Bibliograph

Merle Haggard, the running kind, David Cantwell

Type

Label

Merle Haggard, the running kind, David Cantwell

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and discography (pages 275-279)

resource.biographical

individual biography

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Merle Haggard

Nature of contents

discographiesbibliography

Oclc number

829645947

Responsibility statement

David Cantwell

Series statement

American music series

Sub title

the running kind

Table Of Contents

Introduction : "Silver wings, " Kansas City, Missouri, September 14, 2001 -- "Hungry eyes, " 1969 -- The roots of his raising -- "Mama tried, " 1968 -- Toward the bad he kept on turnin' -- He loves them so : a playlist of early influences -- "Leonard, " 1981 -- The Bakersfield sound and fury -- Someone told his story in a song -- "I started loving you again, " 1968 -- The legend of Bonnie and him -- "Sing me back home, " 1967 -- He's living in the good old days -- He likes living right and being free -- "Irma Jackson, " 1969 -- His fightin' side -- He'd rather be gone -- "It's not love (but it's not bad), " 1972 -- He wishes he was Santa Claus -- He takes a lot of pride in what he is (hint: he's a white boy) -- "A working man can't get nowhere today, " 1977 -- His country girl with hot pants on -- He's always on a mountain when he falls -- "Rainbow stew, " 1981 -- He wishes a buck was still silver (not really) and likes the taste of yesterday's wine (really) -- "Kern River, " 1985 -- He's going where the lonely go -- "Me and crippled soldiers, " 1990 -- The hag versus the man in black -- If he could only fly : Merle Haggard in the twenty-first century -- Cuba, Missouri, July 15, 2010 -- Selected discography

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