Sing Me Back Home
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Sing Me Back Home is an album by country singer Merle Haggard
, released in 1968.
It has been reissued on CD by both Capitol and by Koch International.
The title track was covered by the Byrds on their 1968 tour with Gram Parsons
and by the Grateful Dead
in concert multiple times from 1971 through 1973.
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 1968.
It has been reissued on CD by both Capitol and by Koch International.
The title track was covered by the Byrds on their 1968 tour with Gram Parsons
Gram Parsons
Gram Parsons was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. Parsons is best known for his work within the country genre; he also mixed blues, folk, and rock to create what he called "Cosmic American Music"...
and by the Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...
in concert multiple times from 1971 through 1973.
Track listing
- "Sing Me Back HomeSing Me Back Home (song)"Sing Me Back Home" is a 1967 single written and recorded by Merle Haggard. "Sing Me Back Home" would be Merle Haggard's third number one. The single spent two weeks at number one and a total of seventeen weeks on the country chart...
" (Merle Haggard) - 2:51 - "Look Over Me" (Haggard) - 2:58
- "Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp" (Dallas FrazierDallas FrazierDallas Frazier is an American country musician and songwriter who had success in the 1950s and 60s.-Biography:Frazier was born in Spiro, Oklahoma but was raised in Bakersfield, California...
, Haggard) - 3:00 - "Wine Take Me Away" (Tommy CollinsTommy Collins (country music)Leonard Raymond Sipes , better known as Tommy Collins, was an American country music singer and songwriter....
, Haggard) - 2:48 - "If You See My Baby" (Eddie Miller, Bob Morris) - 2:32
- "Where Does the Good Times Go" (Buck OwensBuck OwensAlvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...
) - 2:06 - "I'll Leave the Bottle on the Bar" (Haggard) - 2:41
- "My Past Is Present" (Haggard, Wynn StewartWynn StewartWinford Lindsey Stewart , better known as Wynn Stewart, was an American country music performer. He was one of the progenitors of the Bakersfield sound...
) - 1:58 - "Home Is Where a Kid Grows Up" (Haggard, Stewart, Wills) - 1:57
- "Mom and Dad's Waltz" (Lefty FrizzellLefty FrizzellLefty Frizzell , born William Orville Frizzell, was an American country music singer and songwriter of the 1950s, and a proponent of honky tonk music. His relaxed style of singing was an influence on later stars Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, George Jones and John Fogerty...
) - 2:27 - "Good Times" (Haggard) - 2:59
- "Seeing Eye Dog" (Haggard) - 2:41
Personnel
- Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
- Roy NicholsRoy NicholsRoy 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 - Glen CampbellGlen CampbellGlen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show...
– guitar - Billy MizeBilly MizeBilly Mize is a steel guitarist, band leader, vocalist, songwriter, and TV show host.-Biography:...
– guitar - Lewis Talley – guitar
- George French – piano
- Jerry Ward – bass
- Eddie Burns – drums
- Bonnie OwensBonnie OwensBonnie Owens , born Bonnie Campbell, was an American country music singer who was married to Buck Owens and later Merle Haggard.-Biography:...
– harmony vocals
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Billboard Country albums | 1 |