Shooter Jennings sets release for fourth CD
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 – Shooter Jennings will release his third studio disc, "The Wolf," and fourth overall on Oct. 23 on Universal South.
Jennings wrote 9 of the 13 tracks for this project. Several tracks on the disc, which was produced by Dave Cobb, include the autobiographical country blues tinged title cut, as well as "Slow Train" featuring guest vocals by The Oak Ridge Boys and "Old Friend."
Jennings' last release was a live album recorded at the Irving Plaza in New York City. He also released "Put the O in Country" and "Electric Rodeo."
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The Wolf
For a musician, living up to a famous father's legacy can be tough - just ask Hank Junior or even J.C. Cash. It's album number four for Shooter Jennings, and it seems that Waylon's boy done got it right...just forge your own path and let the comparisons be damned.
In the past, Jennings has dealt with the looming presence of Waylon's shadow either by rocking hard or by defiantly picking up the country outlaw torch. Here, Jennings seems to have hit the sweet spot, an artistic middle ground. »»» |
Live at Irving Plaza
Shooter Jennings can't be accused of not being prolific in releasing his second disc this year, but it's quality that matters not quantity. And on that score, Jennings succeeds on his live disc recorded in the Big Apple.
But is it essential? Not exactly, but that doesn't mean it isn't worthwhile to get a sense of the musical abilities of the son of Waylon. Introduced by Little Steven Van Zant, Shooter Jennings is grouped in with what Van Zant refers to as Outlaw Country. That was really the »»» |
Electric Rodeo
Like the most compelling tracks on his debut, "Put the O Back in Country," Shooter Jennings is at his best on the new "Electric Rodeo" when he's unrepentantly following in his famous daddy's outlaw footsteps. Shooter's hell-raising antics at first might seem a cliched photocopy of Waylon's, until it becomes abundantly apparent he's well into earning his own wounds and wrinkles.
On rowdy tales of cocaine abuse ("Little White Lines") and all-night drinking ("Hair of the Dog"), this is a man »»» |
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Three decades later, that resulted in Foster playing songs on this... »»»
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Making quite clear that she was not a happy camper, Case still channeled her musical energies... »»»
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