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Merle Haggard's 1969 Album A Portrait Of Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard's 1969 Album A Portrait Of Merle Haggard
Capitol Records ©
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Merle Haggard's 1969 Album A Portrait Of Merle Haggard
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Merle Haggard Discography Simplified-Rating System

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Merle certainly hit a home run with "A Portrait Of Merle Haggard", but failed to touch home plate! There are 9 exceptional songs here with only one hiccup in "Montego Bay". This track just doesn't fit in with the rest of the material.

9 out of 10 Haggard fans haven't a clue as to which album such classics like "Workin' Man Blues", "Silver Wings" or "Hungry Eyes" originate from. I've never understood why Capitol Records© didn't choose a more appropriate title for this album??? Merle's previous 9 studio albums were named the same as the title track, so one would assume this should/would have been named "Workin' Man Blues"? A Portrait Of Merle Haggard sounds more like the title of a greatest hits album.

At any rate, this one is an absolute must have as 6 of the 10 tracks went on to be Haggard classics and 2 #1 hits!

The opinions above are solely those of Sound_man73. If you're like me you'll collect the music either way :)
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Merle Haggard 38 Number 1 Hits

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Track Listing:
Songwriter/s are in (parentheses)
  1. Workin' Man Blues (Haggard) *Merle's 7th #1 Hit*
  2. What's Wrong With Stayin' Home (Morris)
  3. Silver Wings (Haggard)
  4. Who Do I Know in Dallas (Cochran/Nelson)
  5. She Thinks I Still Care (Lipscomb/Duffey)
  6. Hungry Eyes (Haggard) *Merle's 6th #1 Hit*
  7. I Die Ten Thousand Times a Day (Payne)
  8. Every Fool Has a Rainbow (Haggard)
  9. I Came So Close to Living Alone (Dickens/Hunt)
  10. Montego Bay (Cochran/Martin)
Personnel:
During my research for this site I've collected about 99% of everything Merle ever recorded.
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Jason Cross 2012 CD-Life After All

Jason Cross-Life After All-2012
Available on Amazon, iTunes & Rhapsody!
Release Date: 01/06/2012

Jason Cross Life After All-I Barely KNow You-I'm Still In Love-Just Go-CD 2012
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