Merle Haggard - 1996

Artist:

Haggard, Merle

UPC:

715187779624

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Description:

Personnel: Merle Haggard (vocals, electric guitar); Abe Manuel, Jr. (arranger, acoustic & electric guitars, fiddle, viola, strings, Cajun accordion, accordion, percussion, background vocals); Dwight Yoakam, Buck Owens, Bob Teague, Johnny Paycheck, John Anderson (vocals); Joe Manuel (acoustic & electric guitars, bass, background vocals); H. Joseph Reed, Jr. (acoustic & electric guitars, bass); Clint Strong, Terry Hardesty (acoustic guitar); Tim Howard, Seymour Duncan (electric guitar); Norman Hamlet (steel guitar, dobro); Jim Belkins (gypsy violin); Don Markham (pennywhistle, saxophone, trumpet); Iris DeMent, Oleg Schramm, Mark Yeary, Bobbi Curtis, Mark Erie (piano); Bobby Wood (electric piano); Eddy Curtis, Leland Sklar (bass); Biff Adam (drums, percussion); Larry Lundan (drums); Dawn Sears (background vocals).
Producers: Merle Haggard, Abe Manuel, Jr.; Merle Haggard, Abe Manuel, Jr., Lou Bradley.
Recorded at Tally Studio, Redding, California. Includes liner notes by Theresa Lane Haggard.
Personnel: Merle Haggard (electric guitar); Abe Manuel, Jr. (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, fiddle, viola, strings, accordion, percussion, background vocals); Dwight Yoakam, Bob Teague, John Anderson, Johnny Paycheck, Buck Owens (vocals); Joe Manuel (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, wah-wah guitar, background vocals); Hilton Jr. Reed (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Terry Hardesty, Clint Strong (acoustic guitar); Tim Howard, Seymour Duncan (electric guitar); Norm Hamlet (steel guitar, dobro); Jim Belkins (violin); Don Markham (pennywhistle, saxophone, trumpet); Mark Yeary, Iris DeMent, Oleg Schramm (piano); Bobby Wood (electric piano); Biff Adam (drums, percussion); Dawn Sears (background vocals).
Recording information: Tally Studio, CA.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Jim Belkins; Abe Manuel, Jr.; Joe Manuel.
Merle Haggard, one of country music`s few living legends, continues to make great music. Haggard`s 1996 is not his best effort, but it still outclasses 99.9 percent of what dominated country hit radio that year. Highlights include an affecting cover of Iris DeMent`s "No Time To Cry"; Haggard`s understated melancholy vocal suits the song better than does DeMent`s plaintive warble. "Sin City Blues" and "Truck Driver`s Blues" are also lovely and moving. Less successful are "Beer Can Hill" and "Winds of Change;" weak numbers that waste guest vocals by Dwight Yoakum, Buck Owens, and John Anderson.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Sin City Blues
2. No Time to Cry
3. Beer Can Hill
4. Truck Drivers` Blues
5. Too Many Highways
6. Five Days a Week
7. Kids Get Lonesome Too
8. If Anyone Ought to Know
9. Untanglin` My Mind
10. Winds of Change

Album Information

Release Date:

01/02/1996

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Label:

Curb

Catalog Number:

CD 77796

Original Release Year:

1996

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

32 : 5

Guest Artist:

Dwight Yoakam; Buck Owens; Iris DeMent; Johnny Paycheck; John Anderson; Dawn Sears

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