Artist	Song
George Jones	I Threw Away the Rose
from The Greatest Living Country Singer (2009)
Alan Jackson	If We Make It Through December
from Honky Tonk Christmas (1993)
David Allan Coe	Branded Man
from 20 All-Time Greatest Hits (Re-Recorded Versions) (2002)
Sammi Smith	Today I Started Loving You Again
from The Best Of (1996)
The Byrds	Life In Prison
from Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1997)
The International Submarine Band	I Must Be Somebody Else You've Known
from Safe At Home (2004)
Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen	It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
from Bakersfield Bound (2006)
Grateful Dead	Mama Tried
from Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) [Live] {Bonus Tracks} (2004)
Earl Scruggs	Silver Wings
from I Saw the Light With Some Help from My Friends (2005)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down
from Almost Blue (2007)
Marianne Faithfull & Keith Richards	Sing Me Back Home
from Easy Come Easy Go (2009)
John Doe & The Sadies	Are the Good Times Really Over for Good
from Country Club - Single (2009)
Roy Buchanan	I Am a Lonesome Fugitive
from Roy Buchanan (1987)
Phil Ochs	Okie from Muskogee
from Gunfight At Carnegie Hall (2007)
Millie Jackson	If You're Not Back In Love By Monday
from Feelin' Bitchy (1991)
Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard & Porter Wagoner	Life's Like Poetry
from All I Can Do (2007)
Charlie Louvin	I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me
from The Battles Rage On (2010)
Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry	The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde
from The Legacy (1961-2002) (2006)
Doc Watson	Workin' Man Blues
from FestivaLink presents Doc Watson and Friends in "Docabilly" at MerleFest, NC 5/1/10 (2010)
Del Mccoury Band and Friends	Mama's Hungry Eyes
from Moneyland (2008)
Charlie Waller & The Country Gentlemen	Fightin' Side of Me
from Songs of the American Spirit (2010)
Tony Trischka & The Big Dogs	Always On a Mountain
from Live At the Birchmere (2007)
Tommy Collins	Roots of My Raising
from Singer, Songwriter, Comedian - 1930-2000 (2004)

Comment:

If there was ever any question about Haggard's songwriting skills, these cover classics provide 25 answers. Linda Ronstadt joins bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs in an uncredited appearance on the leavin'-on-a-jet-plane hanky soaker "Silver Wings." Marianne Faithfull partners up with longtime pal Keith Richards on the mournful death-row ballad "Sing Me Back Home," a song she first heard on a Richards bootleg, a song that he learned from (and occasionally played with) Haggard disciple Gram Parsons. The folk world's Voltaire, Phil Ochs, doubles down on the irony with a tongue-in-cheek — no, make that thumb-under-nose — reading of the anti-hippie anthem "Okie from Muskogee." And Outlaw Country star Sammi Smith sweeps the sawdust from the barroom floor of regret — only to make a choice she knows she'll regret later — in "Today I Started Loving You Again." But don't stop there: from Alan Jackson to Elvis Costello, artists from every corner of the music store have turned to the Haggard songbook for some of their best moments on record.

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