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MERLE HAGGARD - NASHVILLE 1981

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MERLE HAGGARD & THE STRANGERS
Nashville 1981 [no label, 1CD]
Live at Opryland, Nashville, TN; January 1981. Very good vinyl rip (radio broadcast).

Thanks to morningcalm for sharig the show at Dime.

morningcalm noted:

The Best of The Silver Eagle #13 (aired 1981-07-13)

The original airing of this show was on 1981-02-14. It was the second Silver Eagle show. As for the date, everyone else lists this as February 13 or 14. I think that is because of the  air date. Merle mentions remembering Elvis the day of the show. I believe this show was around January 8
because that was Elvis’ birthday. Not sure of the day of the show, but I’m dating it in January, which fits the air date. I would guess January 10.

This is the most widely available Hag show online, but none I have found are commercial quality.
The best ones are MP3. This is no longer on DIME.

Lineage:
From vinyl, recorded with Sound Forge. De-clicked, saved to WAV, converted to FLAC level 8 with Trader’s Little Helper

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Track 01. Intro 1:00
Track 02. Misery And Gin 3:02
Track 03. Honky Tonk Night Time Man 1:47
Track 04. Old Man From The Mountain 2:03
Track 05. Holding Things Together 3:34
Track 06. Ramblin’ Fever 3:51
Track 07. Every Fool Has A Rainbow 2:01
Track 08. Daddy Frank 3:16
Track 09. Things Aren’t Funny Anymore 3:04
Track 10. Swingin’ Doors 3:03
Track 11. All My Friends Are Going To Be Strangers 2:37
Track 12. Heaven Was A Drink Of Wine 4:00
Track 13. Silver Wings 2:51
Track 14. Today I Started Loving You Again 6:02
Track 15. Momma’s Hungry Eyes 3:03
Track 16. Mama Tried 2:48
Track 17. You’ll Always Be Special To Me 2:49
Track 18. Footlights 3:52
Track 19. Mother The Queen Of My Heart 5:37
Track 20. Tulare Dust 0:45
Track 21. The Way I Am 2:56
Track 22. Okie From Muskogee 2:32
Track 23. San Antonio Rose 3:43
Track 24. Think I’ll Just Stay Here And Drink 4:34
Track 25. Close 1:00
76 mins

Lineup:
Merle Haggard - guitar, fiddle, vocals
Roy Nichols - lead guitar
Norm Hamlet - steel guitar
Gordon Terry - fiddle
Ronnie Reno - guitar, harmonica, vocals
Bonnie Owens - vocals
Don Markham - horns
Mark Yeary - piano
Dennis Hromek - bass
Biff Adam - drums

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