Playlist - 4/10/2016 - Merle Haggard & The Bakersfield Sound

Hi Folks.

The whole show was devoted to the Bakersfield Sound in country music and the influences that created Merle Haggard's musical career. 

Roy Nichols, long time Merle Haggard guitarist,
and Lewis Tally, Merle Haggard's first record producer,
played on this 1955 recording

This included lots of songs from folks like Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Wynn Stewart, Lefty Frizell, Buck Owens, Bonnie Owens, and more!  We played the earliest recordings of Merle Haggard and several more up to the mid-1960s.  Some of these recordings probably were unknown by even great Merle Haggard fans.

We hope you enjoyed this tribute to a great sub-genre of country music and an unforgettable original singer and songwriter, Merle Haggard.

Joe Bussard presented his 27th show for us.  His playlist is at the bottom of the main playlist, and a link to a soundfile of his show will be posted soon.

Join me next week for more great old music.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Source / Label / Year

• Golden Gate Quartet / Run On / Complete Recorded Works Volume 4 / Document / 1942
• Jimmie Rodgers / My Rough and Rowdy Ways / On The Way Up - 1929 / Rounder / 1929
• Johnny Cash / Folsom Prison Blues / The Essential Johnny Cash / Columbia / 1968
• Lefty Frizell / (Honey Babe Hurry) Bring Your Sweet Self Back To Me / Give Me More, More, More / Proper / 
• Lefty Frizell / Blue Yodel No. 6 / Give Me More, More, More / Proper / 
• Buck Owens / Down on the Corner of Love / Act Naturally / Bear Family / 1955
• Buck Owens / House Down The Block / Act Naturally / Bear Family / 1955
• Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Stay a Little Longer / The Essential Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Columbia Legacy / 1945
• Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Time Changes Everything / The Essential Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Columbia Legacy / 1940
• Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Take Me Back to Tulsa / The Essential Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Columbia Legacy / 1941
• The Farmer Boys / I'm Just Too Lazy / 78 RPM single / Capitol / 1955
• Bonnie Owens / Excuse Me for living / Excuse Me for Living /  / 
• Wynn Stewart / Open Up My Heart / One More Memory / Ling Music Group / 
• Wynn Stewart / If You See My Baby / One More Memory / Ling Music Group / 
• Tommy Collins / You Gotta Have a License / Singer Songwriter Comedian 1930-2000 /  / 1970
• Merle Haggard / Singing My Heart Out / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1962
• Tommy Collins / Roots of My Raising / Singer Songwriter Comedian 1930-2000 /  / 1970
• Merle Haggard / Skid Row / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1962
• Liz Anderson / Be Gone / The Best Of Liz Anderson /  / 1965
• Liz Anderson / The Bottle Turned Into A Blonde / The Best Of Liz Anderson /  / 1965
• Merle Haggard / (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1964
• Merle Haggard / Sing A Sad Song / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1963
• Merle Haggard (& Bonnie Owens) / Slowly But Surely / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1964
• Merle Haggard (& Bonnie Owens) / Wait a Little Longer Please Jesus / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1965
• Merle Haggard / The Bottle Let Me Down / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1966
• Merle Haggard / Life In Prison / Untamed Hawk / Bear Family / 1966

Joe Bussard's Country Classics #27 

• The Stripling Brothers / The Lost Child / 78 RPM Single / Melotone / 1928
• Byron Parker & his Mountaineers / Up Jumped The Devil / 78 RPM single / Bluebird / 1940
• Carolina Tar Heels / Bring Me A Leaf From The Sea / 78 RPM Single / Victor / 1927
• Shortbuckle Roark & Family / I Truly Understand, You Love Another Man / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1928
• The Alabama Sheiks / Travelin' Railroad Man / 78 RPM single / Victor / 1931
• Molly O'Day & the Cumberland Mountain Folks / Poor Ellen Smith / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1949
• Carl Sauceman / Handy Man / 78 RPM single / Capitol / 1952
• Blue Sky Boys / Drop Your Net / 78 RPM single / RCA / 1950
• Roy Acuff / Thank God / 78 RPM single / Columbia / 1947