Today we paid tribute to the great Merle Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) with 2 hours of his music. For our podcast/archive listeners we've tacked on a bonus 3rd hour to the show.

BOOTS & SADDLE - April 6, 2021 | Tribute to Merle Haggard

1. Mama Tried [instrumental] - The Strangers (Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers - 1969)

2. Big City - Merle Haggard (Big City - 1981)

3. Swinging Doors - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (Swinging Doors and the Bottle Let Me Down - 1966)

4. Honky Tonk Night Time Man - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album - 1974)

5. Holding Things Together - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album - 1974)

6. If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (If We Make It Through December - 1974)

7. Gone Crazy - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (Branded Man - 1967)

8. Footlights - Merle Haggard (Serving 190 Proof - 1979)

9. I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (Pride in What I Am - 1969)

10. Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (Sing Me Back Home - 1968)

11. I’m Gonna Break Every Heart I Can - Merle Haggard (Strangers - 1965)

12. Branded Man - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (Branded Man - 1967)

13. I Threw Away the Rose - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (Branded Man - 1967)

14. The Okie from Muskogee’s Comin’ Home - Merle Haggard (A Friend In California - 1986)

15. California Cottonfields - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (Someday We'll Look Back - 1971)

16. I’m a Lonesome Fugitive [Instrumental] - James Burton & Ralph Mooney (Corn Pickin' and Slick Slidin' - 1968)

17. Chicago Wind - Merle Haggard (Chicago Wind - 2005)

18. The Bottle Let Me Down - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (Swinging Doors and the Bottle Let Me Down - 1966)

19. Irma Jackson - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (Let Me Tell You About a Song - 1972)

20. I’m a Good Loser - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (Hag - 1971)

21. Are the Good Times Really Over for Good (I Wish a buck was still Silver) - Merle Haggard (Big City - 1981)

22. I’m a Lonesome Fugitive - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (I'm a Lonesome Fugitive - 1967)

23. Carolyn - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (Someday We'll Look Back - 1971)

24. Silver Wings - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (A Portrait of Merle Haggard - 1969)

25. Hammin' It Up [instrumental] - The Strangers (Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers - 1969)

26. Ramblin’ Fever [Live] - Merle Haggard (Live From Austin TX '78)

27. White Line Fever [Live] - Gone Crazy - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (Okie from Muskogee [Recorded Live from Muskogee, OK] - 1969)

28. Rainbow Stew [Live] Gone Crazy - Merle Haggard (Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium - 1981)

29. Too Many Bridges to Cross Over - Sean Burns & Lost Country (A Bakersfield Half-Dozen - 2020)

30. Misery and Gin - Merle Haggard (Back to the Barrooms (Back to the Barrooms - 1980)

31. Back to the Barrooms Again - Merle Haggard (Back to the Barrooms 1980)

32. Make-Up and Faded Blue Jeans - Merle Haggard (Back to the Barrooms - 1980)

33. I Forget You Everyday - Redd Volkaert (No Stranger To A Tele - 2001)

34. I Always Get Lucky With You - Merle Haggard (Big City - 1981)

35. The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde [instrumental] - The Buckaroos (The Buckaroos Play Buck & Merle)

BOOTS & SADDLE: “After Dark” - Hour 3

1. Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room - Merle Haggard (It's All In the Game - 1984)

2. Workin' Man Blues - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (A Portrait of Merle Haggard - 1969)

3. I Had a Beautiful Time - Merle Haggard (A Friend In California - 1981)

4. The Fightin' Side of Me - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (Single - 1970)

5. Kern River - Merle Haggard (Kern River - 1985)

6. Hungry Eyes - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (A Portrait of Merle Haggard - 1969)

7. It's Been a Great Afternoon - Merle Haggard (I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall - 1978)

8. Harold’s Super Service - The Gladstonians (No Visitors After 10 P.M.)

9. Going Where The Lonely Go - Merle Haggard (Going Where The Lonely Go - 1982)

10. Today I Started Loving You Again (Live) - Merle Haggard (Motorcycle Cowboy - 2000)

11. Little Ole Wine Drinker Me - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (Mama Tried - 1968)

12. My Favorite Memory - Merle Haggard (Big City - 1981)

13. Running Kind - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today - 1977)

14. I’ve Seen It Go Away - Merle Haggard (I Am What I Am - 2010)

15. Drink Up and Be Somebody - Merle Haggard & The Strangers (I'm a Lonesome Fugitive - 1967)

16. The Waltz of Enchantment (Instrumental) - The Strangers (Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers - 1969)

17. That's the Way Love Goes - Merle Haggard (That's the Way Love Goes - 1983)