Description
DESCRIPTION
2013 collection from the Country icon. Merle Haggard is a household name, one of the best-known Country Music singers of all time. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, and the awards, honors, and accolades in his long career are too numerous to list. Haggard is simply one of the greatest Country stars in the history of the genre. From 'Swinging Doors' in 1965 until the end of the decade, Haggard had an incredible string of hit records. 'The Fugitive' was his first #1 single, and was a composition by Liz Anderson, Lynn Anderson's mother. This collection closes with Merle Haggard's final single of the 1960s: 'Okie from Muskogee.' the song drew strong reactions as Haggard and the Strangers were testing it out on audiences before recording it, and according to pedal steel guitarist Norm Hamlet (Strangers 1967-present), 'The first time we played it, the audience just went crazy. We knew it was going to be huge.' the single was indeed another #1 smash, but it was also something else entirely. It was the song that would change Merle Haggard's career.
TracksCredits
1 I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can
2 Falling for You
3 Shade Tree Fix-It-Man
4 This Town's Not Big Enough
5 Swinging Doors
6 The Girl Turned Ripe
7 The Bottle Let Me Down
8 The Longer You Wait
9 The Fugitive
10 Someone Told My Story
11 I Threw Away the Rose
12 Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive
13 Branded Man
14 You Don't Have Very Far to Go
15 Sing Me Back Home
16 Good Times
17 The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde
18 I Started Loving You Again
19 Mama Tried
20 You'll Never Love Me Now
21 I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am
22 Keep Me from Cryin' Today
23 Hungry Eyes
24 California Blues
25 Workin' Man Blues
26 Silver Wings
27 Okie from Muskogee
28 If I Had Left It Up to You
