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Merle Haggard: The Lonesome Fugitive - The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-77 (2-CD)

​(1995/Razor & Tie) 40 tracks

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Haggard, Merle - The Lonesome Fugitive - The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-77 (2-CD) CD 1
01Sam HillMerle Haggard
02Just Between The Two Of Us (& BONNIE OWENS)Merle Haggard
03StrangersMerle Haggard
04I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I CanMerle Haggard
05Swinging DoorsMerle Haggard
06The Bottle Let Me DownMerle Haggard
07The FugitiveMerle Haggard
08Someone Told My StoryMerle Haggard
09I Threw Away The RoseMerle Haggard
10Branded ManMerle Haggard
11Sing Me Back HomeMerle Haggard
12The Legend Of Bonnie And ClydeMerle Haggard
13Today I Started Loving You AgainMerle Haggard
14Mama TriedMerle Haggard
15I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I AmMerle Haggard
16Hungry EyesMerle Haggard
17Workin' Man BluesMerle Haggard
18Okie From MuskogeeMerle Haggard
19The Fightin' Side Of MeMerle Haggard
Haggard, Merle - The Lonesome Fugitive - The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-77 (2-CD) CD 2
01Jesus, Take A HoldMerle Haggard
02I Can't Be MyselfMerle Haggard
03Sidewalks Of ChicagoMerle Haggard
04Soldier's Last LetterMerle Haggard
05Someday We'll Look BackMerle Haggard
06Daddy FrankMerle Haggard
07CarolynMerle Haggard
08Grandma HarpMerle Haggard
09It's Not LoveMerle Haggard
10I Wonder If They Ever Think Of MeMerle Haggard
11Everybody's Had The BluesMerle Haggard
12If We Make It Through DecemberMerle Haggard
13Things Aren't Funny AnymoreMerle Haggard
14Old Man From The MountainMerle Haggard
15Kentucky GamblerMerle Haggard
16It's All In The MoviesMerle Haggard
17The Roots Of My RaisingMerle Haggard
18Cherokee MaidenMerle Haggard
19A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere TodayMerle Haggard
Merle Haggard Sing a Sad Song: Saying Goodbye to Merle Haggard by Scott B. Bomar... more
"Merle Haggard"

Merle Haggard

Sing a Sad Song:

Saying Goodbye to Merle Haggard


by Scott B. Bomar

Merle Haggard, an icon of American music, died at his home in California on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. It was the singer, songwriter, and musician’s 79th birthday. In 2008 he battled lung cancer, and was hospitalized in December 2015 with double pneumonia. Haggard returned to the stage soon after, but was sidelined again in February due to continuing health concerns. “A week ago Dad told us he was gonna pass on his birthday,” Merle’s son and lead guitarist, Ben, revealed the day his father died, “and he wasn’t wrong.”

Merle Ronald Haggard was born April 6, 1937 in Bakersfield, California. Following his father’s death in 1945, Merle grew restless and rebellious. Several brushes with the law ultimately landed him in San Quentin prison in 1958. Following his release in 1960, Merle returned to Bakersfield, where he worked at manual labor jobs during the day. In the evenings he paid his dues in the same local honky tonks that sculpted the early career of fellow Bakersfield Sound pioneer Buck Owens.

Merle eventually signed with Bakersfield’s tiny Tally label, releasing a handful of singles before signing with Capitol Records in 1965. During his decade-long stint with Capitol, Haggard scored more than two dozen #1 country hits, including “Branded Man,” “Mama Tried,” “Okie From Muskogee,” “If We Make it Through December,” and “The Roots of My Raising.” Subsequent stints with the MCA and Epic labels yielded additional #1 hits, including “I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink,” “My Favorite Memory,” “Big City,” and “Going Where the Lonely Go.” He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1994, and continued to record for various labels, releasing his final studio album, Working in Tennessee, in 2011.

The celebrated “poet of the common man” frequently explored themes of restlessness, determination, stubborn individuality, responsibility, hard work, and a longing for personal freedom. His gift for capturing the spirit and struggles of the working class earned him a reputation as one of the great American songwriters in the tradition of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. Beyond his mastery of lyrics and melody, Haggard was an accomplished multi-instrumentalist and nuanced vocalist who set a new bar in country music for both twangy barn-burners and tender jazz-tinged ballads. “He wasn’t just a country singer,” son Ben added. “He was the best country singer that ever lived.”

Haggard reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Country Singles chart more than 70 times between 1966 and 1989. Nearly 40 of those songs climbed all the way to the #1 spot. Beyond the hits, Haggard released 54 studio albums as a solo act, 10 collaborative albums with other artists, 11 live releases, and 5 additional studio albums spotlighting his legendary band, the Strangers. He won more than two dozen awards from the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association, as well as three Grammy awards. Haggard was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and, in 2010, was honored by the prestigious Kennedy Center for “outstanding contribution to American culture.”

“I want to die along the highway” Haggard sang in his 1977 hit “Ramblin’ Fever.” The legendary road warrior almost pulled it off. “It’s what keeps me alive and it’s what fucks up my life,” Merle said of touring in a 2016 interview with Matt Hendrickson. Although he had little interest in the trappings of celebrity, Haggard loved to sing and play. Bringing his music to his fans fueled him to the very end. His passing marks not only the end of a remarkable career, but the death of an icon who ranks with Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Miles Davis, and John Lennon as a musical force who forever changed the face of music.              

 

 

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