Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band the Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the twang of Fender telecaster and the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound, new vocal harmony styles in which the words are minimal, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville sound recordings of the same era.
Haggard’s last recording, a song called “Kern River Blues,” described his departure from Bakersfield in the late 1970s and his displeasure with politicians. The song was recorded February 9, 2016, and features his son Ben on guitar. This record was released on May 12, 2016 and is featured on this CD.
CD
1. Okie From Muskogee
2. Mama Tried
3. Mama’s Hungry Eyes
4. The Fighting Side of Me
5. Today I Started Loving You Again
6. Kern River
7. I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink
8. This Morning This Evenin’ So Soon
9. I Knew The Moment I Lost You
10. Working Man Blues
11. Big City
12. San Antonio Rose
13. Medley: Brain Cloudy Blues / Milk Cow Blues
14. Games People Play
15. Corrine Corrina
16. The Bottle Let me Down
17. Ramblin’ Fever
18. Take Me Back to Tulsa
19. Ida Red
20. Folsom Prison Blues
21. The Fugitive
22. Soldier’s Letter
23. If You Want to Be My Woman
DVD
1. Okie From Muskogee
2. Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star
3. If You Want To Be My Woman
4. Working Man Blues
5. Always Late
6. T. B. Blues
7. Folsom Prison Blues
8. Footlights
9. Big City
10. Mama Tried
11. Medley: Brain Cloudy Blues / Milk Cow Blues
12. Begging To You
13. The Bottle Let Me Down
14. What Am I Gonna Do (With The Rest Of My Life)
15. Ida Red
16. San Antonio Rose
17. Corrine, Corrina
18. Take Me Back to Tulsa
19. Faded Love
20. Fiddle Breakdown
21. Right or Wrong
22. Ramblin’ Fever
23. That’s the Way Love Goes
24. Today I Started Loving You Again
25. The Fightin’ Side of Me
TOM T HALL BONUS TRACKS
26. I Like Beer (Tom T Hall Bonus Track)
27. Ravishing Ruby (Tom T Hall Bonus Track)
28. The Year That Clayton Delaney Died (Tom T Hall Bonus Track)
29. Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine (Tom T Hall Bonus Track)