Detailed item info | Track listing | 1. Jimmie the Kid
2. My Rough and Rowdy Ways
3. California Blues
4. Narration # 1
5. Hobo's Meditation
6. Waitin' For a Train
7. Mother, The Queen of My Heart
8. My Carolina Sunshine Girl
9. Narration # 2
10. Train Whistle Blues
11. Why Should I Be Lonely
12. Jimmie's Texas Blues
13. Blue Yodel, # 6
14. Narration # 3
15. Mule Skinner Blues
16. Peach Picking Time in Georgia
17. Down the Old Road to Home
18. Travelin' Blues
19. Miss the Mississippi and You
20. Frankie and Johnny
21. No Hard Times
22. Narration #4
23. Hobo Bill's Last Ride
24. My Old Pal
25. Nobody Knows But Me
26. Narration # 5
27. Jimmie's Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel
28. Missispi Delta Blues
29. Gambling Polka Dot Blues
| | Details | | Contributing artists: | James Burton | | Distributor: | MSI Music Distribution | | Recording type: | Studio | | Recording mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
| | Album notes | Personnel includes: Merle Haggard (vocals, guitar); James Burton (acoustic & electric guitars, dobro); Roy Nichols (guitar, harmonica); Lewis Talley (guitar); Norman Hamlet (steel guitar, dobro); George French, Jr. (piano); Roy "Junior" Huskey, Jr., Bob Morris, Jerry Ward (bass); Roy "Eddie" Burris (drums); Bonnie Owens, William Robert "Billy" Mize (background vocals).
Recorded at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, California between August 26, 1968 and February 26, 1969. Originally released as a 2 LP set on Capitol (SWBB-223). Includes original release liner notes by Hugh Cherry and new liner notes by Colin Escott.
CD reissue of the 1969 double-LP with two bonus remakes of Jimmie Rodgers songs.
Scholars and fans acknowledge two early recording acts as the progenitors of modern country music: the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers. The Carters established country's roots in old-time folk songs, sentimental ballads and rough, heartfelt harmony singing. Rodgers, the more influential of the two, merged African-American country blues with Anglo-Saxon melodicism and original, personal songwriting. Prior to the '60s, few artists lacked the influence of one or both of these acts. Rodgers was the avowed hero of Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, George Jones, and Lefty Frizzell, to name just a few of his famous devotees. Frizzell, in fact, recorded the album of Rodgers songs that inspired Merle Haggard to record SAME TRAIN, DIFFERENT TIME.
Haggard has a natural affinity for Rodgers' songs of train-hopping, cop-dodging and heartbreak. He also sings bluesy runs with ease and conviction, and he can yodel, an ability often called for in Rodgers' songs. As a result, SAME TRAIN fits neatly into Haggard's body of largely original work, making the album a great introduction to the work of two of country music's masters. The Strangers--Haggard's great backing band featuring James Burton on dobro and guitar--add stellar support throughout.
| | Editorial reviews | ...Although the 25-cut concept album was originally given short shrift within country's singles market, it remains a classic...
Rolling Stone (05/04/1995)
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