Hag is an album by country singer Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard

Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...

, released in 1971. It was his first album with a majority of original songs in two years. It reached #1 on the Billboard

Billboard charts

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 Country album chart and #66 on the Pop album chart. The album spawned four hit singles: "Jesus, Take a Hold", "I Can't Be Myself", "Soldiers Last Letter

Soldiers Last Letter

Soldier's Last Letter was a country music song written by Redd Stewart and Ernest Tubb and recorded by Ernest Tubb. It was released in the United States in 1944. -Background and content:...

" and "Sidewalks of Chicago", all of which reached #3 on the Country singles chart.

Hag was reissued along with Let Me Tell You About a Song

Let Me Tell You About a Song

Let Me Tell You About a Song is an album by American country singer Merle Haggard, released in 1972. It reached #7 on the Billboard Country album chart and #166 on the Pop album chart...

on CD

Compact Disc

The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

 by Beat Goes On Records in 2002.

Track listing

All songs by Merle Haggard unless otherwise noted.

1. "Soldier's Last Letter" (Redd Stewart
   Redd Stewart
   Henry Ellis Stewart , better known as Redd Stewart, was an American country music songwriter and recording artist who co-wrote "The Tennessee Waltz" with Pee Wee King in 1948.-Biography:...
   
   , Ernest Tubb
   Ernest Tubb
   Ernest Dale Tubb , nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" , marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music...
   
   ) – 2:13
2. "Shelly's Winter Love" – 3:24
3. "Jesus, Take a Hold
   Jesus, Take a Hold
   "Jesus, Take a Hold" is a 1970 song written and performed by Merle Haggard. "Jesus, Take a Hold" peaked at number three on the U.S. Billboad Hot Country Singles chart and peaked at number seven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100. It reached three on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks.-Chart performance:...
   
   " – 2:18
4. "I Can't Be Myself
   I Can't Be Myself
   "I Can't Be Myself" is a 1970 song written and performed by Merle Haggard. "I Can't Be Myself" peaked at number three on the U.S. Billboad Hot Country Singles chart and peaked at number six on the Bubbling Under Hot 100. It reached two on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks.-Chart performance:...
   
   " – 2:53
5. "I'm a Good Loser" – 2:40
6. "Sidewalks of Chicago" (Dave Kirby) – 2:31
7. "No Reason to Quit" (Dean Holloway) – 2:37
8. "If You've Got Time (To Say Goodbye)" – 2:54
9. "The Farmer's Daughter" – 2:57
10. "I've Done It All" – 2:16

Personnel

• Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
• Roy Nichols
  Roy Nichols
  Roy Nichols was an American country music guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for Merle Haggard for more than two decades. He was known for his guitar technique, a mix of fingerpicking and pedal steel-like bends, usually played on a Telecaster.-Biography:Roy Ernest Nichols was born in...
  
   – guitar
• Red Lane – guitar
• Bobby Wayne – guitar
• Norman Hamlet
  Norm Hamlet
  Norm Hamlet is an American steel guitarist best known as a member of Merle Haggard's Stranger's group. In 2005 Hamlet had quadruple heart bypass surgery and recovered well at his home in Bakersfield, California. In April 2006 while on tour with Merle Haggard Hamlet's Dobro was stolen and a reward...
  
   – pedal steel guitar, dobro
• Dennis Hromek – bass
• Biff Adam – drums
• Johnny Gimble
  Johnny Gimble
  John Paul Gimble , better known as Johnny Gimble, is an American country musician associated with Western swing. He is an award-winning fiddle player and considered one of the most impressive fiddlers in the genre's history....
  
   – fiddle
• Earl Ball – piano
• George French – piano
• Glen D. Hardin
  Glen Hardin
  Glen D. Hardin is an American piano player, songwriter and arranger. He has performed and recorded with such notable artists as Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris, John Denver, Ricky Nelson and many others.-Career:...
  
  – piano

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1971	Billboard Country albums	1
1971	Billboard Pop albums	66