Customer Reviews

Live from Austin, TX '78

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

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.

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.

I bought this dvd for my father for Christmas. We watched it twice!!! Every guitar nut needs this one!!

I bought this as a gift for my husband who is a huge Merle fan and he absolutely loves it.

Great to see him in middle age with some great songs. Funny my kids didn't want to see him, but after asking them to just watch one song, they loved it. Has some minor gliches but all in all great.

This was filmed on January 18, 1978. It has a running time of approximately 52 minutes. Overall, I was a little disappointed, I was expecting a better show. It's good, but it comes across as a little too "mellow" for me.

The line-up:

Merle Haggard - guitar, fiddle, vocals

Bonnie Owens (Merle's Ex)- tamborime, backing vocals

Ronnie Reno - guitar

Biff Adam - drums

Paul Anastasio - fiddle

Wayne Durham - bass

Norman Hamlet - steel guitar

Don Markham - saxaphone, trumpet

Roy Nichols - guitar

Gordon Terry - fiddle

Mark Yeary - piano

The songs:

1.Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today

2.Silver Wings (A Merle Haggard Classic)

3.Ramblin' Fever

4.Lonesome Fugitive

5.Sing Me Back Home (Another Merle Haggard Classic)

6.Orange Blossom Special

7.Old Fashioned Love

8.Long Black Limousine

9.Cherokee Maiden

10.San Antonio Rose (a Bob Wills song)

11.Misery

12.Farmer's Daughter

13.Brain Cloudy Blues

14.Workin' Man Blues (Another Merle Haggard Classic)

Thanks!!!!

Merle Haggard is a great preformer and as usual Austin TX is the best. I rely on Amazon for all my music and DVD needs. Thanks!