Music Man (album)

Music Man is an album by Waylon Jennings, released in 1980 on RCA Victor. It was Jennings' final album in a streak of releases which mostly reached #1 on the country charts. Notably, it features the well-known theme song from the popular television show The Dukes of Hazzard; undoubtedly, the success of the number-one album was due in part to the popularity of said theme, which reaching #1 on the country charts, also peaking at just outside the top 20 on the pop charts. Aside from that, "Clyde" and "Storms Never Last" charted as singles, peaking at #7 and #17 respectively. Few of the songs on the album were written by Jennings himself; instead, the singer opted for covers of artists like Jimmy Buffett and Kenny Rogers, among others.

Track listing

1. "Clyde" (J. J. Cale) – 2:39
2. "It's Alright" (Jennings) – 3:00
3. "Theme from 'The Dukes of Hazzard' (Good Ol' Boys)" (Jennings) – 2:06
4. "Nashville Wimmin'" (Harlan Howard) – 3:32
5. "Do It Again" (Becker/Fagen) – 3:45
6. "Sweet Music Man" (Kenny Rogers) – 3:34
7. "Storms Never Last" (Jessi Colter) – 2:49
8. "He Went to Paris" (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:19
9. "What About You?" (Jack Anglin/Johnnie Wright) – 3:33
10. "Waltz Across Texas" (Ernest Tubb) – 3:56

Chart performance