A&E Biography (1999)

About this title: Released to coincide with the cable television documentary of the same name, A&E Biography provides a surprisingly effective summary of Merle Haggard's peak years at Capitol Records in the '60s and '70s. Given the richness of Haggard's Capitol recordings (along with the large number of hits he had for the label), it's impossible for a 14-track collection to be definitive, but it is representative, featuring such classics as "Swinging Doors," "Branded Man," "Mama Tried," "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am," "The Fightin' Side of Me," "Okie From Muskogee," "Tulare Dust," and "A Working Man Can ... read more

Tracks:

1. Swinging Doors [Haggard]
2. Just Between the Two of Us [Anderson]
3. Branded Man [Haggard]
4. Mama Tried [Haggard]
5. I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am [Haggard]
6. The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde [Haggard/Owens]
7. The Fightin' Side of Me [Haggard]
8. Okie from Muskogee [Haggard/Burris]
9. Tulare Dust [Haggard]
10. Lovesick Blues [Live] [Friend/Mills]
11. Movin' On [Haggard]
12. Hag's Dixie Blues, No. 2 [Haggard]
13. A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today [Haggard]
14. Pancho and Lefty [Featuring Willie Nelson] [VanZandt]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.