At His Best - Featuring \"Okie From Muskogee\" - Merle Haggard

Biography

Born: April 06, 1937 in Bakersfield, CA

Genre: Country

Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

As a executor and a songwriter, Merle Haggard was the chiefly important country artist to emerge in the 1960s, and he became some of the leading figures of the Bakersfield region scene in the '60s. While his minstrelsy remained hardcore country, he pushed the boundaries of the science of harmonical sounds quite far. Like his idol, Bob Wills, his science of harmonical sounds was a melting pot that drew from wholly forms of traditional American music — rustic, jazz, blues, and folk — and in the proceeding, developed a distinctive style of his...

Track list

Okie From Muskogee (Original Sony Recording)
I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am (Original Sony Recording)
The Way I Am (Original Sony Recording)
Roots Of My Raising (Original Sony Recording)
Sing Me Back Home (Original Sony Recording)
Silver Wings (Original Sony Recording)
(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers (Original Sony Recording)
Daddy Frank (Original Sony Recording)
Old Man From The Mountain (Original Sony Recording)
Farmer’s Daughter (Original Sony Recording)
Digital Booklet - At His Best - Featuring "Okie From Muskogee"
Pancho & Lefty
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Merle Haggard
40 Greatest Hits
40 Greatest Hits
The Fightin' Side of Me - 15 #1 Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard: 20 Greatest Hits
Country Super Hits
Merle Haggard - His Epic Hits
The Best Of The Best Of Merle Haggard