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Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Hear Waylon Jennings' Tender Cover of Fleetwood Mac's ‘Songbird'
Shooter Jennings unearthed his father Waylon Jennings' tender rendition of Fleetwood Mac's 'Songbird' Sunday to celebrate Father's Day. 'I've been waiting so long to share this with you,' Shooter wrote on Instagram Sunday. 'It hasn't been an easy road to get here, but it's been one that has given me a new purpose in life. I dug through my dad's old tapes and found a plethora of music by Waylon and the band at the peak of their abilities… I was able to make three albums out of it and Songbird is the first one.' More from Rolling Stone Djo Is Anything but Basic on 'The Crux' New Fleetwood Mac Book, 'All the Songs,' Looks to Go Beyond the Hits Channel Stevie Nicks' Free-Spirited Seventies Style With Ugg's Latest Sandals Drop The 'Songbird' cover — which features some Shooter-added contributions from contemporary country singers Ashley Monroe and Elizabeth Cook — was accompanied by a new video featuring archival footage from Waylon's 44th birthday party in Nashville. On social media, Shooter Jennings detailed the records-making process, and how he enlisted surviving members from Waylon's backing band the Waylors (Jerry Bridges, Gordon Payne, and Careter and Barny Robertson) 'for the stuff that wasn't totally finished… to put the finishing touches on it.' Songbird, the first of the three posthumous Waylon albums, arrives October 3; the LP, 'a collection of recordings captured between 1973 and 1984 in various studios, produced by Waylon and Richie Albright and featuring his all-star band including Albright, Ralph Mooney, Tony Joe White, Jessi Colter and more,' is available to preorder now 'Songbird is the beginnings of Waylon's return to the modern world,' Shooter added. 'This is the first of three gifts from me to you: the fans that kept my father's voice, songs, and legacy alive all these years. The next few years are going to be full of some of the most exciting musical moments that the world never knew they were going to hear. I hope that these records bring the kind of joy to you that they have brought to me.' Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked Solve the daily Crossword
Fast Company
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Fast Company
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be founders!
I was born and raised in Israel, but my love affair with America began in my early teens when I would wear faded jeans and plaid flannel shirts and play country music on my silver Sony Walkman. One track I always loved listening to was Waylon Jennings' and Willie Nelson's twangy rendition of 'Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys'—a song that captures the loneliness of being a cowboy as well as the challenges that lifestyle poses for their loved ones. Little did I know the longing the song stirred in my adolescent heart would resonate with me decades later: Its depiction of the brutal, lonely life of a cowboy mirrored my own experience as a founder. When listening to the song, I sometimes replace the word 'cowboy' with 'founder' and smile to myself. Try it—it's fun! The entrepreneurial life Just as we mythologize the cowboy on horseback riding into the sunset, people tend to glamorize the entrepreneurial life. The truth is the entrepreneurial journey is not about popping champagne and riding around in limos and having everyone enthusiastically back your big ideas. In reality, it is a high-stress, low-sleep, and often unenjoyable life. Whenever anybody asks me if they should take the leap and start a company, my first response is an emphatic, 'No!' or as Jennings and Nelson liked to sing, 'Let them be lawyers and doctors and such.' There are a hundred reasons to stay far, far away from entrepreneurship, particularly if you want a stable, reliable, fulfilling career—but I would start with loneliness. Like the song says, founders 'are never at home and always alone, even with someone they love.' This is hard on entrepreneurs but equally so on the people who love and live with them. Launching a business is a full-time pre-occupation. It is never just business—it is personal, and all-consuming. You bring your bad work days and the accompanying stress home because your venture is part of you, not something you slip off like an overcoat when you walk in the door. Bottom line: You will be miserable and you will make the people closest to you miserable as well! Subscribe to the Daily newsletter. Fast Company's trending stories delivered to you every day Privacy Policy | Fast Company Newsletters Ninety percent of startups fail. Of the 10% that don't disappear, precious few are wildly successful. These are not attractive odds for a sane person—and the price you and your loved ones will pay is huge. It's an extreme sport So why do I do it? Like the song says: 'He's not wrong—he's just different!' I cannot help it: I am, apparently, a cowboy! I'm also the son of two entrepreneurs, so maybe it's in my blood. I need the adrenaline rush, the chase and sense of risk, the creativity and the total 200% immersion into something I love. Being an entrepreneur is an extreme sport—the most painful, scary, exhilarating ride imaginable. I feed on the nonstop challenge, the thrill of investing and innovating, the relentless stretching to the near-breaking point. I thrive when collaborating with the incredible people on my team, my investors, and clients to create something meaningful, transformational, and near impossible. Being a founder is my road to self-actualization, and that is in itself the incomparable reward at the end of the rainbow. So, if like me, you cannot help yourself and are going to take the plunge into entrepreneurship despite your better judgment, a few words of advice… Prepare for the loneliness, and if you can, build a support system . Seek out other founders who have been in the same place of terror-excitement-isolation-immersion so at least there will be someone in the world who sees you and understands. Surround yourself with people who will keep you honest. . Seek out other founders who have been in the same place of terror-excitement-isolation-immersion so at least there will be someone in the world who sees you and understands. Surround yourself with people who will keep you honest. Be kind and show love and gratitude to your loved ones . Your choices and lifestyle, as well as your physical and emotional absence will be hard enough for your family and friends to deal with. Remember the people you love are probably experiencing a lot of the stress that you're experiencing, without meaningfully participating in the thrill part. . Your choices and lifestyle, as well as your physical and emotional absence will be hard enough for your family and friends to deal with. Remember the people you love are probably experiencing a lot of the stress that you're experiencing, without meaningfully participating in the thrill part. Be communicative. Before you become serious with anyone, be very clear that you are not a person with a job: Your job is who you are, and that will likely never change. Ensure that your kids, partner, and friends know it's not them! It's just that you can't turn off that part of your brain when you're having dinner, playing tennis, or getting into bed at night. Though you may be 'easy to love' you're also 'harder to hold'—an elusiveness that doesn't work for everyone. I will say that seeing my father, and then my mother launch and successfully run their businesses opened my eyes to the possibility that I, too, could carve my own path—and I like to think I modeled that for my kids as well. It's not all bad having a founder in the family after all. Sending love to my fellow entrepreneurs, and empathy to their loved ones. Gil Mandelzis is the founder and CEO of Capitolis.
