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Merle Haggard Signed LP
Merle Haggard And The Strangers With Special Guests Bonnie Owens & The Carter Family – The Land Of Many Churches
Label: Capitol Records – SWBO-803
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Red Labels, hand signed by Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens and Tommy Collins
Country: US
Released: 1971
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country, Gospel, Bakersfield Sound
Track Listing:
Merle Haggard & The Carter Family At Big Creek Baptist Church
A1 Introduction – Rev. Jimmy Whitlock / We’ll Understand It Better By And By – Congregation 2:24
A2 Medley: Take My Hand, Precious Lord / Jesus Hold My Hand 3:15
A3 Precious Memories 3:10
A4 History Of Big Creek Baptist Church – Rev. Jimmy Whitlock 2:26
A5 Turn Your Radio On 1:45
A6 If We Never Meet Again 3:53
A7 Closing Prayer: Just As I Am – Congregation 1:19
Merle Haggard & The Strangers At San Quentin Garden Chapel
B1 Introduction & Opening Prayer – Rev. Frank Butler 2:07
B2 Amazing Grace 3:15
B3 Where Could I Go 2:00
B4 Medley: Old Time Religion / Pass Me Not / Sweet By And By 2:44
B5 The Old Rugged Cross 3:33
B6 Closing Prayer – Rev. Frank Butler 1:21
Merle Haggard & The Carter Family At Nashville Union Rescue Mission
C1 Introduction – Merle Haggard 1:24
C2 Life’s Railway To Heaven 2:20
C3 On The Jericho Road 2:21
C4 Steal Away 3:30
C5 I Saw The Light 2:34
Merle Haggard & The Strangers At Assembly Of God Tabernacle
D1 Introduction – Rev. J.D. Smith / Leaning On The Everlasting Arms – Congregation 4:58
D2 Guide Me, Lord 2:25
D3 The Family Bible 3:23
D4 I’ll Be Listening 3:26
D5 Just A Closer Walk With Thee 3:04
D6 Closing Prayer – Rev. J.D. Smith
Product Attributes: Very good condition, vinyl untested.
Service Attributes: Market leading unconditional 90-day returns policy and lifetime COA. Worldwide shipping is available.
Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. He was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launched a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class; these occasionally contained themes contrary to the anti–Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s. He received many honours and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honour (2010); a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006); a BMI Icon Award (2006); and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977); Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997).
Merle Haggard passed away on his 79th birthday in 2016. However, his legacy lives on through his music and influence on country music. He will always be remembered as one of the greatest country musicians of all time.
Bonnie Owens (born Bonnie Campbell; October 1, 1929 – April 24, 2006) was an American country music singer who was married to Buck Owens and later to Merle Haggard. She was born Bonnie Campbell in Blanchard, Oklahoma, United States. She met Buck Owens when she was 15. They played in a band in Mesa, Arizona, and married in 1948. They were the parents of musician Buddy Alan. They moved to Bakersfield by 1951 and started music careers. They divorced in 1953. Bonnie Owens’s first recording was “A Dear John Letter”, a duet with Fuzzy Owen on Mar-Vel Records in 1953. The B-side contained the song “Wonderful World”. Owens recorded on numerous labels during the 1950s and early 1960s, including Merle Haggard’s and Fuzzy Owen’s own Tally label, all of which were singles. Her first album titled Don’t Take Advantage of Me came in 1965 on Capitol Records.
Bonnie Owens was named Female Vocalist of the Year in 1965 by the Academy of Country Music. She and Haggard married the same year. From this point, Owens dedicated her time to Haggard’s children and his career, touring with Merle’s band The Strangers as a backup vocalist.
Owens and Haggard divorced in 1978; after a brief hiatus, she continued touring with him. Owens died on April 24, 2006, at the age of 76, in hospice for Alzheimer’s disease.
Merle Haggard Signed LP