Mama Tried (album)

Mama Tried (album)
Mama Tried
Studio album by Merle Haggard
Released October 3, 1968
Recorded February, March, June 1968, Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre Country
Label Capitol ST-2972
Producer Ken Nelson
Professional reviews

The reviews parameter has been deprecated. Please move reviews into the “Reception” section of the article. See Moving reviews into article space.
Merle Haggard chronology
The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde
(1968)		 Mama Tried
(1968)		 Pride in What I Am
(1969)

Mama Tried is an album by American country singer Merle Haggard, released in 1968.

The song "Mama Tried" won the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.

Contents

Reissues

  • In 1996, Mama Tried was reissued by BGO along with I'm a Lonesome Fugitive.[1]
  • In 2006, Mama Tried was reissued by Capitol Nashville along with Pride in What I Am with five bonus tracks and 24-bit digital remastering.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Mama Tried" (Haggard) – 2:12
  2. "Green, Green Grass of Home" (Curly Putman) – 3:14
  3. "Little Ole Wine Drinker Me" (Dick Jennings, Hank Mills) – 2:38
  4. "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)" (Dolly Parton) – 2:45
  5. "I Could Have Gone Right" (Mel Tillis) – 2:33
  6. "I'll Always Know" (Haggard) – 2:22
  7. "The Sunny Side of My Life" (Haggard) – 2:11
  8. "Teach Me to Forget" (Leon Payne) – 2:24
  9. "Folsom Prison Blues" (Johnny Cash) – 3:15
  10. "Run 'Em Off" (Tracey Lee, Oney Wheeler) – 2:47
  11. "You'll Never Love Me Now" (Haggard) – 2:51
  12. "Too Many Bridges to Cross Over" (Dallas Frazier) – 2:45

Personnel

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1969 Billboard Country albums 4

References

  1. ^ Allmusic entry for Mama Tried/I'm a Lonesome Fugitive reissue.
  2. ^ Allmusic entry for Mama Tried/Pride in What I Am reissue.
v · d · eMerle Haggard
The Strangers: Roy Nichols • Norman Hamlet • Biff Adam • Dennis Hromek • Bobby Wayne
Marcia Nichols · Eddie Burris · George French · Jerry Ward
Studio albums
Strangers · Swinging Doors · I'm a Lonesome Fugitive · Branded Man · Sing Me Back Home · The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde · Mama Tried · Pride in What I Am · Same Train, A Different Time · A Portrait of Merle Haggard · A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills) · Hag · Someday We'll Look Back · Let Me Tell You About a Song · It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) · If We Make It Through December · Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album · Keep Movin' On · It's All in the Movies · My Love Affair with Trains · The Roots of My Raising · Ramblin' Fever · A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today · My Farewell to Elvis · I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall · Serving 190 Proof · The Way I Am · Back to the Barrooms · Big City · Going Where the Lonely Go · That's the Way Love Goes · It's All in the Game · Kern River · Out Among the Stars · A Friend in California · Chill Factor · 5:01 Blues · Blue Jungle · 1994 · 1996 · If I Could Only Fly · Roots, Volume 1 · The Peer Sessions · Haggard Like Never Before · Unforgettable · Chicago Wind · The Bluegrass Sessions · I Am What I Am · Working in Tennessee
Live albums
Okie from Muskogee · The Fightin' Side of Me · I Love Dixie Blues · Rainbow Stew: Live at Anaheim Stadium · The Epic Collection · Amber Waves of Grain · Motorcycle Cowboy: Live at Billy Bob's Texas · Ol' Country Singer · Live from Austin, TX · Live from Austin, TX '78
Gospel albums
The Land of Many Churches · Songs for the Mama That Tried · Cabin in the Hills · Two Old Friends with Albert E. Brumley, Jr.
Holiday albums
Merle Haggard's Christmas Present · Goin' Home for Christmas · Pancho, Lefty and Rudolph with Willie Nelson · I Wish I Was Santa Claus
The Strangers albums
Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers · Introducing My Friends The Strangers · Getting to Know Merle Haggard's Strangers · Honky Tonkin' · Totally Instrumental (With One Exception...)
Singles
1960s
"Sing a Sad Song" · "Sam Hill" · "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" · "I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can" · "Swinging Doors" · "The Bottle Let Me Down" · "The Fugitive" · "Someone Told My Story" · "I Threw Away the Rose" · "Branded Man" · "Sing Me Back Home" · "The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde" · "Mama Tried" · "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" · "Hungry Eyes" · "Workin' Man Blues" · "Okie from Muskogee"
1970s
"The Fightin' Side of Me" · "Jesus, Take a Hold" · "I Can't Be Myself" · "Soldier's Last Letter" · "Someday We'll Look Back" · "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" · "Carolyn" · "Grandma Harp" · "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" · "I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me" · "The Emptiest Arms in the World" · "Everybody's Had the Blues" · "If We Make It Through December" · "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" · "Old Man from the Mountain" · "Kentucky Gambler" · "Always Wanting You" · "Movin' On" · "It's All in the Movies" · "The Roots of My Raising" · "Here Comes the Freedom Train" · "Cherokee Maiden" · "If We're Not Back in Love by Monday" · "Ramblin' Fever" · "A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today" · "From Graceland to the Promised Land" · "Running Kind" · "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall" · "It's Been a Great Afternoon" · "The Way It Was in '51" · "Red Bandana" · "My Own Kind of Hat" ·
1980s – 1990s
"The Way I Am" · "Misery and Gin" · "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" · "Leonard" · "Rainbow Stew" · "My Favorite Memory" · "Big City" · "Dealing with the Devil" · "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" · "Going Where the Lonely Go" · "You Take Me for Granted" · "What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)" · "It's All in the Game" · "That's the Way Love Goes" · "Someday When Things Are Good" · "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room" · "A Place to Fall Apart" · "Make-Up and Faded Blue Jeans" · "Kern River" · "Amber Waves of Grain" · "American Waltz" · "A Friend in California" · "Out Among the Stars" · "Almost Persuaded" · "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" · "Chill Factor" · "We Never Touch at All" · "You Babe" · "5:01 Blues" · "A Better Love Next Time" · "If You Want to Be My Woman" · "Broken Friend" · "When It Rains It Pours" · "In My Next Life"
Collaborations
Albums
Just Between the Two of Us with Bonnie Owens · A Taste of Yesterday's Wine with George Jones · Pancho & Lefty with Willie Nelson · Heart to Heart with Leona Williams · Walking the Line with George Jones and Willie Nelson · Seashores of Old Mexico with Willie Nelson · Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again with George Jones · Last of the Breed with Willie Nelson and Ray Price
Singles
"Just Between the Two of Us" with Bonnie Owens · "The Bull and the Beaver" with Leona Williams · "Bar Room Buddies" with Clint Eastwood · "Yesterday's Wine" with George Jones · "C.C. Waterback" with George Jones · "Reasons to Quit" with Willie Nelson · "Pancho and Lefty" with Willie Nelson · "We're Strangers Again" with Leona Williams · "If I Could Only Fly" with Willie Nelson · "That's the Way Love Goes" with Jewel · "Wreck on the Highway" with Chester Smith
Guest appearances
"Street Singer" by The Strangers · "Willie" by Hank Cochran · "Walking the Floor Over You" by Ernest Tubb · "I Can't Hold Myself in Line" by Johnny Paycheck · "Lefty" by David Frizzell · "Same Old Train" from Tribute to Tradition · "Politically Uncorrect" by Gretchen Wilson
Compilations
The Best of Merle Haggard · Close-Up · The Best of the Best of Merle Haggard · Songs I'll Always Sing · Eleven Winners · The Way It Was in '51 · Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits · His Epic Hits: The First 11 (To Be Continued...) · His Best · His Greatest and His Best · The Lonesome Fugitive · Untamed Hawk · Vintage Collections · Down Every Road · Yesterday's Wine 1981-1988 · A&E Biography · 16 Biggest Hits · For the Record: 43 Legendary Hits · Merle Haggard's Train Whistle Blues · 20 Greatest Hits · David Allan Coe Presents · 40 #1 Hits · The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years · Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
Related articles

