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Merle Hagard And The Strangers: Same Train, A Different Time

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In April 1969, “Capitol” label released “Same Train, A Different Time”, album by Merle Haggard and the Strangers (the ninth Merle Haggard studio album overall). It was recorded August 1968 – February 1969, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ken Nelson.

Personnel:

  • Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar

The Strangers:

  • Roy Nichols – guitar, harmonica
  • Norman Hamlet – steel guitar
  • George French – piano
  • Jerry Ward – bass
  • Eddie Burris – drums
  • Lewis Talley – guitar
  • Billy Mize – harmony vocals
  • Bonnie Owens – harmony vocals
  • James Burton – guitar, dobro
  • Bob Morris – bass
  • Roy Huskey, Jr. – bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmie Rodgers, except where noted.

  1. California Blues
  2. Narration #1
  3. Hobo’s Meditation
  4. Waitin’ for a Train
  5. Mother, The Queen of My Heart – Jimmy Rodgers, Hoyt Bryant
  6. My Carolina Sunshine Girl
  7. Narration #2
  8. Train Whistle Blues
  9. Why Should I Be Lonely? – Jimmy Rodgers, Estelle Lovel
  10. Jimmie’s Texas Blues
  11. Blue Yodel#6 – Jimmy Rodgers, George Vaughan
  12. Narration #3
  13. Mule Skinner Blues
  14. Peach Picking Time Down in Georgia – Jimmy Rodgers, Clayton McMichen
  15. Down the Old Road To Home – Jimmy Rodgers, Carey D. Harvey
  16. Travelin’ Blues – Jimmy Rodgers, Shelly Lee Alley
  17. Miss the Mississippi and You – Bill Halley
  18. Frankie and Johnny
  19. No Hard Times
  20. Narration #4
  21. Hobo Bill’s Last Ride – Waldo LaFayette O’Neal
  22. My Old Pal – Jimmy Rodgers, Elsie McWilliams
  23. Nobody Knows But Me – Jimmy Rodgers, McWilliams
  24. Narration #5
  25. Jimmie Rodgers’ Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make a Fool Out of Me)

Arlo Guthrie: Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys

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In April 1973, “Warner Bros” label released “Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys”, the seventh Arlo Guthrie album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and John Pilla.

Personnel:

  • Arlo Guthrie – vocals, guitar, banjo, piano, harmonica
  • Ry Cooder– guitar
  • Jesse Ed Davis– guitar
  • Bob Morris – guitar
  • John Pilla – guitar
  • Clarence White– guitar
  • Grady Martin– guitar
  • Buddy Alan – guitar
  • Jerry Brightman– steel guitar
  • Don Rich – guitar, fiddle
  • Doug Dillard– banjo
  • Jim Shaw – organ, piano
  • Stan Free– piano, harpsichord
  • Jim Gordon– piano
  • Mike Utley– organ
  • Nick DeCaro – accordion
  • Thad Maxwell – bass
  • Chuck Rainey– bass
  • Leland Sklar– bass
  • Bob Arkin – bass
  • Bob Glaub– bass
  • Doyle Curtsinger – bass, mandolin
  • Ed Shaughnessy– drums, tabla
  • Gene Parsons– drums
  • Richard Hayward– drums
  • Jerry Wiggins – drums
  • Jim Keltner– drums
  • Buddy Collette– clarinet
  • Gene Coe – horn
  • George Bohanon– horn
  • Dick Hyde – horn
  • Richard Hyde– trombone
  • Ernie Watts– flute
  • William Green – oboe
  • Donald Christlieb – woodwind
  • Kevin Burke– fiddle
  • Gib Guilbeau – fiddle
  • Jessica Smith – vocals
  • Jesse Smith – backing vocals
  • Clydie King– backing vocals
  • Robert Tebow – backing vocals
  • Thurl Ravenscroft– backing vocals
  • Venetta Fields– backing vocals
  • Gene Merlino – backing vocals
  • Barry Feldman – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Arlo Guthrie, except where noted

  1. Farrell O’Gara – traditional
  2. Gypsy Davy – traditional, Woody Guthrie
  3. This Troubled Mind of Mine – Ernest Tubb, Johnny Tyler
  4. Week on the Rag
  5. Miss the Mississippi and You – Bill Halley
  6. Lovesick Blues – Irving Mills, Cliff Friend
  7. Uncle Jeff
  8. Gates of Eden – Bob Dylan
  9. Last Train
  10. Cowboy Song
  11. Sailor’s Bonnett – traditional
  12. Cooper’s Lament
  13. Ramblin’ ‘Round – Woody Guthrie