Mama Tried

Merle Haggard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 23, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1968
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Special Products
• ASIN: B00005QD87
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #249,805 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Mama Tried by Merle Haggard

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One great album, January 30, 2002

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David B. Haglund - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mama Tried (Audio CD)

An underappreciated gem (I can't believe there are no other reviews). Many critics call this Merle Haggard's best album-- at least from the 60s-- and I tend to agree. It leads off with the title track, a great Haggard original (Bob Weir used to sing this with the Grateful Dead), and on this track as well as others, the use of one acoustic and one electric guitar provides a sound that both rocks and recalls traditional country. The band is excellent and the production is pleasantly subdued-- no soaring string sections obscuring the other instruments. Another standout track is I'll Always Know, also a Haggard original. Covers of Cash's Folsom Prison, and Green Grass of Home (which Cash did beautifully on Live at Folsom Prison), while they can't unseat Cash's versions, are very good. Little Ol' Wine Drinker Me is excellent, and Too Many Bridges to Cross Over is another highlight. Only Run 'Em Off is a dud, in my opinion.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Merle's Truest and Best, February 6, 2006

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Shell-Zee (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mama Tried (Audio CD)

Perhaps the most quintessential "Bakersfield-Sound" album ever recorded. Now you're covering a whole lot of territoy having said that. There's everyone from Buck Owens to Sonny James and Hank Thompson and the great Merle Haggard himself. Nobody could make you feel the hurt of having been taken from your home and living life behind bars. Nobody, not Johnny Cash, not George Jones, not even sweet ole' Willie Nelson. No Sir! Merle is special and this is Merle at his truest and best! Long live the sounds of Bakersfield...Long Live Merle Haggard!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Country Song, May 10, 2009

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Donald L. Garrison Jr. (Little Rock AR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mama Tried (MP3 Download)

"Mama Tried" includes the title track that is probably the best country song there is. Everything from the beginning riff to the lyrics to the ending. I have heard the song many times the last 40 years, but still get chills when I hear it. Get this album immediately.