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Mama Tried — may refer to: Mama Tried (Album), a 1968 album by Merle Haggard Mama Tried (song) , a 1968 hit song by Merle Haggard Mama Tried , a song by Quasi from their 2003 album Hot Shit! This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same… …   Wikipedia

  • Mama Tried (song) — Mama Tried Single by Merle Haggard from the album Mama Tried Released …   Wikipedia

  • Mama Tried — est une chanson country écrite et enregistrée par Merle Haggard. Sortie en 1968, elle est devenue l une des chansons les plus populaires de sa carrière[1] [2]. Sommaire 1 Le thème …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Mama Africa (song) — Mama Africa Single by Akon from the album Konvicted Released …   Wikipedia

  • Grateful Dead (album) — The informal titles for this album, Skull and Roses and Skull Fuck , redirect here. Infobox Album | Name = Grateful Dead Type = Live album Artist = The Grateful Dead Released = October 1971 Recorded = Early 1971 Genre = Country rock, folk rock,… …   Wikipedia

  • Grateful Dead (Album) — Grateful Dead Studioalbum von Grateful Dead Veröffentlichung Oktober 1971 Label Warner Bros. Records …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Grateful Dead (album) — Grateful Dead Album par Grateful Dead Sortie Octobre 1971 Enregistrement mars avril 1971 Durée 70 : 12 Genre Rock Producteur David Hassinger …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album — Studio album by Merle Haggard Released August 1974 Recorded …   Wikipedia

  • Roots (Everly Brothers album) — Infobox Album Name = Roots Type = studio Artist = The Everly Brothers Released = 1968 Recorded = Genre = rock, country rock, close harmony Length = Label = Warner Bros. Producer = Gordon Anderson, Lenny Waronker Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5… …   Wikipedia

  • One Day at a Time (album) — One Day at a Time Studio album by Joan Baez Released January 1970 …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”