Sometimes – frequently – this can take a darker turn, but it always comes out no-bullshit-with-a-sardonic sense-of-humor Waylon. You could say it has a concept to it”) – but take it as a completely unself-conscious statement of Waylon’s naturally existential point of view. The song is a tribute to Jimmie Rodgers in a way (“It don’t make any sense,” Waylon says to Jessi. Here he performs solo, singing one of his recent compositions to his wife, Jessi Colter, on his one-time brother-in-law Jack Clement’s never-actually-screened (except in the documentary referenced above) television show. Another being his typically offbeat, and decidedly non-linear, approach to country music. Which is one of Waylon’s many outstanding, if occasionally wayward, qualities. This might seem a little slight (the performance, not the song, despite what Waylon says) but it is certainly charming. WAYLON JENNINGS: The Pleasures of Life in a Hillbilly Band This is the third of four installments, covering the third section of the book: “Honky Tonk Masquerade.” Once we’ve posted all four, we’ll put them together in one giant Lost Highway video playlist! Here’s an erratic, eccentric collection of video clips to accompany the book, available at the time of posting anyway, and subject to addition, subtraction, suggestion, and revision – but whichever the case, it should in the end simply lead you to discover – lead me to discover, too – more music.
It was a lot of fun to put together anyway!
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