Artist	Song
Randy Travis	On the Other Hand
from I Told You So - The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis (2009)
George Strait	Amarillo By Morning
from 22 More Hits (2007)
Alan Jackson	Home
from Alan Jackson: The Greatest Hits Collection (1995)
Brooks & Dunn	Whiskey Under the Bridge
from The Greatest Hits Collection (1997)
Brad Paisley & Frank Rogers	I'm Gonna Miss Her
from Part II (2001)
Lucinda Williams	Sweet Old World
from Sweet Old World (2010)
Clint Black	A Better Man
from Greatest Hits (1996)
Gram Parsons	Brass Buttons
from Grievous Angel (2009)
Emmylou Harris	One of These Days
from Elite Hotel (2004)
Dwight Yoakam	I Sang Dixie
from The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam (2004)
John Anderson	I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Some Day)
from Greatest Hits (2009)
Keith Whitley	I'm No Stranger to the Rain
from The Essential Keith Whitley (1996)
Dale Watson	Flowers In Your Hair
from Carryin' On (2010)
Grateful Dead	Dire Wolf
from Workingman's Dead (2004)
Marty Haggard	The Bridge
from The Bridge (2010)

Comment:

The Bakersfield Sound may have achieved its first blush of fame during Merle's career, but it by no means stopped there; self-proclaimed Haggard disciple Dwight Yoakam topped the Country charts with the honky-tonkin' tear-jerker "I Sang Dixie." Haggard himself was originally scheduled to produce country-rock legend Gram Parsons' solo debut, but Merle's divorce sent the project into a tailspin; despite his disappointment, Parsons bridges the gap between Kern Canyon and Laurel Canyon in the haunting heartbreak of "Brass Buttons." Even the Grateful Dead, who often covered Merle in concert, offer up a hunk of Hag homage in the devil-demands-his-due drama "Dire Wolf." And perhaps the most powerful legacy any artist can leave is a next generation — in this case, Merle's son Marty, who kicks out a saga of sin 'n' salvation worthy of his dad in "The Bridge." From Emmylou Harris to Alan Jackson, you may be able take the music out of Bakersfield, but you can't take Bakersfield out of the music.

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