Artist	Song
Merle Haggard	White Line Fever (Down Every Road Version)
from Down Every Road 1962-1994 (1996)
Merle Haggard	Footlights
from Serving 190 Proof (1988)
Merle Haggard & The Strangers	You Don't Have Very Far To Go
from Down Every Road 1962-1994 (1996)
Merle Haggard & The Strangers	The Emptiest Arms In The World
from Down Every Road 1962-1994 (1996)
Merle Haggard	Kern River
from Down Every Road 1962-1994 (1996)
Merle Haggard & The Strangers	California Cottonfields
from Down Every Road 1962-1994 (1996)
Merle Haggard & The Strangers	Tulare Dust
from Down Every Road 1962-1994 (1996)
Merle Haggard & The Strangers	California Blues (Blue Yodel #4)
from Down Every Road 1962-1994 (1996)
Merle Haggard & The Strangers	Grandma Harp
from Down Every Road 1962-1994 (1996)
Merle Haggard & The Strangers	Someday We'll Look Back
from Down Every Road 1962-1994 (1996)
Merle Haggard	In My Next Life
from 1994 (1994)
Merle Haggard	Red Bandana
from Serving 190 Proof (1988)
Merle Haggard	I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Merle Haggard (2000)
Merle Haggard	Leonard
from Back to the Barrooms (1987)
Merle Haggard & Toby Keith	She Ain't Hooked On Me No More
from Hag - The Best of Merle Haggard (2006)
Merle Haggard & Johnny Cash	I'm Leavin' Now
from Hag - The Best of Merle Haggard (2006)
Merle Haggard	You Take Me For Granted
from Down Every Road 1962-1994 (1996)
Merle Haggard & The Strangers	Everybody's Had The Blues (Live Rehearsal)
from Down Every Road 1962-1994 (1996)
Merle Haggard & The Strangers	Someone Told My Story
from Down Every Road 1962-1994 (1996)
Merle Haggard & The Strangers	Sing A Sad Song
from Down Every Road 1962-1994 (1996)
Merle Haggard	Wishing All These Things Were New
from If I Could Only Fly (2008)
Merle Haggard	Things Aren't Funny Anymore
from Down Every Road 1962-1994 (1996)
Merle Haggard & The Strangers	Honky Tonk Night Time Man
from Hag - The Best of Merle Haggard (2006)
Merle Haggard	If I Could Only Fly
from If I Could Only Fly (2008)

Comment:

Starting with the ’60s, just pick a decade, any decade, and you’ll find great Merle Haggard songs — such has been the man’s consistency, whether he’s laying down tracks written by others, or recording his own material. Fans of hardcore Hag should not overlook “Sing a Sad Song,” a tune he picked up during an early-’60s stint in Wynn Stewart’s band and took into the national Top 20 in ’64. “Leonard” (1981) is a tribute to his friend and fellow Bakersfield scene stalwart Tommy Collins, while “In My Next Life” remains a standout on the album named for the year of its release, [i]1994[/i]. The album [i]If Only I Could Fly[/i] (2000) — a largely acoustic work featuring the brilliant “Wishing All These Things Were New” — showed Hag had lost nothing in genius over time.

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