Goin' Down Rockin': The Last Recordings
Goin' Down Rockin': The Last Recordings is a posthumous album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released on September 25, 2012. The release includes eight unreleased songs written and recorded by Jennings along with his bassist Robby Turner during the last years of his life as well as eight songs never released before in any version. Jennings recorded the songs only playing his guitar and singing while accompanied by Turner on the bass. Further instrumentation was planned, but it was stopped due to Jennings' death in 2002. Turner completed the recordings ten years  later with the help of members of Jennings' band "The Waylors". Recording. During his last years of life, Jennings recorded several tracks along with his steel guitarist/bassist Robby Turner. The recordings consisted on twelve songs that Jennings considered that expressed his feelings and reflections at the time. Featuring vocals and guitar playing by Jennings, with the accompaniment of Turner on the bass, further instrumentation was planned to be added, but the project was stopped when Jennings died in 2002. Ten years later, Turner gathered along with Reggie Young, Richie Albright, Tony Joe White, and other members of Jennings' band , "The Waymore Blues Band", to complete the tracks. Eight of the twelve unreleased songs were written by Jennings, with the addition of Tony Joe White's original "Goin' Down Rockin" and Willie Nelson's "Sad Songs and Waltzes". A version of "She's No Good for Me" was originally recorded for "Waymore's Blues (Part II)" (as "No Good for Me") and a version of "Wasting Time" was recorded on "Right for the Time" (written as "Wastin' Time"). "I Do Believe" was performed solo by Waylon for The Highwaymen's 1995 album "The Road Goes On Forever", while "Never Say  Die" and "Goin' Down Rockin'" were both featured on the live album "" shortly before Jennings's death. Release. The existence of the recordings was known only by Jennings and Robby Turner. The family was not comfortable with marketing Jennings' image after his death, feeling that they would "capitalize" on it. Ten years later, Turner decided to release the album. The album was released on September 25, 2012 by Saguaro Road Records. The family asked Kris Kristofferson to write something about Waylon Jennings. What Kristofferson wrote can be seen on the cover.