Since 1982 Waffle House has been making music on their jukeboxes through their own record label, Waffle Records.
I was asked to come on board in 1982 to help write and produce the songs along with singer-songwriter Mary Welch Rogers.
Together we collaborated on over 30 Waffle House songs. It was not an easy task as Waffle House wanted them to sound like real records and not commercials.
We would work through a list of ideas and themes which would then need to be approved by staff in the communications division
Once a song made the cut it would be recorded and pressed on vinyl 45s, which would then make their way to the Waffle House jukeboxes.
There were however many Waffle House songs produced that did not make it to the jukebox. For various reasons they were put on hold or passed over and never released to the public…until now.
I thought Waffle House fans would enjoy hearing these lost songs that were co-produced with my close friend and collaborator Danny Jones along with a host of very talented people.
Some of the songs are completely produced. Others are still in various stages of completion but they are all fun to hear.
If you’re a Waffle House fan and like the Waffle House songs featured on the jukebox I think you’ll love hearing these never before released Waffle House songs too!
It’s for sure you’ll never hear them on the jukebox
Jerry Buckner