''Right for the Time'' is an album by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist

Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He pioneered the Outlaw Movement in country music. Jennings started playing guitar at the age of eight and performed at age f ...

, released on Justice Records, an independent label, in 1996. Most of the songs on the album, as is the case with several later Jennings releases, were written by the singer himself. Among the other tracks, a cover of Paul Simon's "

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" is notable. The

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for the album were written by the record's producer, Randall Jamail. ''Right for the Time'' failed to chart. "Deep in the West," a duet with

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, was released as a single and a music video was made.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Waylon Jennings; except where indicated #"WBPT" – 3:03 #"Cactus Texas" – 3:08 #"The Most Sensible Thing" (Jennings,

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, Bobby Emmons) – 4:05 #"

" ( Paul Simon) – 3:47 #"Hittin' the Bottle Again" – 4:21 #"Wastin' Time" – 2:50 #"Kissing You Goodbye" – 2:00 #"Carnival Song" ( Jeff Black) – 3:49 #"Out of Jail" – 3:33 #"Lines" (Jennings,

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) – 3:03 #"Deep in the West" (Shake Russell) – 3:37 #"Right for the Time" – 3:54 #"Living Legends, Pt. II" – 3:03

Personnel

*Jerry Bridges -

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, acoustic guitar,

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- background vocals * Jesse Dayton - acoustic guitar,

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*Jeff Hale - drums,

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, ocean drum *Randall Jamail - acoustic guitar *

- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals *Shawn Jones - 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar *Fred Lawrence - Hammond organ,

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- dobro, lap steel guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar

References

Waylon Jennings albums 1996 albums {{1990s-country-album-stub