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Merle Haggard: Icon

CD / Capitol / 2013-05-14

Tracks: I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink; Workin' Man Blues; Okie From Muskogee; Ramblin' Fever; Bottle Let Me Down, The; Mama Tried; I Take a Lot of Pride In What I Am; Sing Me Back Home; Misery and Gi...
Artists: Merle Haggard

The 2012 release Icon rounds up 11 songs Merle Haggard recorded for MCA in the late '70s and early '80s -- a period that sometimes gets overlooked between his seminal early stint at Capitol and his la...continue...

Dale Watson/Dale Watson & His Lonestars: El Rancho Azul *

CD / Continental Song City / 2013-02-26

Artists: Dale Watson/Dale Watson & His Lonestars

If you've heard Dale Watson once or twice in nearly two decades of recording and touring, then you know how you feel about his work. His sound is devoted to hardcore, old-school, honky tonk country mu...continue...

Merle Haggard: The Complete '60s Capitol Singles *

CD / Omnivore / 2013-02-12

Tracks: I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can; Falling For You; Shade Tree Fix-It-Man; This Town's Not Big Enough; Swinging Doors; Girl Turned Ripe, The; Bottle Let Me Down, The; Longer You Wait, The; Fugitive, ...
Artists: Merle Haggard

Liner Note Author: Deke Dickerson.

Recording information: Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA (01/31/1968-02/01/1968); Las Vegas, NV (01/31/1968-02/01/1968); Capitol Recording Studios, Hol...continue...

Dale Watson/Dale Watson & His Lonestars: El Rancho Azul [PA] [Digipak]

1 CD / Red House Records / 2013-01-29

Tracks: I Lie When I Drink; Where Do You Want It; I Drink to Remember; Cowboy Boots; We're Gonna Get Married; Daughter's Wedding Song; Quick Quick Slow Slow; Slow Quick Quick; Give Me More Kisses; Drink Drin...
Artists: Dale Watson/Dale Watson & His Lonestars

Personnel: Dale Watson (guitar); Danny Levin (fiddle, piano); Chris Crepps (upright bass); Mike Bernal (drums).

Recording information: Pedernales Studios, Austin, TX.

Photographer: Jim C...continue...

Don Rich: Sings George Jones *

CD / Omnivore / 2013-01-22

Tracks: Race Is On, The; Girl I Used to Know, A; Window Up Above, The; White Lightning; She Thinks I Still Care; Love Bug; You Comb Her Hair; Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was on the Right); Walk Through Thi...
Artists: Don Rich

Personnel: Don Rich (vocals, electric guitar, fiddle, background vocals); Buck Owens (vocals); Terry Christofferson (electric guitar); Ronnie Jackson (banjo); Jana Jae (fiddle); Jim Shaw (piano, Farfi...continue...

Buck Owens: Honky Tonk Man: Buck Sings Country Classics *

CD / Omnivore / 2013-01-22

Tracks: Honky Tonk Man; Swinging Doors; Hey, Good Lookin'; Only Daddy That'll Walk That Line; My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You; Stay a Little Longer; Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young; I Washed My Hands in Mu...
Artists: Buck Owens

Personnel: Buck Owens (vocals); Don Rich (electric guitar, fiddle); Jerry Brightman (pedal steel guitar); Ronnie Jackson (banjo); Jim Shaw (piano, organ, background vocals); Jerry Wiggins (drums); Bud...continue...

Various Artists: Golden Age of Country: Crazy Arms

CD / Time / 2012-10-30

Tracks: Singing the Blues - Marty Robbins; (When You Feel Like You're in Love) Don't Just Stand There - Carl Smith; If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time - Lefty Frizzell; I Can't Stop Lovin' You - Don ...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Charles McCardell.

A two-disc, 32-track collection drawn from Time Life's ten-disc survey of modern country music called Golden Age of Country, this volume includes such clas...continue...

Merle Haggard: The Troubadour [Box]

CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2012-10-02

Tracks: Troubadour; I Think It's Gone Forever; If We're Not Back in Love by Monday; Ramblin' Fever; When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again; Ghost Story; Set Me Free; Love Somebody to Death; Ain't Your Memory ...
Artists: Merle Haggard

Audio Mixer: Bill Inglot.

