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Jailbreak is the sixth studio album by Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy. It was released on 26 March 1976, by Vertigo Records . The album proved to be the band's commercial breakthrough in the US, and the only Thin Lizzy album with a certification (in this case, Gold) in that country.
By 1978, Jennings was getting burned out on the outlaw country movement. Despite enormous critical and commercial success, including a run of three #1 studio albums, a #1 live album, a #1 duet album (with Willie Nelson), and ten Top 10 solo singles (including five chart toppers), he was irritated at the hype surrounding his music and resented how Nashville had co-opted what had started out as ...
"Jailbreak" is a song by Thin Lizzy that originally appeared as the title track on their 1976 album Jailbreak. Along with "The Boys Are Back in Town", it is one of their most popular songs, played frequently on classic rock radio. The song is typical of the band's music, with the dual lead guitar harmony and Brian Robertson's use of the wah-wah ...
Waylon's son Shooter Jennings performed a cover of this song on CMT Crossroads as a duet with Jamey Johnson. On the tribute album I've Always Been Crazy: Tribute to Waylon Jennings, the song was covered by Metallica frontman James Hetfield. Ben Hoffman, performing as Wheeler Walker Jr., performed a cover on the podcast "Your Mom's House".
Waylon is best remembered for the cover of Chuck Berry's "Brown Eyed Handsome Man," which climbed to #3 on the Billboard country charts, Jennings third Top 5 solo hit. Jennings would perform the song as part of a medley on The Johnny Cash Show. Aside from "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man", none of the other songs on this LP were released
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications (sales thresholds)US Country US CAN Country CAN; Waylon: Release date: 1970; Label: RCA Victor; 14 192 — — Singer of Sad Songs
(Johnny Cash with Waylon Jennings) 2 — — 5 — — I Would Like to See You Again: 1983 "Leave Them Boys Alone" (Hank Williams Jr. with Waylon Jennings and Ernest Tubb) 6 — — 7 — — Strong Stuff: 1985 "We Are the World" (as a member of USA for Africa) 76 1 1 — 1 1 We Are the World: 1988 "Somewhere Between Ragged and Right" (John ...
Waylon Forever is an outlaw country album by Waylon Jennings which was released on October 21, 2008, on the Vagrant Records label. The backing band for this album is Waylon's son Shooter and his band, the .357's. Waylon's posthumous album reveals his final recordings of unheard material.