Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 11, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arista
• ASIN: B000002VOC
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #122,037 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Bottle Let Me Down - Brooks And Dunn

2. I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am - Clint Black

3. Silver Wings - Pam Tillis

4. Everybody's Had The Blues - Randy Travis

5. The Farmer's Daughter - Vince Gill

6. Workin' Man Blues - Diamond Rio, Lee Roy Parnell, Steve Wariner

7. The Running Kind - Radney Foster

8. Sing Me Back Home - Alabama

9. Trying Not To Love You - Alan Jackson

10. I Threw Away The Rose - Lorrie Morgan

11. Mama Tried - John Anderson & Marty Stuart

12. Today I Started Loving You Again - Willie Nelson

13. Mama's Hungry Eyes - Emmylou Harris

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tribute to Merle Haggard, June 3, 2001

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Claire D. Abshire "[e-mail]" (CA United States) - See all my reviews
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Although I'm not a real Country Music fan, and had never heard any of Merle Haggard's songs, I am hooked on this Tribute CD to Merle! It is a fantastic compilation from a host of Country Music Stars, running the gamut from one end of the country spectrum to the other. The rocking country blues of "Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down" (Brooks & Dunn) had me tapping my foot to the music from the start of this CD. Then along came Clint Black's version of "I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am", about the pride of a hobo, with a backbeat that made me envision a rumbling train, and the fantastic sound blew me away! Pam Tillis softens the mood with an angelic rendition of "Silver Wings", while "The Farmer's Daughter" (Vince Gill) is poignant as a Father reluctantly gives his daughter away in marriage to a city boy. My favorite is "Mama Tried" (John Anderson & Marty Stuart), for its great rhythm, vocals, and lyrics. There is not one track on this CD that you will want to skip over. I highly recommend this CD to anyone who enjoys variety in music, country or otherwise. You won't be disappointed!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved It., January 1, 2004

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Shydeaux (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard (Audio CD)

I would not consider myself an advit Country Music fan, although, I enjoy the music of Willie Nelson and some other traditional country singers. For me, I really enjoy the stories that they tell and the way their messages are so humble and heartfelt. A friend of mine gave me this tape to check out, and I could not stop listening to it. I was only familiar with Merle through his Pancho and Lefty song with Willie Nelson, but, after I heard this CD, I became an immediate fan. Even though the songs here are sung by other people, the lyrics and the stories are all Merle. I was touched by the "Farmers Daughter", "Silver Wings", and, of course, Willie Nelsons rendition of "The Day I Started Loving You Again". And I could not stop laughing when I heard, "The Night The Bottle Let Me Down". If you are a fan of good music, not just Country Music, but music period, this is definitely a CD you would want to add to your collection. It will be worth every penny you invest it in. Enjoy.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worthy tribute to Merle Haggard, May 5, 2003

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard (Audio CD)

This album from 1994 features many of country music's then biggest names, together with a couple of stars from the seventies and eighties, Willie Nelson and Emmylou Harris.

The set opens with a great version of Tonight the bottle let me down by Brooks and Dunn, followed by Clint Black (who has a similar type of voice to Merle) singing I take a lot of pride in what I am. Both of those are well-known Hag classics, but there are some less well-known songs here, including The farmer's daughter (Vince Gill), The running kind (Radney Foster) and Trying not to love you (Alan Jackson). Merle has had so many classic songs, but perhaps the best known of those covered here are Mama tried (done superbly by John Anderson and Marty Stuart) and Mama's hungry eyes (with which Emmylou closes the album).

The songs and singers all well matched, making this an outstanding tribute to one of country music's legends.