Cracker Barrel To Release ‘Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition’

Pictured (L-R): Vince Gill, Paul Franklin

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® will release Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition, an exclusive and expanded edition of the album from Vince Gill and steel guitarist Paul Franklin, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014.

Gill and Franklin pay tribute to the “Bakersfield” sound by performing songs from two of Bakersfield’s most well-known musicians, Buck Owens and Merle Haggard. Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition will contain four additional songs (14 songs total) and will be available at all Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® locations and online at crackerbarrel.com. One of the four additional tracks featured on the deluxe edition is the instrumental “Buckin’ Merle,” which Gill wrote as a tribute to Haggard and Owens and the “Bakersfield” sound.

The digital version of Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition will be available for purchase via iTunes and Amazon.com on Tuesday, Jan. 28.

Full track listing for Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition:

1. “Foolin’ Around”
Made Famous by Buck Owens
(Written by Harlan Howard and Buck Owens)

2. “Branded Man”
Made Famous by Merle Haggard
(Written by Merle Haggard)

3. “Together Again”
Made Famous by Buck Owens
(Written by Buck Owens)

4. “The Bottle Let Me Down”
Made Famous by Merle Haggard
(Written by Merle Haggard)

5. “He Don’t Deserve You Anymore”
Made Famous by Buck Owens
(Written by Arty Lange and Buck Owens)

6. “I Can’t Be Myself”
Made Famous by Merle Haggard
(Written by Merle Haggard)

7. “Nobody’s Fool But Yours”
Made Famous by Buck Owens
(Written by Buck Owens)

8. “Holding Things Together”
Made Famous by Merle Haggard
(Written by Bob Trotten and Merle Haggard)

9. “But I Do”
Made Famous by Buck Owens
(Written by Tommy Collins)

10. “The Fightin’ Side of Me”
Made Famous by Merle Haggard
(Written by Merle Haggard)

11. “Your Tender Loving Care”*
Made Famous by Buck Owens
(Written by Buck Owens)

12. “Buckin’ Merle”*
Instrumental
(Written by Vince Gill)

13. “I Threw Away the Rose”*
Made Famous by Merle Haggard
(Written by Merle Haggard)

14. “High on a Hilltop”*
Made Famous by Merle Haggard
(Written by Tommy Collins)

(*) Denotes exclusive tracks for the expanded album available through Cracker Barrel Old Country Store®.