Waylon Jennings’ cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Songbird” has surfaced. Jennings’ son Shooter unearthed his father’s rendition of “Songbird” to celebrate Father’s Day.
“I’ve been waiting so long to share this with you,” Shooter wrote on Instagram. “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.”
Jennings’ “Songbird” cover will appear on the first of three posthumous albums, aptly titled Songbird, which can be pre-ordered now. Songbird will be released on October 3.
Keep scrolling for a preview of the Jennings’ rendition of “Songbird.”
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Video Description
In June of 2024, Shooter Jennings unearthed and cataloged his father’s personal recording collection of tapes. Inside he found enough finished songs to release three albums. One of the first songs he found was “Songbird”. Though that song didn’t need any additional musicians, Shooter enlisted Ashley Monroe and Elizabeth Cook to sing backgrounds on the song. For the rest of the album, and the subsequent to-be-released albums, when there were songs that needed a little musical love, Shooter brought in four of the living members of Waylon’s Band, the Waylors (Jerry Bridges, Carter Robertson, Barny Robertson and Gordon Payne), to do a little work on the songs. This video is a compilation of footage from Waylon’s 44th Birthday Party in Nashville in 1981, the first footage of the Waylors entrance to Snake Mountain (Sunset Sound Studio 3), the Waylors hearing the unearthed material for the first time, the Waylors helping finish material across the three forthcoming albums, as well as footage of Ashley Monroe and Elizabeth cook performing their background vocals on “Songbird”.
Product Details
Waylon Jennings returns to the modern music landscape with the first of three completely new, previously unheard albums compiled and mixed by Shooter Jennings at Sunset Sound Studio 3. ‘Songbird’ is 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!
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