Product Details

• Actors: Merle Haggard
• Directors: Terry Lickona
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (DTS 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: New West Records
• DVD Release Date: October 28, 2008
• Run Time: 52 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001F3ESEU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,410 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Video Description

When he stepped onto the Austin City Limits stage for the very first time on that brisk January day in 1978, Merle Haggard was at the top of his game. It had been over a decade since his first national hit, "Sing A Sad Song," and not that long after Okie from Muskogee had firmly planted his music in the public consciousness. He had already been declared Entertainer of the Year by both the Country Music Awards and Academy of Country Music in the same year (1970). He had just released A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (Or My Salute to Bob Wills), which sparked a revival of interest in western swing. And with his band, the Strangers, it’s no stretch to say that he had the best live show in country music of his day. This package contains both a CD and DVD of Merle Haggard’s very first Austin City Limits performance, recorded in January, 1978, and contains 12 different songs than the previous Live From Austin, Texas release (recorded in 1985.)

Track Listing:
1. Working Man Can t Get Nowhere Today
2. Silver Wings
3. Ramblin’ Fever
4. The Fugitive Song
5. Sing Me Back Home
6. Orange Blossom Special
7. Old-Fashioned Love
8. Long Black Limousine
9. Cherokee Maiden
10. San Antonio Rose
11. Misery
12. The Farmer s Daughter
13. Brain Cloudy Blues
14. Workin’ Man Blues

Product Description

Studio: Red Distribution Release Date: 10/28/2008

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Merle Haggard - An American Treasure, April 27, 2006

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JAMES OBRIEN (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This is Merle as he should always be remembered.

A hundred years from now when someone asks "What was Merle Haggard like?". This is the document that should be produced to prove what so many in this lifetime know. Merle is an American Treasure.

Wonderfully recorded here in Austin TX in 1985. This DVD drips with sentimentality and still delivers a punch.

If you only own a single Merle DVD make it this one.

The band is spectacular and Merle hits on all cylinders.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great concert, missed a few songs, January 9, 2007

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This review is from: Merle Haggard - Live from Austin, TX (DVD)

He had a great band back then, with horns added for his typical "country jazz" sound. Hag is in great shape vocally, too. The musicians all excel with great solos. So why only four stars. Just personal taste, I guess. I would have liked to hear songs like "Today I started lovin' you again", "swinging doors" plus other old, bluesy tunes. But, by all means, this is a disc well worth owning. Both picture and sound are top notch.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome dvd, January 18, 2009

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John R. Bowman - See all my reviews
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I bought this dvd for my father for Christmas. We watched it twice!!! Every guitar nut needs this one!!