Hear Waylon Jennings’ Tender Cover of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Songbird’

Shooter Jennings unearthed his father Waylon Jennings’ tender rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s “Songbird” Sunday to celebrate Father’s Day.

“I’ve been waiting so long to share this with you,” Shooter wrote on Instagram Sunday. “It hasn’t been an easy road to get here, but it’s been one that has given me a new purpose in life. I dug through my dad’s old tapes and found a plethora of music by Waylon and the band at the peak of their abilities… I was able to make three albums out of it and Songbird is the first one.”

The “Songbird” cover — which features some Shooter-added contributions from contemporary country singers Ashley Monroe and Elizabeth Cook — was accompanied by a new video featuring archival footage from Waylon’s 44th birthday party in Nashville.

On social media, Shooter Jennings detailed the records-making process, and how he enlisted surviving members from Waylon’s backing band the Waylors (Jerry Bridges, Gordon Payne, and Careter and Barny Robertson) “for the stuff that wasn’t totally finished… to put the finishing touches on it.”

Songbird, the first of the three posthumous Waylon albums, arrives October 3; the LP, “a collection of recordings captured between 1973 and 1984 in various studios, produced by Waylon and Richie Albright and featuring his all-star band including Albright, Ralph Mooney, Tony Joe White, Jessi Colter and more,” is available to preorder now

“Songbird is the beginnings of Waylon’s return to the modern world,” Shooter added. “This is the first of three gifts from me to you: the fans that kept my father’s voice, songs, and legacy alive all these years. The next few years are going to be full of some of the most exciting musical moments that the world never knew they were going to hear. I hope that these records bring the kind of joy to you that they have brought to me.”

From Rolling Stone US.