Coloring Club Plus — 9/15/19

Hag: The Best Of Merle Haggard is a single disc career spanning anthology featuring 26 tracks from the country legend, released September 12, 2006. Ricardo Mio, an amazon.com reviewer says: Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines “integrity” as: “State or quality of being complete, undivided, or unbroken.” To me, that sums up Merle Haggard, that and…

Coloring Club Plus — 6/6/19

This is another cut from the Merle Haggard “Down Every Road 1962-1994” 4 disc set.  Read more about it at my post from yesterday, here.  “Sam Hill” is from Merle’s “Strangers” album, his debut studio album, released on September 27, 1965, by Capitol Records. “Sam Hill,” for example, had peaked at number forty-five after its…

SLS — 2nd offering — Merle Haggard — Mama Tried

Because I’m feeling guilty for not choosing a song for all the moms out there, I’m posting 2 songs today for SLS. “Mama Tried” is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in July 1968 as the first single and title track from the…