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â…compelling original songsâ¦â
â Saving Country Music
â…largely autobiographical new record.â
â American Songwriter
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (January 07, 2025) – Nashville recording artist and country singer-songwriter Whey Jennings is set to release his new single and music video for âIâll See You Soonâ [pre-save/pre-add] this Friday, January 09, and on YouTube (@WheyJennings) at 1pm EST. Itâs the fourth focus track the young Jennings family disciple will release off his forthcoming March 27 album, Baptized By Fire [pre-save/pre-add], recently hailed as one of Saving Country Musicâs âMost Anticipated New Country Albumsâ for 2026 [read here].Â
Co-written with Wes Shipp, âIâll See You Soonâ finds Whey reflecting on Godâs promise of what the afterlife holds on a tear-jerking country ballad accentuated with a soft and beautiful steel guitar.
âI believe some songs show up right when you need them,â Jennings said. âIâll See You Soonâ is for anyone holding onto faith, love, and the promise that this goodbye is not the end.â
In November, American Songwriter [click to read/listen] was the first to reveal the title of Jennings sophomore album in an exclusive feature and music video premiere of the Gospel-tinged âTake His Hand.âÂ
Baptized By Fire is a 12-track journey about Wheyâs own life as a traveling troubadour, father, and man of God who was saved in 2020 during the pandemic from a life of drug and alcohol addiction. The new album features song writes with Jim âMooseâ Brown (Willie Nelson, Jamey Johnson, Jimmy Buffett), Tyler Booth (Josh Turner), and Wheyâs second duet with The Voiceâs breakout country recording artist Karen Waldrup.Â
Jennings and his co-writersâ expertly crafted lyrics are combined with top-tier production from Producer Gary Carter (Kenny Chesney, Marty Stuart, Alan Jackson) and his team, recording the tracks at Danny Parks Long Hollow Studio and his own GC studio. Guitar work comes from Grand Ole Opry band member Danny Parks, piano and organs by Mike Rojas (Ricky Skaggs, Hank Williams Jr.), a multi-winner of ACMâs Keyboard Player of the Year award, acoustic guitar by Joel Key (Cody Johnson, Thomas Rhett, and Toby Keith), steel guitar by Gary Carter, fiddle by Deanie Richardson (Del McCoury Band, Hank Williams Jr., Marty Stuart) and percussion by Garth Justice (Ricky Skaggs, Reba McEntire, Jo Dee Messina).
âThis album is close to my heart and I’ve never felt more at home with my music as I do now,â Jennings said. âIf you want to know who I really am as a person, the songs on this album present an open window to both my heart and soul as a songwriter.â
Tracklisting & Songwriters:Â
- âWrong For The Timeâ (Jim âMooseâ Brown, Whey Jennings, David Wade)
- âWhat Lovin’ You Doesâ (Dustin Spears)
- âCan’t Outrun A Trainâ (Jack Dempsey)
- âDamned If I Stayâ (Whey Jennings, David Wade, Karen Waldrup)
- âA Whole Lotta Nothin’â (Whey Jennings, Wes Shipp)
- âForce Of Natureâ (Whey Jennings, Wes Shipp)
- âWhichever Way The Wind Blowsâ (Whey Jennings, Tyler Booth, David Wade)
- âWild Horses & Bad Habitsâ (Whey Jennings, Tyler Booth, David Wade, Kayla Ray)
- âI’ll See You Soonâ (Whey Jennings, Wes Shipp)
- âCopperheads And Butterfliesâ (Whey Jennings, Tyler Booth, David Wade)
- âTake His Handâ (Whey Jennings, Dustin Spears)
- âBaptized By Fireâ (Jim âMooseâ Brown, Whey Jennings, David Wade)
About Whey Jennings:
Country singer-songwriter Whey Jennings was born into one of country musicâs most iconic family names, first emerging in 2012 as another naturally gifted singer from the Jennings tribe. With large boots to fill, the young Nashville recording artist and singer-songwriter for Dirt Rock Empire, with a booming baritone voice as big as Texas, finds himself with a few expectations to live up to. Seeking to establish his own musical legacy as one of the few remaining torch-bearing country traditionalists out there, Whey can instantly take his fans back to a time and sound his Grandfather Waylon and Grandmother Jessi gave birth to in the 70âs, even with his own songs.
Jennings has three studio recorded EP releases under his belt, 2020âs Gypsy Soul, 2022âs If It Wasnât for The Sinninâ, and 2023âs Just Before The Dawn. In the summer of 2024, Whey released his critically acclaimed, highly anticipated first full length album, Jekyll & Hyde, which premiered at #10 on Apple iTunes Top 40 Country Albums Chart, and #7 on iTopChartâs Top Country Music Album Chart. Jekyll & Hyde has been hailed by Fox News, Billboard, People Magazine, Forbes, Cowboys & Indians, Menâs Journal, Rodeo Life Magazine and recognized as one of the most anticipated albums of 2024 by SavingCountryMusic.com. His sophomore album, Baptized By Fire, is due out March 27, 2026.
Many of Wheyâs songs reveal real-life stories of how he has come to terms with and recovered from his checkered past of too much partying, led by a drug-fueled lifestyle. Songs about struggles, addiction, finding sobriety, and redemption through faith in God, family and his friends. Whey is forging his craft of straightforward songwriting and storytelling, while remaining a little rough around the edges. His unpolished grit and honest demeanor defines his sound, mixed with musical roots that run as deep as his famous Jennings family name would imply.
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