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16 Biggest Hits – Willie NelsonMarch 22nd, 2005  or  iTunes Price: $9.99 Genre: Country Released: Mar 22, 2005 Customer Ratings (15 Ratings)
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View More By Willie Nelson Our ReviewWaylon Jennings' baritone voice was capable of both booming force and deep tenderness, and his music boasted tight, propulsive rhythms and spectacular group interplay. And though best-known as a master interpreter with uncanny taste in material, he also penned a few diamonds of his own. 16 Biggest Hits is a worthwhile introduction to Hoss’s music and style, focusing primarily on his halcyon mid-‘70s Outlaw days. Songs like “I’m a Ramblin’ Man,” “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way,” and “Ain’t Livin’ Long Like This” are quintessential Outlaw Waylon tracks — insistent, defiant, and full of forward momentum. Yet, on tracks like the beautiful, heartfelt “Amanda,” Jennings proves himself to be a sincere, touching balladeer. On the Jennings original “This Time,” he forges a winning blend of both styles, and his co-written duet with Willie Nelson, “Good Hearted Woman,” exudes joy. This compilation merely scratches the surface, forgoing not only the best of his ‘60s work, but also a raft of incredible cuts from the 1970s, a time when Jennings was pumping out classic LP after classic LP. But if you’re looking to discover the Jennings sound for the first time, this will suit you fine.. BiographyBorn: June 15, 1937 in Littlefield, TXGenre: Country Years Active: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s If any one performer personified the outlaw country movement of the '70s, it was Waylon Jennings. Though he had been a professional musician since the late '50s, it wasn't until the '70s that Waylon, with his imposing baritone and stripped-down, updated honky tonk, became a superstar. Jennings rejected the conventions of Nashville, refusing to record with the industry's legions of studio musicians and insisting that his music never resemble the string-laden, pop-inflected sounds that were coming...
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