Artist:  Merle Haggard

Title:  Pride in What I Am

Date:  1969

Label:  Capitol Records   SM 168

Notes:  Whether it's belting out an original or doing justice to a song by Left Frizzell Merle can just flat out tell a story. A proud man, he's never turned from what his is or what he's done. Over the years Merle has inspired a wealth of talent and he's the subject or a yearly "Merle-Fest". American icon, hard drinkin', story tellin', and song singin', this is Merle. A nice selection of songs here and some intimate cover photos of the man fishin', hanging with his registered quarter horse or mixing music in the studio. Open up a "tall boy" and put this one on the player fer a while.

Track Listing

Side 1

I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am
Who'll Buy the Wine
The Day the Rains Came
It Meant Goodbye to Me (When You Said Hello to Him)
I Can't Hold Myself in Line
I'm Bringin' Home Good News

Side 2

Keep Me From Cryin' Today
I Just Want to Look at You One More Time
Somewhere on Skid Row
I'm Free
California Blues
I Think We're Livin' in the Good Ol' Days