Artist	Song
Buck Owens	Together Again
from Buck Owens: 21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection (2006)
George Jones	The Grand Tour
from The Essential George Jones (2006)
Johnny Paycheck	I'd Rather Be Your Fool
from On His Way (2005)
Willie Nelson	Me and Paul
from The Essential Willie Nelson (2003)
Waylon Jennings	Bob Wills Is Still the King
from The Essential Waylon Jennings (2007)
Dolly Parton	Coat of Many Colors
from 16 Biggest Hits: Dolly Parton (2007)
Tom T. Hall	The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
from The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall (2006)
Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter
from Loretta Lynn: All Time Greatest Hits (2002)
Kris Kristofferson	Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
from The Essential Kris Kristofferson (2004)
David Allan Coe	You Never Even Called Me By My Name
from The Essential David Allan Coe (2004)
Conway Twitty	Next in Line
from Conway Twitty: The #1 Hits Collection (2000)
Charley Pride	All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)
from The Essential Charley Pride (1997)
Bobby Bare	Ride Me Down Easy
from Bobby Bare: 16 Biggest Hits (2007)
Vern Gosdin	That Just About Does It
from Vern Gosdin: Super Hits (1993)
Billy Mize	Time Makes a Memory
from Make It Rain (2006)

Comment:

Merle's golden years were also the golden years of country music; he played on a big stage, and he played alongside some of the very best. Buck Owens provided Merle with his first big gig and his second wife; on the chart-topping "Together Again," Buck & co. don't sound particularly overjoyed about a lovers' reunion, but the song really lets the pedal steel moan. Country legend George Jones (like Merle, a singer's singer) mopes around the emptiness of his house — and his life — in the post-breakup misery of "The Grand Tour." Dolly Parton, who pulled herself up from poverty into country singer/songwriter royalty (in addition to being the object of Hag's misplaced affection), rhapsodizes over her dirt-poor youth in "Coat of Many Colors." And fellow ex-con David Allan Coe lays out a blueprint for the perfect country song in "You Never Even Called Me By My Name." From Willie Nelson to Kris Kristofferson, we've got a galaxy of stars that shone from Nashville all the way to Bakersfield.

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