Artist	Song
George Jones	The Grand Tour
from The Essential George Jones (2006)
The Allman Brothers Band	Melissa
from A Decade of Hits 1969-1979 (1991)
The Oak Ridge Boys	Cryin' Again
from Oak Ridge Boys: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (1985)
The Marshall Tucker Band	Heard It In a Love Song
from The Marshall Tucker Band: 12 Great Hits (2008)
The Inspirations	When I Wake Up to Sleep No More
from When I Wake Up to Sleep No More (Original Recordings) [Remastered] (2009)
Johnny Cash	I Walk the Line
from Johnny Cash: 16 Biggest Hits (1999)
The Cathedrals	Step Into the Water
from Cathedral Classics (2005)
Ronnie Milsap	Stranger In My House
from The Essential Ronnie Milsap (2006)
Statler Brothers	Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott?
from The Best of the Statler Brothers (1987)
The Florida Boys	I'm Standing On the Solid Rock
from The Florida Boys: Southern Gospel Treasury Series (2005)
38 Special	Back Where You Belong
from The Very Best of the A&M Years (1977-1988) (2003)
Waylon Jennings	Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
from Ultimate Waylon Jennings (2004)
The Masters V	O, What A Savior
from Southern Gospel Heritage Series (2009)
Ed Bruce	You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had
from This Old Hat (2003)

Comment:

Saturday night sin, Sunday morning salvation, and a sizeable slab of Southern rock all add up to a larger-than life country superstar. Bakersfield-bred outlaw Merle Haggard, much like Adkins, has never played by Nashville's rules, and in the booze-soaked musings of "Misery and Gin," he pays the price for straying from the straight-and-narrow. The Marshall Tucker Band serves up a combo platter of Dixie-fried rock and country-tinged pop— with a [i]flute[/i] solo, no less — in "Heard It In a Love Song." And former gospel quartet singer Adkins no doubt drew some inspiration from the Inspirations, who infuse some Statler Brothers-style harmonies into that old-time religion in "When I Wake Up to Sleep No More." From Johnny Cash to .38 Special, from George Jones to the Oak Ridge Boys, we've got all the artists, styles, and sounds that Trace embraced.

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