THE COMEBACK:

LET’S GO! I’M TIRED OF BEING UNABLE TO KEEP UP.

WHERE TO?

THE MESSAGE:

You tell 'im Waylon!

'Luckenbach, Texas': The Story Behind the Waylon Jennings Hit That Made the Texas Town a 'Must-Stop’. The song was released on April 16, 1977, and made Billboard history. It was the first single to debut in the top half of the country chart, coming in at No. 48. It eventually claimed the No. 1 spot just a few weeks later, on May 21, and spent six weeks there.

WILLIE NELSON AND WAYLON JENNINGS

Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas

With Waylon and Willie and the boys

This successful life we're livin’

Got us feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys

Between Hank Williams' pain songs and Newbury’s

train songs and "Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain”

Out in Luckenbach, Texas

ain't nobody feelin' no pain

So baby, let's sell your diamond ring

Buy some boots and faded jeans and go away

This coat and tie is choking me

In your high society, you cry all day

We've been so busy keepin' up with the Jones

Four car garage and we're still building on

Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love

Out in Luckenbach, Texas there ain't nobody feelin' no pain. ONLY IN CANADA!!!

THE BLOG:

"Waylon Jenning's 1977 hit "Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)" turned the ghost town from a Texas hideaway into a country music bucket list stop. You know, everybody's somebody in Luckenbach. No matter if you're grabbing a cold drink at the General Store, taking a picture at the Post Office, or getting ready for live music at the Dance Hall, this little paradise is where everyone goes back to the basics of love.” The day Jennings was in Nashville recording the song, Willie Nelson dropped by unannounced. Jennings asked Nelson to lend his voice to the recording. Nelson recorded the last verse of the song and even added a few lyrical edits.

THE MUSIC:

Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson Luckenbach Texas.