Merle Haggard-Down Every Road Box(flac){19glide58}[H33T]

Artist: Merle Haggard
Title: Down Every Road (Box)
Label: Capitol
Release Date: 1996
Format: flac



Review/Bio:
As a performer and a songwriter, Merle Haggard was the most important country artist to emerge in the 1960s, and he became one of the leading figures of the Bakersfield country scene in the '60s. While his music remained hardcore country, he pushed the boundaries of the music quite far. Like his idol, Bob Wills, his music was a melting pot that drew from all forms of traditional American music -- country, jazz, blues, and folk -- and in the process, developed a distinctive style of his own. As a performer, singer, and musician, he was one of the best, influencing countless other artists. Not coincidentally, he was the best singer/songwriter in country music since Hank Williams, writing a body of songs that became classics. Throughout his career, Haggard has been a champion of the working man, largely due to his rough and tumble history.
Country music has had a long and proud tradition of outlaws and hard men, but Merle Haggard is in a class by himself. A singer-songwriter regularly capable of heartbreaking emotional honesty, Haggard has also maintained an aura of danger, as if he'd be just as happy to punch your face in as to buy you a beer. The essential four-disc box set, DOWN EVERY ROAD 1962-1994, is a perfect overview of both sides of Hag's personality. Its 100 songs are spread over four solid discs, without an ounce of fat. Signature tunes like "Mama Tried" and the perpetually misunderstood "Okie From Muskogee" sit next to equally fine but lesser-known material from Haggard's later career, when the urban cowboy scene and the rock-oriented dilution of modern country music had unfairly turned him into a niche artist. EMI wisely licensed material from all of Haggard's various labels, making this the only truly comprehensive box set of the Bakersfield legend's work.

Recording information:
Anaheim, CA (1962-1993)
Bakersfield, CA (1962-1993)
Hollywood, CA (1962-1993)
Las Vegas, NV (1962-1993)
Los Angeles, CA (1962-1993)
Muskogee, OK (1962-1993)
Nashville, TN (1962-1993)
New Orleans, LA (1962-1993)
Palo Cedro, CA (1962-1993)

Tracklist:
CD1
01 Skid Row (01:47)
02 Sing A Sad Song (02:34)
03 You Don’t Even Try (02:18
04 Sam Hill (02:33)
05 (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers (02:30)
06 Just Between The Two Of Us (02:45)
07 If I Had Left It Up To You (02:25)
08 I’m Gonna Break Every Heart I Can (02:00)
09 Swinging Doors (02:53)
10 The Bottle Let Me Down (02:49)
11 High On A Hilltop (02:59)
12 I’ll Look Over You (02:10)
13 The Fugitive (02:59)
14 House Of Memories (02:48
15 All Of Me Belongs To You (02:41)
16 Mary’s Mine (02:58
17 Someone Told My Story (02:34)
18 Go Home (02:35)
19 Whatever Happened To Me (02:58
20 Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive (02:36)
21 I Threw Away The Rose (03:22)
22 Branded Man (03:08
23 You Don’t Have Very Far To Go (02:20)
24 Somewhere Between (03:07)
25 Sing Me Back Home (02:50)
26 The Son Of Hickory Holler’s Tramp (03:00)
27 Seeing Eye Dog (02:00)
CD2
01 The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde (02:06)
02 I Started Loving You Again (02:23)
03 Is This The Beginning Of The End (03:04)
04 I’ll Always Know (02:23)
05 Mama Tried (02:13)
06 In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) (02:46)
07 Teach Me To Forget (03:16)
08 I’m Looking For My Mind (02:11)
09 The Day The Rains Came (02:41)
10 California Blues (Blue Yodel #4) (02:50)
11 I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am (02:48
12 I’m Bringin’ Home Good News (02:48
13 I Can’t Hold Myself In Line (02:55)
14 It Meant Goodbye To Me When You Said Hello To Him (02:32)
15 Hungry Eyes (03:29)
16 Silver Wings (02:44)
17 Waitin’ For A Train (02:52)
18 Jimmie Rodgers’ Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make A Fool Out Of Me) (03:08
19 California Cottonfields (02:48
20 White Line Fever (02:50)
21 Workin’ Man Blues (02:35)
22 Okie From Muskogee (02:44)
23 I Can’t Stop Loving You (Live) (02:54)
24 Huntsville (03:07)
25 Irma Jackson (02:28
26 The Fightin’ Side Of Me (02:53)
27 I’ll Be A Hero (When I Strike) (02:04)
CD3
01 Right Or Wrong (02:36)
02 Trouble In Mind (03:13)
03 Stay A Little Longer (02:48
04 The Farmer’s Daughter (02:53)
05 Tulare Dust (01:46)
06 Carolyn (02:31)
07 Someday We’ll Look Back (02:29)
08 Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) (03:08
09 Grandma Harp (02:10)
10 It’s Not Love (But It’s Not Bad) (03:19)
11 I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me (02:48
12 If We Make It Through December (02:40)
13 The Emptiest Arms In The World (02:51)
14 Everybody’s Had The Blues (Live Rehearsal) (03:05)
15 Things Aren’t Funny Anymore (02:40)
16 Honky Tonk Night Time Man (02:37)
17 Holding Things Together (02:57)
18 Here In Frisco (02:28
19 Kentucky Gambler (02:39)
20 Always Wanting You (03:05)
21 Living With The Shades Pulled Down (02:54)
22 Running Kind (03:01)
23 It’s All In The Movies (03:11)
24 The Way It Was In ’51 (03:20)
25 I Never Go Around Mirrors (02:42)
26 What Have You Got Planned Tonight Diana (03:06)
CD4
01 If We’re Not Back In Love By Monday (03:16)
02 Ramblin’ Fever (03:10)
03 It’s Been A Great Afternoon (02:47)
04 Red Bandana (02:33)
05 Footlights (04:03)
06 My Own Kind Of Hat (02:56)
07 Misery And Gin (02:50)
08 Leonard (03:39)
09 I Think I’ll Just Stay Here And Drink (04:32)
10 Rainbow Stew (02:38
11 Big City (03:02)
12 Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver) (04:15)
13 You Take Me For Granted (02:44)
14 Pancho And Lefty (04:48
15 That’s The Way Love Goes (03:03)
16 Someday When Things Are Good (03:33)
17 Let’s Chase Each Other Around The Room (02:51)
18 Kern River (03:23)
19 Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star (03:25)
20 In My Next Life (03:51)