Liner Note Author: Dave Samuelson.

Recording information: Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, CA (01/03/1978-01/14/1980); Eleven-Eleven Sound Studio, Nashville, TN (01/03...continue...

Merle Haggard: Icon

1 CD / MCA Nashville / 2012-08-14

Tracks: If We're Not Back in Love by Monday; From Graceland to the Promised Land - (featuring The Jordanaires); It's Been a Great Afternoon; Rainbow Stew; I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall; Ramblin' Fever...
Artists: Merle Haggard

The 2012 release Icon rounds up 11 songs Merle Haggard recorded for MCA in the late '70s and early '80s -- a period that sometimes gets overlooked between his seminal early stint at Capitol and his la...continue...

Merle Haggard: Swinging Doors: Hits Collection

CD / Gusto Records / 2012-07-31

Tracks: Okie from Muskogee; Sing Me Back Home; Workin' Man Blues; Always Wanting You; Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man); Silver Wings; Fightin' Side of Me; It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad); If We Make It Through ...
Artists: Merle Haggard

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young.

2012's Swinging Doors: Hits Collection does indeed have two discs of hits but they're not the original versions -- they're all re-recordings done at an indetermi...continue...

Mario Carboni: Honky-Tonk Rebel

CD / Mario Carboni / 2012-07-10

Tracks: I Played the Fool; I Keep Calling Your Number; Bluegrass Piano Breakdown, The; You're Sixteen; Now That You've Left Me All Alone; Love's Gonna Live Here; Steel String Rag; Sittin' Here a-Rockin'; Lon...
Artists: Mario Carboni

Merle Haggard: 10 Great Songs

1 CD / Capitol / 2012-07-03

Tracks: Okie from Muskogee; Mama Tried; Workin' Man Blues; If We Make It Through December; Carolyn; Fightin' Side of Me, The; It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad); I'm a Lonesome Fugitive; Soldier's Last Letter;...
Artists: Merle Haggard

Capitol's budget-line 2012 compilation 10 Great Songs does indeed contain ten great songs Merle Haggard recorded for Capitol Records in the '60s and '70s. Highlights here include the immortal "Okie fr...continue...

Buck Owens: Tall Dark Stranger [Box]

CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2012-06-26

Tracks: Tall Dark Stranger; I've Got a Happy Heart; Somewhere Between; Just a Few More Days; Lonesome Valley; My Savior Leads the Way; But You Know I Love You; Today I Started Loving You Again; I'm a Natural...
Artists: Buck Owens

Audio Mixer: Bill Inglot.

Illustrators: R.A. Andreas; Rolene Bumley.

Photographers: R.A. Andreas; Rolene Bumley.

Bear Family's final Buck Owens box set Tall Dark Stranger covers h...continue...

Buck Owens: "Live" at the White House (...And in Space)

1 CD / Omnivore / 2012-06-19

Tracks: Introduction; You Ain't Gonna Have Ol' Buck to Kick Around No More; Act Naturally; Together Again; Love's Gonna Live Here; Crying Time; Happy Times Are Here Again; Streets of Laredo; Orange Blossom S...
Artists: Buck Owens

Personnel: Buck Owens (vocals, guitar); Don Rich (vocals, guitar, fiddle); Buddy Alan (vocals, guitar); Doyle Holly (vocals); Tom Brumley (steel guitar); Jerry Wiggins (drums); The Buckaroos.

L...continue...

Merle Haggard/Merle Haggard & the Strangers: Fightin' Side of Me

CD / Gusto Records / 2012-05-22

Artists: Merle Haggard/Merle Haggard & the Strangers

Includes liner notes by Chuck Young.

It's hard to disagree with the claim that Merle Haggard is one of few truly legendary country singers. This powerful nine-track set, a compilation of some o...continue...

Red Simpson: Hello, I'm Red Simpson [Box] *

5 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2012-04-10

Tracks: Sweet Love; Dolly Blues; Big Bank Robbery; Big Bank Robbery, Pt. 2; One Day with My Baby; Dippy Daddle Love; Jeannie with the Light Brown Cadillac; George for a Day; I've Just Lost You; Ukulele Baile...
Artists: Red Simpson

Recording information: Audio Media Recorders, Nashville, TN (03/08/1966-03/10/1966); Bakersfield, CA (03/08/1966-03/10/1966); Buck Owens Studio, Bakersfield, CA (03/08/1966-03/10/1966); Capitol Record...continue...

