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Merle Haggard

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Genre: Bakersfield Sound
Hometown: Bakersfield
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Merle Haggard is one of the most influential country music Singer-Songwriters since Hank Williams. His career began when he snuck backstage to meet country legend Lefty Frizzell as a teen. Impressed by his songs, Frizzell refused to go back on stage until Haggard went up and sang a song -- to a warm audience response. Along with Buck Owens and Wynn Stewart, he was a pioneer of the Bakersfield country music scene in the 1960s, a working-class legend who sang torn and frayed narratives. Haggard's deep and throaty vocal style was influenced by Stewart's phrasing, his music touched by a subtle mix of blues, jazz, folk and Western Swing. Haggard's quality of songwriting has remained consistently ahead of the rest; country music wouldn't be the same without him.

- Eric Shea

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Learnin’ to Fly

Merle seems like a "what you see is what you get" kind of guy. But over the last five decades the legend has voraciously explored nearly every facet of country music, from hardcore honky tonk and bluegrass to jazzy western swing and rockabilly.

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		Mama Tried (2:08)
		Pancho And Lefty (4:45)
		Okie From Muskogee (2:40)
		I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink (4:32)
		The Fightin' Side Of Me (2:52)
		Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver) (4:13)
		Pancho And Lefty (4:46)
		If We Make It Through December (2:40)
		Silver Wings (2:41)
		Workin' Man Blues (2:33)
		Mama Tried (2:10)
		Today I Started Loving You Again (Re-Recorded In Stereo) (3:45)
		Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver) (4:13)
		Wishing All These Old Things Were New (3:20)
		Please Mr. D.J. (2:26)
		Today I Started Loving You Again (3:44)
		Big City (2:59)
		That's The Way Love Goes (3:00)
		Today I Started Loving You Again (2:19)
		Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive (2:35)

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		Okie From Muskogee (2:56)
		Pancho And Lefty (4:46)
		Yesterday's Wine (3:14)
		The Fightin' Side Of Me (2:55)
		Someday When Things Are Good (3:36)
		Workin' Man Blues (2:33)
		Mama Tried (2:10)
		It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) (3:21)
		I Threw Away The Rose (3:21)
		Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) (3:14)
		Carolyn (2:35)
		Always Wanting You (3:04)
		I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me (2:50)
		Grandma Harp (2:11)
		Let's Chase Each Other Around The Room (2:49)
		Ramblin' Fever (4:00)
		Red Bandana (2:33)
		The Fugitive (2:58)
		Today I Started Loving You Again (2:22)
		Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star (3:23)