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Workin' Man Blues by Merle Haggard....What song of Merle Haggard's do you enjoy most?
As a performer and a songwriter, Merle Haggard was the most important country artist to emerge in the 1960s. Haggard 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
Even when success eluded him,in these past few years, Haggard's music remained some of the most consistently interesting and inventive in country music. Not only have his recordings remained fresh, but each subsequent generation of country singers shows a great debt to his work. That fact stands as a testament to his great talent even more than his induction to the Country Music Hall of Fame
Workin' Man Blues
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
You just named one of the ones thyat would be on the top of my list for great country songs.
others of his I love (too many to list them all but here are a few)
Mama Tried
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffHcGlF0xDw
Are The Good Times Really Over
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe_aJnQPPi8
My Favorite Memory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaP3wSVHvmM
Listening To The Wind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz_lCqYR0iY
If We Make Through December
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbaxCG6mjMc
Branded Man
- HopeFloatsLv 61 decade ago
Silver Wings
If We Make It Through December
If We're Not Back In Love By Monday
- sedonaLv 41 decade ago
So difficult, so many, The Farmers Daughter, Sing Me Back Home, A Snowball Headed For Hell comes to mind, and I love every track on the album Let Me Tell You About A Song
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- LucyLv 71 decade ago
Silver Wings
Swinging Doors
The Way I Am
Sing Me Back Home
Mama Tried
Today I Started Loving You Again
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Silver Wings
- I'm CountryLv 41 decade ago
Fightin' Side of Me
Okie From Muskogee
Mama Tried (dedicate it to my mom on the radio every Mother's Day)
She Ain't Hooked on Me No More
Are the Good Times Really Over
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Silver Wings
- BrainBabeLv 71 decade ago
Even though he had so many serious songs that showed the plight of the working man, I just fell in love with his silly little song, "My Own Kind of Hat"!
I LOVE that song for its playfulness and the way he grins when he performs it!
Nice question, great singer...
- ?Lv 61 decade ago
Cousin Merle's songs are all great!!! (He is my second cousin!!!)
"The Fighting Side of Me", "Branded Man", "Lonesome Fugitive", "Grandma Harp", "Mama Tried", "Sing Me Back Home" & "Diane" are my most favorites!!!
And I can sure as the hell sing all of the words---I just can't carry a tune well!!! LMAO!!! Oh, Cousin Merle, Waylon, Willie, David, George, etc.............over in Newton County!!! LOL LOL LOL
I guess "Okie From Muskogee" is my favorite party song!!! (I heard it first---out!!!) lol
I have all Merle's songs, pictures (concerts, family), memories, etc..............family stuff!!!
Source(s): "Grandma Harp" was my GreatGreatAunt---unless my 'family tree' is off!!! lol But, "I Think I'll Just Stay Here & Drink"!!!
