Seldy-Shelly - Dreaming My Dreams With You


Seldy-Shelly
Jun 19, 2025 10:33pm
<p>I've only got time to sing one tonight. </p><p>And if you don't like a good waltz, I don't think we can be friends.... js /jk...maybe ;-}</p><p><br></p><p><strong>"Dreaming My Dreams with You"</strong> is a song written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Reynolds" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Allen Reynolds</a>, and recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Waylon Jennings</a>' for his 1975 album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreaming_My_Dreams_(Waylon_Jennings_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Dreaming My Dreams</em></a>. Jennings' version was also released as a single that year.</p><p>The song has been covered by many artists including Bria Salmena, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmylou_Harris" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Emmylou Harris</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Crowell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Rodney Crowell</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Jack_Clement" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Cowboy Jack Clement</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Junkies" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Cowboy Junkies</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Krauss" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Alison Krauss</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamey_Johnson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jamey Johnson</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Gayle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Crystal Gayle</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Loveless" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Patty Loveless</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martina_McBride" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Martina McBride</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Chesnutt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Mark Chesnutt</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">John Prine</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Mattea" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Kathy Mattea</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Faithfull" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Marianne Faithfull</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel_(singer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jewel</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin_Raye" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Collin Raye</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Esten" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Charles Esten</a>. A version of the song was also used in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Roeg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Nicholas Roeg</a>'s 1980 film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Timing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Bad Timing</em></a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Someday I'm going to search out all of these covers. I've listened to Waylon, Alison Krauss and this one, Patty Loveless'.</p><p>I read somewhere that it was one of Waylon's all-time favorites of his. </p>