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Personnel includes: Waylon Jennings, Shel Silverstein, Billy Joe Shaver, Bobby Bare, Jessi Colter. Includes liner notes by Lenny Kaye. Personnel: Waylon Jennings (vocals, guitar); Mary Holladay, Dolores Edgin, June Page, Temple Riser, Bob Tebow, Carl Gay, Laverna Moore, D. Bergen White, Sandi Robinson, Neal Matthews, Jr., Gary S. Paxton, Gene Merlino, Vangie Carmichael, Ginger Holladay, James Cason, William C. Brown, Hugh Gordon Stoker, Ray C. Walker, Stan Farber, Hoyt Hawkins, Bobby Bare, Lea Jane Berinati (vocals); Sonny Curtis (guitar, fiddle); Larry Whitmore, James Gray, Frank Evans , Donald Lee "Donnie" Owens, Billy Ray Reynolds (guitar); Bobby Dyson (electric guitar, electric bass, percussion); Herman Wade, Fred Carter, Jr., Jerry Reed Hubbard, Tony Moon, Wayne Moss, Billy Sanford (electric guitar); Bennett K. Schaeufele, Lloyd Green, Ralph Mooney (steel guitar); Jerry Stembridge (autoharp, electric bass); Howard Carpenter (violin, viola); Lennie Haight, Martin Katahn, Stephen Clapp, Solie Fott, George Binkley III, Brenton Banks (violin); Buddy Spicher (fiddle); Doris Allen, Stephanie Woolf, Marvin Chantry, Gary VanOsdale (viola); David Vanderkooi, Byron Bach (cello); John Duke (flute, clarinet); Norman Ray (flute); Don Brooks (harmonica); Wayne Butler (saxophone, trombone); Don Sheffield, Glenn Baxter (trumpet, flugelhorn); George Tidwell (trumpet); Jay Dawson, Jerr Haynie (French horn); Don Randi (piano, harpsichord); William Whitney Pursell, Glen D. Hardin, David Briggs , Ken Lauber, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Jim Pierce (piano); Bob Wilson (harpsichord, organ, vibraphone); Norbert Putnam (organ, electric bass); Larry Butler , Andy McMahon (organ); Henry Strzelecki (upright bass, electric bass); Ralph Gallant, William Paul Ackerman, John Guerin, Kenny Buttrey, Ritchie Albright, Jerry Carrigan (drums). Liner Note Author: Lenny Kaye. Recording information: Associated Recording Studio, New York, NY (08/06/1968-05/21/1973); RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, TN (08/06/1968-05/21/1973). Illustrators: Jurgen Koop; Les Leverett; R.A. Andreas. Photographers: Jurgen Koop; Les Leverett; R.A. Andreas. Bear Family's second Waylon Jennings box set covers the late '60s and early '70s, tracing Waylon's journey to outlaw country. Often, it's possible to hear him floundering as he tries to find the perfect balance between rock and country, sometimes flailing about admirably, other times feeling a little out of place. Still, this remains essential for any serious Jennings or country music fan. Even when Waylon wasn't quite sure of what he was doing, he made extraordinary music, from the wah-wah-inflected cover of "Lonely Weekends" to the undeniable brilliance of his Honky Tonk Heroes material. Six Strings Away is a travelogue of Waylon finding his voice -- and the remarkable thing is, not only does it deliver some of the greatest country music of all time, but it winds up mirroring the evolution of the genre during those years. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
