Country Music Hall of Famer Merle Haggard will release his new album Working In Tennessee (Vanguard Records) on Oct. 4. The collection is his second for Vanguard and features self-penned tunes as well as two classics made famous by Johnny Cash.
Working In Tennessee was produced by Haggard with Lou Bradley at Hag’s Tally studio in California and features backing by longtime bandmates The Strangers. The title track nods to Haggard’s sometimes confrontational relationship with Nashville, “Sometimes I Dream” was co-written with his daughter Janessa, and “Down On the Houseboat” was co-written with his wife Theresa. Haggard’s son, Ben, and Willie Nelson join him on a remake of “Working Man Blues,” and Theresa is his duet partner on the Johnny Cash/June Carter standard “Jackson.” Full tracklist below.
“I’m swinging back in full throttle right now,” says Haggard. “Music keeps me alive. It makes me breathe better. It’s funny, but I feel better when I come off a tour than when I start out.”
Get a download of “Working In Tennessee” here.
Track listing:
1. Working in Tennessee (Merle Haggard)
2. Down on the Houseboat (Merle Haggard, Theresa Haggard, Doug Colosio)
3. Cocaine Blues (TJ Arnall)
4. What I Hate (Merle Haggard)
5. Sometimes I Dream (Merle Haggard, Jenessa Haggard)
6. Under the Bridge (Merle Haggard, Theresa Haggard)
7. Too Much Boogie Woogie (Merle Haggard)
8. Truck Driver’s Blues (Merle Haggard, Tim Howard)
9. Laugh It Off (Merle Haggard, Theresa Haggard, Doug Colosio)
10. Working Man Blues (Merle Haggard)
11. Jackson (Billy Edd Wheeler, Gaby Rodgers)
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