Country Outlaws

Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson

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Country Outlaws Review

by Thom Jurek

This is one crazy three-disc compilation from the Columbia River Entertainment Group. It contains a disc each devoted to Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Waylon Jennings. In the case of Nelson, it contains a terrific live album with his Family Band. He runs through past hits including “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground,” "On the Road Again," “Blue Eyes Cryin’ in the Rain,” “Whiskey River,” “Always on My Mind,” and some killer covers like Steve Goodman's “City of New Orleans” and Lefty Frizzell's “If You’ve Got the Money I’ve Got the Time.” Likewise, the Hag’s disc features him in his prime, fronting a smoking big band -- complete with a horn section -- and running through tracks from his Capitol, Epic, and MCA periods, including “Ramblin’ Fever,” “The Bottle Let Me Down,” “Mama Tried,” and yes, “Okie from Muskogee,” to mention a few. Those are both solid sets. The Jennings volume, however, is mainly a rehash of RCA material from the early years that’s been collected elsewhere and better. This box sells for a song, so it might be worth the purchase price just to snag the live albums by Nelson and Haggard.

Track Listing - Disc 1

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
City of New Orleans
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 04:54 SpotifyAmazon
2
If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 01:46 SpotifyAmazon
3
Always on My Mind
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 03:37 SpotifyAmazon
4
Georgia on My Mind
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 03:40 SpotifyAmazon
5
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 03:08 SpotifyAmazon
6
Good Hearted Woman
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 03:09 SpotifyAmazon
7
Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 03:39 SpotifyAmazon
8
To All the Girls I've Loved Before
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 02:53 SpotifyAmazon
9
Whiskey River
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 03:31 SpotifyAmazon
10
On the Road Again
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 02:15 SpotifyAmazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
If You Want to Be My Woman
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 02:48 SpotifyAmazon
2
Workin' Man's Blues
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 02:59 SpotifyAmazon
3
Okie from Muskogee
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 02:50 SpotifyAmazon
4
The Bottle Let Me Down
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 04:47 SpotifyAmazon
5
Mama Tried
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 03:03 SpotifyAmazon
6
Ramblin' Fever
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 03:39 SpotifyAmazon
7
What Am I Gonna Do
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 03:59 SpotifyAmazon
8
Big City
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 02:50 SpotifyAmazon
9
That's the Way Love Goes
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 03:03 SpotifyAmazon
10
Ida Red
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 02:49 SpotifyAmazon

Track Listing - Disc 3

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Love's Gonna Live Here
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 01:56 SpotifyAmazon
2
Burning Memories
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 02:21 SpotifyAmazon
3
Big Mamou
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 02:26 SpotifyAmazon
4
Money (That's What I Want)
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 02:19 SpotifyAmazon
5
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 02:40 SpotifyAmazon
6
Dream Baby
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 02:25 SpotifyAmazon
7
It's So Easy
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 01:29 SpotifyAmazon
8
Abiline
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 01:51 SpotifyAmazon
9
White Lightning
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 02:16 SpotifyAmazon
10
Crying
Merle Haggard / Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson 02:34 SpotifyAmazon
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