Down Every Road (1962-1994) by Merle Haggard

Down Every Road (1962-1994)

Merle Haggard

1996

Down Every Road (1962-1994) is a Folk album by Merle Haggard, originally released in 1996. On Gatefold: 6 pressings tracked.

Sound DNA

  • Folk
  • Traditional Folk
  • twangy
  • wistful
  • outlaw

About

Boasting a voluminous 100 songs, <i>Down Every Road 1962-94</i> delivers a weighty four volumes of Merle Haggard. It's easily the best one-stop-shop representation of his musical arc's great depth (you'd have to be a Haggard completist to pine for those obscure tunes that didn't make the cut). The cream of his crop is represented well, starting with the honky-tonkin' "Skid Row," which Haggard recorded for Talley Records in 1963. Cut the same year, "Sing A Sad Song" gets early countrypolitan production sounding diametrically slick. But what's more interesting is listening to the evolution of the Bakersfield sound starting with "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" from his 1965 debut album <i>Strangers</i> to 1968's "Mama Tried." By "Sing Me Back Home" which surfaced later that year, Haggard had pioneered a genre, presaged California country-rock and honed his knack for the narratives that make his workingman's twang so gripping. While there's nary a hint of the man's obsession with Bob Wills, the collection finishes nicely with an urban-cowboy rendition of "Pancho and Lefty" and 1994's foreboding "In My Next Life."

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Tracklist

  1. 1Skid Row (Down Every Road Version)1:46
  2. 2Sing a Sad Song2:34
  3. 3You Don't Even Try2:17
  4. 4Sam Hill2:33
  5. 5My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers2:30
  6. 6Just Between the Two of Us2:44
  7. 7If I Had Left It Up to You2:24
  8. 8I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can2:00
  9. 9Swinging Doors (Down Every Road Version)2:53
  10. 10The Bottle Let Me Down (Down Every Road Version)2:48
  11. 11High On a Hilltop2:59
  12. 12I'll Look Over You2:10
  13. 13The Fugitive2:58
  14. 14House of Memories2:47
  15. 15All of Me Belongs to You2:41
  16. 16Mary's Mine2:57
  17. 17Someone Told My Story2:33
  18. 18Go Home2:35
  19. 19Whatever Happened to Me2:58
  20. 20Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive2:35
  21. 21I Threw Away the Rose3:21
  22. 22Branded Man3:07
  23. 23You Don't Have Very Far to Go2:20
  24. 24Somewhere Between3:06
  25. 25Sing Me Back Home2:49
  26. 26The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp2:59
  27. 27Seeing Eye Dog2:00
  28. 2.1The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde2:06
  29. 2.2Today I Started Loving You Again2:22
  30. 2.3Is This the Beginning of the End?3:04
  31. 2.4I'll Always Know2:22
  32. 2.5Mama Tried2:13
  33. 2.6In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)2:45
  34. 2.7Teach Me to Forget3:15
  35. 2.8I'm Looking for My Mind2:10
  36. 2.9The Day the Rains Came2:40
  37. 2.10California Blues (Blue Yodel No. 4)2:50
  38. 2.11I Take a Lot of Pride In What I Am2:48
  39. 2.12I'm Bringin' Home Good News2:48
  40. 2.13I Can't Hold Myself In Line2:55
  41. 2.14It Meant Goodbye to Me When You Said Hello to Him2:32
  42. 2.15Hungry Eyes3:28
  43. 2.16Silver Wings2:44
  44. 2.17Waitin' for a Train2:52
  45. 2.18Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make a Fool Out of Me)3:07
  46. 2.19California Cottonfields2:47
  47. 2.20White Line Fever (Down Every Road Version)2:49
  48. 2.21Workin' Man Blues2:35
  49. 2.22Okie from Muskogee (Down Every Road Version)2:44
  50. 2.23I Can't Stop Loving You (Live)2:54
  51. 2.24Huntsville3:07
  52. 2.25Irma Jackson2:27
  53. 2.26The Fightin' Side of Me (December 1969)2:53
  54. 2.27I'll Be a Hero (When I Strike) (March 1970)2:03
  55. 3.1Right or Wrong (Down Every Road Version)2:38
  56. 3.2Trouble In Mind3:14
  57. 3.3Stay a Little Longer2:49
  58. 3.4The Farmer's Daughter2:55
  59. 3.5Tulare Dust1:47
  60. 3.6Carolyn2:33
  61. 3.7Someday We'll Look Back2:30
  62. 3.8Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)3:10
  63. 3.9Grandma Harp2:11
  64. 3.10It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)3:20
  65. 3.11I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me2:50
  66. 3.12If We Make It Through December2:43
  67. 3.13The Emptiest Arms In the World2:52
  68. 3.14Everybody's Had the Blues (Live Rehearsal)3:07
  69. 3.15Things Aren't Funny Anymore2:42
  70. 3.16Honky Tonk Night Time Man2:39
  71. 3.17Holding Things Together2:58
  72. 3.18Here In Frisco2:29
  73. 3.19Kentucky Gambler2:40
  74. 3.20Always Wanting You3:06
  75. 3.21Living With the Shades Pulled Down2:56
  76. 3.22Running Kind3:02
  77. 3.23It's All In the Movies3:12
  78. 3.24The Way It Was In '513:21
  79. 3.25I Never Go Around Mirrors2:44
  80. 3.26What Have You Got Planned Tonight, Diana3:08
  81. 4.1If We're Not Back In Love By Monday3:16
  82. 4.2Ramblin' Fever3:09
  83. 4.3It's Been a Great Afternoon2:47
  84. 4.4Red Bandana2:33
  85. 4.5Footlights4:02
  86. 4.6My Own Kind of Hat2:55
  87. 4.7Misery and Gin2:50
  88. 4.8Leonard3:38
  89. 4.9I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink4:31
  90. 4.10Rainbow Stew2:37
  91. 4.11Big City3:02
  92. 4.12Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)4:15
  93. 4.13You Take Me for Granted2:44
  94. 4.14Pancho and Lefty4:47
  95. 4.15That's the Way Love Goes3:02
  96. 4.16Someday When Things Are Good
  97. 4.17Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room2:51
  98. 4.18Kern River3:22
  99. 4.19Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star3:24
  100. 4.20In My Next Life3:50

Credits

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Songwriting

Rare pressing on Gatefold · 6 pressings tracked on Gatefold