The last single, another top 20 hit, was Red Lane’s ‘Mississippi Woman. It’s a fine song which was a top 20 hit for Waylon, and should be better known. I swore I’d get you for what you’re puttin’ her through There ain’t no way it’s gonna get your name She’s carryin’ the child that you’re to blame for Jamie is the only thing I ever really cared for The second title song, ‘(Don’t Let The Sun Set On You) Tulsa’ is a dramatic story song written by Wayne Carson, it might be a kind of sequel to ‘The Taker’, with the protagonist championing the girl he loves, who has been abandoned and left pregnant by another man: The least familiar of the Kristofferson songs for most listeners (although it has still been recorded a number of times) is ‘Casey’s Last Ride’, which may be the only country songs to be set on the London Underground, and may have been written when Kristofferson was studying at Oxford in the late 1950s, although the gloomy melody sounds to me to be influenced by the Beatles and other British 60s artists, which would place its composition later. Waylon’s version is as good as any of this modern standard. Less well known at the time, but at least as much of a classic today, was ‘Lovin’ Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)’, which Kristofferson was about to make a hit of in his own right. Waylon’s version of the regretful ‘Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down’, a very recent hit for Johnny Cash, is convincing, with the song well suited to him. It was one of no less than four outstanding songs written by Kristofferson, then a relative newcomer to Nashville, and which help to make the album as a whole cohesive.
He’ll take his time before takin’ advantageĪnd after he’s taken the body and soul she gives him This excellent song (written by Kris Kristofferson and Shel Silverstein) is a perceptive depiction of a charming man who ends up hurting the woman who loves him: ‘The Taker’ was a significant hit, peaking at #5.
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The songs are full of substance and the arrangements solid.īoth the title tunes were singles.
Waylon was starting to take control over his music, and this was the first album he produced himself. The double-titled 1971 album The Taker/Tulsa was released in 1971.
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