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Rodney Crowell

I Ain’t Living Long Like This

1978 · via Rodney Crowell

Rodney Crowell’s recording of “I Ain’t Living Long Like This” came out in 1978, the earliest year on file; Emmylou Harris’ came out the same year. Rodney Crowell wrote it. Also recorded by Waylon Jennings (released 1979), Albert Lee (released 1979) and Jerry Jeff Walker (released 1979), among 40 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Rodney Crowell – I Ain’t Living Long Like This
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Crowell put it on his own record first, and Waylon liked it enough to come back to it with Willie Nelson in 2002. Hear the writer's version, then hear where it went.

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Credited writer: Rodney Crowell.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1978, the same year as Emmylou Harris.

Other recordings on file · first release year

40 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Rodney Crowell wrote and first recorded "I Ain’t Living Long Like This." Who cut it the following year, then sang it again decades later alongside Willie Nelson?Waylon Jennings
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