Buck Owens: Together Again/My Heart Skips a Beat [Bonus Tracks]

1 CD / Sundazed / 2012-03-27

Tracks: My Heart Skips a Beat; Close Up the Honky Tonks; I Don't Hear You; Save the Last Dance for Me; Over and Over Again; Truck Drivin' Man; Together Again; A-11; Ain't It Amazing Gracie; Getting Used to L...
Artists: Buck Owens

Buck Owens & His Buckaroos: Buck Owens (vocals, guitar); Tom Brumley (pedal steel guitar); Don Rich (fiddle, acoustic & electric guitars, background vocals); Doyle Holly (electric bass, guitar); Willi...continue...

Grant Langston: Working Until I Die [Digipak]

CD / CD Baby (distributor) / 2012-03-27

Tracks: I Fall For It Every Time; Trouble Knows; She Don't Have a Clue; Try Me; Coming For You; Working Until I Die; Sweet Little Girl; Along For the Ride; Little Less Fun; Everyone Loves Me When I Am Drunk;...
Artists: Grant Langston

Personnel: Grant Langston (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, piano); Larry Marciano (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, banjo); Tony Horkins (drums, percussion, backgrou...continue...

Merle Haggard: Super Hits

CD / Gusto Records / 2012-03-19

Artists: Merle Haggard

Also available in a 3-pack with SUPER HITS VOL. 2 and SUPER HITS VOL. 3.

Producers include: Merle Haggard, Lewis Talley, Ray Baker, Ron "Snake" Reynolds, Billy Sherrill.

Digitally remast...continue...

Merle Haggard: Big City/Going Where the Lonely Go

1 CD / Beat Goes On / 2012-01-17

Tracks: Big City; My Favorite Memory; Good Old American Guest; I Think I'm Gonna Live Forever; This Song Is Mine; Stop the World (And Let Me Off); Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silv...
Artists: Merle Haggard

Liner Note Author: John O'Regan.

Recording information: Britannia Studios, Hollywood, CA; Woodland Sound Studio, Nashville, TN.

Photographer: Norman Seeff....continue...

Various Artists: Certified #1 Country Hits [Box]

3 CD / United Audio Entertainment / 2011-12-06

Tracks: It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells; Mexican Joe - Jim Reeves; Bimbo - Jim Reeves; Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young - Faron Young; Satisfied Mind - Porter Wagoner; Gone - Ferlin Hus...
Artists: Various Artists

This three-disc set collects 45 number one country hits, chronologically arranged from 1952 through 1979, and nearly every one of them is an iconic genre classic, including Porter Wagoner's "Satisfied...continue...

Wynn Stewart: Come On [Digipak] *

1 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2011-11-22

Tracks: Come On - (alternate take); After All; It's Not the Moon That Makes the Difference; Slowly But Surely; That Just Kills Me; Why Do I Love You So; I Wish I Could Say the Same; She Just Tears Me Up; Sch...
Artists: Wynn Stewart

Liner Note Author: Todd Everett.

Recording information: Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA (01/16/1959-04/20/1959); Gold Star Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA (01/16/1959-04/20/1959); Holl...continue...

Tommy Collins: Black Cat: Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight [Digipak] *

1 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2011-11-22

Tracks: Campus Boogie; Black Cat; That's the Way Love Is; Smooth Sailin'; Let Down; You Gotta Have a License; Let Me Love You; You Better Not Do That; Untied; I Always Get a Souvenir; Whatcha Gonna Do Now; I...
Artists: Tommy Collins

Illustrators: R.A. Andreas; Tommy Collins.

Photographers: R.A. Andreas; Tommy Collins.

The purpose of this compilation is, according to the liner notes, to present 30 of Collins' "earlie...continue...