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Shooter Jennings Reveals Three Albums of Unreleased Waylon Jennings Songs Are On the Way
Twenty-three years after the passing of country music great Waylon Jennings in February 2002, fans will get to hear the first of three albums' worth of previously unreleased music from the late Country Music Hall of Famer. Jennings' son, three-time Grammy-winning artist/producer Shooter Jennings, will release the first in a trio of albums of previously unheard Waylon songs, Songbird, on Oct. 3 via Son of Jessi/Thirty Tigers. The album's title track is a version of Fleetwood Mac's 1977 track 'Songbird,' written by the band's Christine McVie. More from Billboard Jet Set Nightclub Owner Arrested and Charged With Involuntary Homicide Over Deadly Nightclub Roof Collapse Ringo Starr Fires Shots at 'Little Man' Roger Daltrey After Son Zak Starkey's Firings From The Who Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Singer Ronnie Winter Posts Message For Trump Supporters: 'You Are Not Allowed to Come To My Shows' The project began in the summer of 2024, when Shooter Jennings was sifting through numerous high-resolution multi-track transfers in his dad's studio recordings. Shooter noted that he discovered 'an audio record of an incredibly profound artist and his legendary band through their peak period of creative expansion.' The albums will feature music recorded by Waylon Jennings and The Waylors from 1973-1984. 'What became very apparent to me was that my dad was recording constantly with his band The Waylors between tours,' Shooter added. 'Just having won the David-and-Goliath battle against RCA for creative control and artistic freedom, Waylon was awarded the ability to record his music on his terms in his own studios, with his touring band, and without label oversight and without any outside influence. There was just so much inside, my mind was blown! These weren't demos, these were songs that were cut with the intention of releasing, and as time went on, not all of them found places on the albums that Waylon and the Waylors were releasing at the time.' Shooter realized he had compiled enough music to fill three albums. While the majority of the recordings he found were already finalized, he did add a few additional touches to the recordings by bringing in several surviving members of Waylon's band The Waylors: bassist Jerry Bridges, guitarist Gordon Payne, keys player Barny Robertson and background vocalist Carter Robertson. Meanwhile, contemporary country artists including Elizabeth Cook and Ashley Monroe came on board to add vocals to 'Songbird.' Shooter mixed the original and newly recorded music on Sunset Sound Studio 3's 1976 DeMedio API mixing board. 'Songbird is the beginning of Waylon's return to the modern world,' Jennings said in a statement. 'This is the first of three gifts from me to you: the fans that have kept my father's voice, songs and legacy alive all these years. The next few years are going to be full of some of the most exciting musical moments that the world never knew they were going to hear. I hope that these records bring the kind of joy to you that they have brought me. 'This project has given me an entirely new chapter in my relationship with my father and working on this music has brought a whole new understanding about how, when and why my dad made music. The hard work is there on the tapes and the passion and the soul within is as alive today as it was the day it was recorded.' Listen to 'Songbird' below. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
ABC News
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Samantha Crain talks about riding out the storm, plus previously unheard Wayon Jennings
In the Tower tonight, Henry chats to Choctaw Nation singer Samantha Crain, about riding out the storms life throws at you as well as the making of her incredible new album 'Gumshoe'. Also, we listen to newly unearthed 'lost songs' from Waylon Jennings and Bruce Springsteen, and a fresh offering from brand new supergroup Bleak Squad, featuring Adalita, Mick Harvey and more. Plus, we look through the amazing twang-filled line-ups appearing at Dashville Skyline and Out on the Weekend festivals.
