Merle Haggard
Same Train, Different Time
Label:  Capitol 
Date:  1969
Length:  0:00
Format:  2LP
Genre:  Country; Country
  Category:  country
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      California Blues    
      2.  
      Hobo's Meditation    
      3.  
      Waiting for a Train    
      4.  
      Mother, the Queen of My Heart    
      5.  
      My Carolina Sunshine Girl    
      6.  
      Train Whistle Blues    
      7.  
      Why Should I Be Lonely?    
      8.  
      Jimmie's Texas Blues    
      9.  
      Blue Yodel No. 6    
      10.  
      Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)    
      11.  
      Peach Picking Time in Georgia    
      12.  
      Down the Old Road to Home    
      13.  
      Travelin' Blues    
      14.  
      Miss the Mississippi and You    
      15.  
      Frankie and Johnny    
      16.  
      No Hard Times    
      17.  
      Hobo Bill's Last Ride    
      18.  
      My Old Pal    
      19.  
      Nobody Knows But Me    
      20.  
      Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (Women Make a Fool Out of Me)    
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      Oddly enough, Merle Haggard first heard the songs of Jimmie Rodgers on Lefty Frizzell's 1951 tribute record. Just as Frizzell (as well as Hank Snow and Ernest Tubb) did, Haggard took advantage of his station atop the country charts by paying homage to country's first legendary figure. Recorded across seven sessions between August 1968 and February 1969, the double-album Same Train barely registered on radar screens upon its initial release, but it remains a loving memorial to one of Hag's idols as well as one of Hag's most sensitive and engaging vocal performances. After all, Haggard could easily relate to the displaced and disillusioned characters that Rodgers portrayed. It's also testament to Rodgers's genius that his characters stayed relevant and his music fit seamlessly into the Strangers' clothes 40 years after the fact. --Marc Greilsamer