Norm Hamlet CD discography. Don Markham (saxophone, trumpet, background vocals); Eddie Curtis (bass); Randy Mason (drums); Theresa Lane Haggard, Bonnie Owens (background vocals). Recorded live at Billy Bob's Texas, Fort Worth, Texas. Includes liner notes by Bill Mack. Longtime Hag fans who pine for Merle's salad ...

Norm Hamlet discography. THE FIGHTIN' SIDE OF ME was recorded live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Featuring Merle Haggard and his second wife, Bonnie Owens, 1966's JUST BETWEEN THE TWO OF US is a stunningly successful collaboration, featuring a sparkling collection of traditional country love and ...

Norm Hamlet CD discography. Remastered. If any one album deserves credit for ushering in the Western swing revival, it's this previously buried treasure from 1970. Haggard taught himself to play fiddle before recording this album and augmented his band with members of Wills's pioneering ...

Norm Hamlet discography. Digitally remastered by Chris Athens (Sterling Sound, New York, New York). In the early '80s, Merle Haggard carved out his niche on country radio with a series of low-key, melancholy ballads. Haggard's adherence to this successful formula didn't mean that he ...

Norm Hamlet albums. Merle Haggard recorded the two albums included here -- in reverse order -- during the middle of his tenure with Epic. A Friend in California was issued in 1986 and Out Among the Stars in 1987. The albums preceding and ...

Norm Hamlet CD discography. It speaks unpleasant volumes about all sorts of things that, in the year 2000, Merle Haggard--a towering figure in country music, second only in influence to the great Hank Williams himself--probably couldn't get arrested in Nashville if he was found ...

Norm Hamlet music CDs. In 2002, BGO released Merle Haggard's 1971 album Hag and 1972 effort Let Me Tell You About a Song on a single CD. These two albums were separated by two other records: Land of Many Churches and Someday We'll Look ...

Norm Hamlet songs. Though the 1990s weren't kind to Merle Haggard in terms of album sales, his songwriting expertise still remained intact, as this 1990 release shows. With typical Haggard economy, BLUE JUNGLE unpeels the complex singer's many layers. There's the champion of ...

Norm Hamlet albums. The 1990s found venerable country giant Merle Haggard slowing down, releasing only a couple of disappointing albums. Throughout the decade, Haggard seemed to flounder as he grappled with the apparent end of his commercial dominance. Then, at the end of ...

Norm Hamlet music CDs. Merle Haggard, one of country music's few living legends, continues to make great music. Haggard's 1996 is not his best effort, but it still outclasses 99.9 percent of what dominated country hit radio that year. Highlights include an affecting cover ...

Norm Hamlet songs. Recorded between 1996 and 1999. Includes liner notes by Kevin Lamb. A celebration of early country music and its songwriters, THE PEER SESSIONS features Merle Haggard and friends informally performing a dozen classic songs from the catalog of country recording pioneer ...

Norm Hamlet albums. Although it's titled like one, Peter Case's 12th full-length, LET US NOW PRAISE SLEEPY JOHN, is not an official tribute record to the blues great ...