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Old Ways is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Frankie Laine. Those roots explain a lot about how Old Ways arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 4 connections around Old Ways, reaching back through Frankie Laine and forward to Waylon Jennings. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Old Ways is the fifteenth studio album by Canadian-American musician and singer-songwriter Neil Young, released on August 12, 1985, by Geffen Records. He recorded several songs at producer David Briggs' Nashville recording studio House of David with long-time collaborators Ben Keith, Tim Drummond, Karl T. Himmel, Spooner Oldham and Rufus Thibodeaux, in January 1983. Young went into Castle Recording Studios, Tennessee, in March 1985 with both the musicians from the earlier Harvest album and various local studio musicians, to complete the album. He duets with Waylon Jennings on "Bound for Glory", and with Willie Nelson on "Are There Any More Real Cowboys?".
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Old Ways grew out of Frankie Laine, went on to shape Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp. 4 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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