Various Artists: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music: 1961 [Digipak]

1 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2011-11-22

Tracks: Don't Worry; Sea of Heartbreak; I Fall to Pieces; Funny (How Time Slips Away); I'll Just Have a Cup of Coffee (Then I'll Go); Hello Walls - Faron Young; Po' Folks; Tennessee Flat Top Box; Right or Wr...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Russ Wapensky, Otto Kitsinger, Richard Weize.

Liner Note Author: Colin Escott.

Recording information: Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nashville, TN (10/28/1960); Capitol Reco...continue...

Various Artists: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music: 1965

1 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2011-11-22

Tracks: King of the Road; Crystal Chandelier; Girl on the Billboard - Del Reeves; Green, Green Grass of Home; I Wouldn't Buy a Used Car from Him; I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water; Ribbon of Darkness; Make th...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Colin Escott.

Recording information: Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA (01/07/1965); Colubmia Recording Studio, Nashville, TN (01/07/1965); Columbia Recording Studio, N...continue...

Various Artists: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music: 1963 [Digipak]

1 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2011-11-22

Tracks: Detroit City; I Gotta Get Drunk (And I Shore Do Dread It); Busted; Leavin' on Your Mind; Lonesome - Hawkshaw Hawkins; We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds - Melba Montgomery; Talk Back Trembling Lips -...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Colin Escott.

Illustrators: Colin Escott; R.A. Andreas.

Photographers: Colin Escott; R.A. Andreas.

Bear Family's fine ongoing series of country chart hits year ...continue...

Various Artists: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music: 1964

1 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2011-11-22

Tracks: Dang Me; Four Strong Winds; Race Is On, The; Understand Your Man; Saginaw, Michigan; Sittin' in an All Night Café - Warner Mack; Here Comes My Baby; My Heart Skips a Beat; Sing a Sad Song; Balla...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Authors: Colin Escott; Johnny Cash.

Recording information: Audio Arts Inc., Hollywood, CA (01/26/1961); Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA (01/26/1961); Columbia Recording Studi...continue...

Various Artists: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music: 1962

1 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2011-11-22

Tracks: I've Been Everywhere; She Thinks I Still Care; Wolverton Mountain - Claude King; She's Got You; Lonesome Number One; Wound Time Can't Erase, A; Devil Woman; Mama Sang a Song; Ballad of Jed Clampett, ...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Colin Escott.

Recording information: Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nashville, TN (01/04/1962); Bradley Studios, Nashville, TN (01/04/1962); Capitol Recording Studio, Holly...continue...

Dick Curless: The Long Lonesome Road

CD / The Omni Recording Corporation / 2011-10-18

Tracks: You Can't Go Back Again; Wrinkled, Crinkled, Wadded Dollar Bill; Bury the Bottle with Me; End of the Road; Just for the Record; Shoes; I Ain't Got Nobody; Heartline Special, The; Bummin' on Track "E"...
Artists: Dick Curless

Audio Remasterer: Alvin Lucia.

Liner Note Author: Jason Odd.

Recording information: Nashville.

Arriving three years after Dick Curless' big breakthrough hit "A Tombstone Every Mil...continue...

Merle Haggard: Working in Tennessee

1 CD / Welk / 2011-10-04

Tracks: Working in Tennessee; Down on the Houseboat; Cocaine Blues; What I Hate; Sometimes I Dream; Under the Bridge; Too Much Boogie Woogie; Truck Driver's Blues; Laugh It Off; Working Man Blues - (featurin...
Artists: Merle Haggard

Audio Mixer: Lou Bradley.

Recording information: Tally Studio.

Photographer: Myriam Santos.

Over 40 years into his unassailable career, Merle Haggard still defines his own Bakersf...continue...

Kit & The Branded Men: Kit & The Branded Men

CD / CD Baby (distributor) / 2011-09-13

Tracks: That's Too Bad For Me; In a World Like This; Good Lovin' Woman; Dream Love; I Ain't Foolin'; Lost Indian, The; Our Love is True; Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries; What About Them; I Don't Wanna Drink Ev...
Artists: Kit & The Branded Men

Jeff Bridges: Jeff Bridges

1 CD / Blue Note (Label) / 2011-08-16

Tracks: What a Little Bit of Love Can Do; Falling Short; Everything But Love; Tumbling Vine; Nothing Yet; Blue Car; Maybe I Missed the Point; Slow Boat; Either Way; Quest, The
Artists: Jeff Bridges

Audio Mixer: Michael Piersante.

