WAYLON JENNINGS rare 1964 A&M 45 Just To Satisfy You (Hear It)

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WAYLON JENNINGS
A&M RECORDS : May 1964


Waylon Jennings was born and raised in Littlefield, Texas, where he learned how to play guitar by the time he was eight. When he was 12 years old, he was a DJ for a local radio station and, shortly afterward, he formed his first band. Two years later he left school and spent the next few years picking cotton, eventually moving to Lubbock, Texas in 1954. Once he was in Lubbock, he got a job at the radio station KLLL, where he befriended Buddy Holly during one of the station's shows.

Holly became Jennings' mentor, teaching him guitar licks and collaborating on songs.

Jennings' first single was "Jole Blon" and "When Sin Stops." It was cut in Norm Petty's studio in Clovis in the after hours when Buddy finished early cutting his next single. Buddy took over the session as producer, and played guitar too while the pair of songs were cut. Legendary sax player King Curtis had been brought in for Buddy's songs, and he pitched in on these too. It was September 10th, 1958 when the tape decks rolled and caught Waylon Jenning's first proper recording.

Later that year, Waylon was became the temporary bass player for Buddy's band the Crickets, playing with the rock & roller on his final tour. Jennings was also scheduled to fly on the plane ride that ended in Holly's tragic death in early 1959, but he gave up his seat at the last minute to the Big Bopper, who was suffering from a cold. Being signed to Brunswick Records, Buddy got the right strings pulled to have Waylon's single released, but wouldn't live to see it happen. The single came out in May of '59, three months after Buddy died.

Following Buddy's death, Jennings returned to Lubbock, where he spent two years mourning the loss of his friend and working as a DJ. In late 1960, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he founded a rockabilly band called the Waylors. Jennings and the Waylors began to earn a local following through their performances at the local club JD's, eventually signing to the independent label Trend in 1961. None of the group's singles made any impact and Jennings began working for Audio Recorders as a record producer.

Next Waylon signed with A&M record who encouraged him to move into a more pop direction. He cut three singles in 1963-'64 and this is the second of them. The songs here are "Four Strong Winds" and it's paired with "Just To Satisfy You."  Nothing happened with the single except for some local airplay in Phoenix, but Bobby Bare heard his arrangement, and recorded it for RCA. Then he recommended that Chet Atkins check into this new guy and soon Waylon signed to RCA (in 1965), a move that would soon lead to national fame.

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