This country album was released on the 3rd of October in 1968 on the Capitol record label. It reached number 4 on Billboard's country albums chart. The title song was one of Haggard's biggest hit singles and won the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999. 'Mama Tried' hit #1 in August 1968 and stayed there for a month. Although it isn't necessarily a concept album, Mama Tried is dominated with prison songs, including the Porter Wagoner hit \"Green, Green Grass of Home,\" Johnny Cash's \"Folsom Prison Blues,\" and the Mel Tillis original \"I Could Have Gone Right,\" where Haggard once again pleads his mother's forgiveness. Haggard also recorded the Dolly Parton composition \"In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)\" several months before Parton cut it herself.
TRACK LIST
(time stamps are in the comments):
1.Mama Tried
2. Green Green Grass of Home
3. Little Ole Wine Drinker Me
4. In The Good Old Day
5. I Could Have Gone Right
6. I'll Always Know
7. The Sunny Side of My Life
8. Teach Me To Forget
9. Folsom Prison Blues
10. Run 'Em Off
11. You'll Never Love Me Now
12. Too Many Bridges To Cross Over
PERSONNEL:
Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
Tommy Collins – guitar
Glen Campbell – guitar
James Burton – guitar
Billy Mize – guitar
Roy Nichols – guitar
Lewis Talley – guitar
Norman Hamlet – steel guitar
George French – piano
Jerry Ward – bass
Eddie Burris – drums
Bonnie Owens – harmony vocals
I own none of this album, nor do I own the artwork for it. I am merely uploading this for Merle fans. This album was produced by Ken Nelson.
