- Kern River
- Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle To You
- There I've Said It Again
- You Don't Love Me Anymore
- Natural High
- Big Butter and Egg Man
- Ridin' High
- There's Somebody Else On Your Mind
- I Wonder Where I'll Find You At Tonight
- There Won't Be Another Now
- The Old Watermill
- Amber Waves of Grain
- Tulare Dust/Mama Tried
- The Farmer's Daughter
- The Okie From Muskogee's Comin' Home/Okie From Muskogee
- Gone With the Wind
- I Wish Things Were Simple Again
- Working Man's Blues/Always Late With Your Kisses
- American Waltz
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This BGO set features remasters from the middle of Merle Haggard's tenure at Epic; both were released in 1985. Kern River is easily the most diverse recording he issued for the label. Though the sad, weary title track is one of the finest country tunes he penned during the 1980s, it's actually an outlier here. There are other ballads, but the emphasis on the material leans more toward uptempo numbers and his particular take on Western swing and jazz, as evidenced by "I Wonder Where I'll Find You Tonight," "The Old Watermill," and a cover of Louis Armstrong's "Big Butter and Egg Man." Amber Waves of Grain is a live date, cut during shows at the Holiday Theater in Merrillville, Indiana and the Bob Devaney Sports Complex in Lincoln, Nebraska. Both shows were tributes to American farmers and all of the album's original royalties were donated to farm-oriented charities and aid organizations. Musically, it falls into the trap of a lot of Haggard's post-1972 concert offerings. It's a mixed, uneven bag. The title track is one of a number of patriotic tunes here, though this is one of his particularly jingoistic ones. To boot, rather than fire up the base, it sounds like an elegy. Other patriotic tunes here include "American Waltz" and "I Wish Things Were Simple Again," which feels like a lackluster sequel to "Are the Good Times Really Over for Good." The band kicks it, though, particularly on the smattering of hits that include fine medleys of "Tulare Dust/Mama Tried," a brief sequel entitled "The Okie from Muskogee's Comin' Home" (a hard-driving country boogie that actually prefaces the original), and "Working Man's Blues/Always Late with Your Kisses."
Product Details
Release Date: | 06/15/2010 |
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Label: | Bgo - Beat Goes On |
UPC: | 5017261209351 |
catalogNumber: | 6120935 |
Rank: | 30802 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Merle Haggard Primary Artist,Guitar,VocalsTiny Moore Fiddle,Mandolin
Tammy Wynette Background Vocals
Grady Martin Electric Guitar
Bobby Wood Keyboards
Don Potter Rhythm Guitar
Biff Adam Drums
Gary Church Horn
Janie Fricke Background Vocals
Hoot Hester Fiddle
Bill Hullett Guitar
Don Markham Horn,Background Vocals
Roy Nichols Guitar
Clint Strong Guitar
Mark Yeary Keyboards
Curtis Young Background Vocals
Reggie Young Electric Guitar
Dennis Hromek Bass,Electric Bass,Background Vocals
Jim Belken Fiddle
Donna Faye Background Vocals
Jimmy Belken Fiddle
Freddie Powers Rhythm Guitar
Norm Hamlett Steel Guitar
Technical Credits
Merle Haggard Composer,ProducerGrady Martin Producer
Ray Baker Producer
Don Cobb Engineer
Gene Eichelberger Engineer
Freddy Powers Composer
Frank Dickinson Engineer
Maurice Hope Liner Notes
Bob Montgomery Producer
Venable Composer
Powers Composer
Ron "Snake" Reynolds Engineer
G.S. Martin Illustrations,Cover Design
Robert Harms Illustrations,Cover Design
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