) – 3:04
9. "Gold Dust Woman" (Stevie Nicks) – 4:00
10. "A Couple More Years" (Dennis Locorriere/Shel Silverstein) – 4:02
11. "The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)" (Bobby Emmons/Chips Moman) – 2:08