Heart Songs: Good Hearted Woman

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Oh, no, another country song! Well, it’s a “slope” instead of a “nope,” because nearly everyone has heard of this guy. And if you were around in the 70s you’ve heard a different version of this song, too, because it was a big pop crossover hit! (Hey, anything to get away from disco in the mid-70s! ) And here it is! Good Hearted Woman - Waylon Jennings No Willie on the first version, even though Willie co-wrote the song. I’ve explained before how this song came about: Willie was playing poker and Waylon saw an ad for an Ike & Tina Turner concert in the paper, touting the pair as “a good-hearted woman and her two-timin’ man.” While Willie’s wife took notes, Waylon and Willie threw the lines of the song out without Willie missing a hand. (No report on how well he did playing poker while he was writing the song. ) Waylon’s solo version came out in 1972, then the duet version in 1975 (that wasn’t a real concert, just mixed-in audience noise, which was some kind of trend in country music in the 70s ) became the one that everyone knows. What a classic! Good Hearted Woman Written by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson Recorded by Waylon Jennings From Good Hearted Woman, 1972 She does the best that she can: