lazarus57

<p>Outlaw I'm a big fan of Waylon and Willie together or alone. I thought I would join you. Hope you enjoy it..</p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>Good Hearted Woman</strong>" is a song written by American&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">country music</a>&nbsp;singers&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Waylon Jennings</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Nelson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Willie Nelson</a>.</p><p>Writing<span style="color: var(--color-subtle,#54595d);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Good_Hearted_Woman_(song)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">edit</a><span style="color: var(--color-subtle,#54595d);">]</span></p><p>In 1969, while staying at the Fort Worther Motel in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fort Worth, Texas</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hearted_Woman_(song)#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHorstman,_Dorothy1996104-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a>&nbsp;Jennings saw an advertisement in a newspaper promoting&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Turner" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tina Turner</a>&nbsp;as a "good hearted woman loving two-timing men", a reference to&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Turner" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ike Turner</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hearted_Woman_(song)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a>&nbsp;Jennings went to talk to Nelson, who was in a middle of a poker game, about writing a song based on that phrase. Joining the game, he and Nelson expanded the lyrics as Nelson's wife Connie Koepke wrote them down.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hearted_Woman_(song)#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHorstman,_Dorothy1996104-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a></p><p>Recording<span style="color: var(--color-subtle,#54595d);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Good_Hearted_Woman_(song)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">edit</a><span style="color: var(--color-subtle,#54595d);">]</span></p><p>Jennings recorded the song for the first time as the title track of his 1972 album&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hearted_Woman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Good Hearted Woman</em></a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hearted_Woman_(song)#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHorstman,_Dorothy1996104-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hearted_Woman_(song)#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHorstman,_Dorothy1996426-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a>&nbsp;the single peaked at number three on the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard's</em></a>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Singles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot Country Singles</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hearted_Woman_(song)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a>&nbsp;Jennings had recorded a concert version for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylon_Live" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Waylon Live</em></a>, which served as a basis for the duet with Nelson. "I just took my voice off and put Willie's on in different places," he explained. "Willie wasn't within 10,000 miles when I recorded it." He also added canned crowd noises to add to the live feel for the album&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanted:_The_Outlaws!" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Wanted: The Outlaws!</em></a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hearted_Woman_(song)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[5]</a>&nbsp;The album cemented the pair's outlaw image and became country music's first platinum album.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hearted_Woman_(song)#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHartman,_Gary2008[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidd3vlqWvTDfgCqplatinumalbumpgPA175_175]-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[6]</a>&nbsp;The song peaked at number one on&nbsp;<em>Billboard's</em>&nbsp;Hot Country Singles and at number 25 on the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em>&nbsp;Hot 100</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hearted_Woman_(song)#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[7]</a>&nbsp;The song won the Single of the Year award in the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Awards#1976" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1976 Country Music Association Awards</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hearted_Woman_(song)#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[8]</a>&nbsp;and took Jennings and Nelson to the mainstream audiences, giving them nationwide recognition.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hearted_Woman_(song)#cite_note-FOOTNOTELarkin,_Colin2002196-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[9]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hearted_Woman_(song)#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBusby,_Mark2004332-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[10]</a></p><p><br></p><p>^{<span class="ql-cursor"></span>}<img src="https://www.wideopencountry.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/06/RARE-10.jpg?w=840" alt="'Good Hearted Woman': The Story Behind the Waylon &amp; Willie Classic"></p>