Recording information: Asis Studios, Montecito, CA; Brooklyn Studios, Brooklyn, NY; Electro Magnetic Studios, Los Angeles, CA; The Night Kitchen, Beverly Hills, ...continue...

Buck Owens: Before You Go

1 CD / Sundazed / 2011-07-12

Tracks: Before You Go; Gonna Have Love; Getting Used to Loving You; Steel Guitar Rag; No Fool Like an Old Fool; I Betcha Didn't Know; No One But You, (I Want); If You Want a Love; Number One Heel; Raz Ma-Taz...
Artists: Buck Owens

Buck Owens & His Buckaroos: Buck Owens (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Don Rich (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Jelly Sanders, Doyle Holly, Jimmy Seals (guitar); Tom Brumley (pedal steel...continue...

Tommy Collins: This Is Tommy Collins

CD / Righteous / 2011-06-21

Artists: Tommy Collins

Susan Raye/Buck Owens: The Very Best of Buck Owens & Susan Raye *

1 CD / / 2011-05-24

Tracks: We're Gonna Get Together; Togetherness; Together Again; Cryin' Time; Love Is Strange; Great White Horse, The; Today I Started Loving You Again; I Don't Care (Just As Long as You Love Me); Think of Me...
Artists: Susan Raye/Buck Owens

Liner Note Author: Laurence Zwisohn.

Although singer Susan Raye had some solo success on her own in the late 1960s and early '70s, her biggest successes were duets she recorded with country ico...continue...

Jean Shepard (Country): Lonesome Love/This Is Jean Shepard *

CD / Righteous / 2011-05-17

Artists: Jean Shepard (Country)

Two late-'50s albums by Jean Shepard, 1958's Lonesome Love and 1959's This Is Jean Shepard, are combined onto one CD on this 24-track collection. Actually, the material spans the mid-'50s to the end o...continue...

Various Artists: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music: 1960 [Digipak]

1 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2010-12-07

Tracks: North to Alaska; Tip of My Fingers, The; No Love Have I; Window Up Above, The; Please Help Me, I'm Falling; (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too; Smiling Bill McCall; Above and Beyond; Hot Rod Lincoln ...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Colin Escott.

Illustrators: Colin Escott; Dave Sax; R.A. Andreas; Sven T. Uhrmann; Al Turner ; Phillip J. Tricker.

Photographers: Colin Escott; Dave Sax; R.A. Andreas;...continue...

Various Artists: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music: 1960

CD / / 2010-11-23

Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Classic Country: Duets

CD / Time/Life Music / 2010-10-11

Tracks: Islands in the Steam - Kenny Rogers - (featuring Dolly Parton); Jackson - Johnny Cash - (featuring June Carter); Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man - Loretta Lynn - (featuring Conway Twitty); On My Kne...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Charles McCardell.

This two-disc, 30-track set, part of the Time Life multi-disc Classic Country series, focuses on duets from the modern age of country, and includes such cl...continue...

Various Artists: Country's Got Heart: Behind Closed Doors

CD / Time/Life Music / 2010-10-11

Tracks: Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn; I Ain't Never - Mel Tillis; If You Love Me (Let Me Know) - Olivia Newton-John; Grand Tour, The - George Jones; Funny Face - Donna Fargo; If We Make It Through De...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: John Morthland.

A two-disc, 30-track collection drawn from Time Life's ten-disc survey of modern and contemporary country music from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s called Country'...continue...

Various Artists: Country's Got Heart: Together Again

CD / Time/Life Music / 2010-10-11

Tracks: Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) - Waylon Jennings; If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me - The Bellamy Brothers; Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal G...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: John Morthland.

A two-disc, 30-track collection drawn from Time Life's ten-disc survey of modern and contemporary country music from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s called Country'...continue...

Various Artists: Country's Got Heart: I Still Believe in You

CD / Time/Life Music / 2010-10-11

Tracks: Timber, I'm Falling in Love - Patty Loveless; Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus; Somebody's Knockin' - Terri Gibbs; Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses - Kathy Mattea; When I Call Your Name - Vince G...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Charles McCardell.

A two-disc, 34-track collection drawn from Time Life's ten-disc survey of modern and contemporary country music from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s called Count...continue...

Various Artists: Country's Got Heart: Lookin' for Love

CD / Time/Life Music / 2010-10-11

Tracks: Swingin' - John Anderson; Lookin' for Love - Johnny Lee; Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You) - Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band; There's No Gettin' over Me - Ronnie Milsap; Common Man - ...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Charles McCardell.

A two-disc, 30-track collection drawn from Time Life's ten-disc survey of modern and contemporary country music from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s called Count...continue...

Merle Haggard: The Music of Merle Haggard: The Epic Years [Long Box]

CD / Epic (USA) / 2010-10-05

Tracks: Man from Another Time; My Mary; It's All in the Game; You Nearly Lose Your Mind; Nobody's Darlin' But Mine; Blue Yodel No. 2; Trouble in Mind; Old Watermill, The; Big Butter and Egg Man; Pennies from...
Artists: Merle Haggard

Liner Note Author: Rich Kienzle.

Photographers: Piper Ferguson; John Reggero; Zigy Kaluzny; Randee St. Nicholas; Mark E. Gibson; Marc Morrison.

When Merle Haggard signed with Epic Record...continue...

Various Artists: Road Music: 23 Truckin' Hits

1 CD / Tee-vee / 2010-08-09

Artists: Various Artists

Merle Haggard: 20 Hits

1 CD / IndieBlu Music / 2010-07-13

Tracks: I'M a Lonesome Fugitive; Branded Man; Sing Me Back Home; Mama Tried; Legend of Bonnie and Clyde, The; Hungry Eyes; Okie From Muskogee; Workin' Man Blues; Fightin' Side of Me, The; Daddy Frank (the Gu...
Artists: Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard has always been a maverick, and it's refreshing how he hasn't changed his approach or attitude to things in a 60-some-year career as a musician, singer, and songwriter -- he has excelled...continue...

Various Artists: Golden Age of Country: Honky-Tonk Man

CD / WEA (Distributor) / 2010-06-29

Artists: Various Artists

A two-disc, 32-track collection drawn from Time Life's ten-disc survey of modern country music called Golden Age of Country, this volume includes such classics as Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues," ...continue...

Buck Owens: Open Up Your Heart: The Buck Owens & the Buckaroos Recordings 1965-1968

7 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 2010-05-04

Tracks: Before You Go; Getting Used to Loving You; (I Want) No One But You; Number One Heel; Raz-Ma-Taz Polka; I Betcha Didn't Know; No Fool Like an Old Fool; If You Want a Love; Charlie Brown; Steel Guitar ...
Artists: Buck Owens

Personnel: Buck Owens (vocals, guitar, electric guitar); Donald "Don Rich" Eugen Ulrich (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, National guitar, gut-string guitar, fiddle); Buddy Alan Owens, Susan ...continue...

Merle Haggard: I Am What I Am

1 CD / Vanguard / 2010-04-20

Tracks: I've Seen It Go Away; Pretty When It's New; Oil Tanker Train; Live and Love Always; Road to My Heart, The; How Did You Find Me Here; We're Falling in Love Again; Bad Actor; Down at the End of the Roa...
Artists: Merle Haggard

2010 album from the Country legend. I Am What I Am bristles with all the arresting qualities for which this unrivaled artist is prized. Every...continue...
Liner Note Author: Theresa Lane Haggard.

Recording information: Hag's Studio.

Photographer: Travis Huggett.

Perhaps there's a measure of defiance in the title of Merle Haggard's 2...continue...

Willie Nelson: Country Music

1 CD / Rounder / 2010-04-20

Tracks: Man with the Blues; Seaman's Blues; Dark as a Dungeon; Gotta Walk Alone; Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down; My Baby's Gone; Freight Train Boogie; Satisfied Mind; You Done Me Wrong; Pistol Packin' Mam...
Artists: Willie Nelson

Audio Mixer: Mike Piersante.

Recording information: Sound Emporium Studios, Nashville, TN.

Editor: Jason Wormer.

Photographer: Rick Oliver.

Willie Nelson moves to Rounder R...continue...