If I Could Only Fly
Encyclopedia
If I Could Only Fly is an album by American
country
singer Merle Haggard
, released in 2000. It reached Number 26 on the Billboard Country album chart.
Production notes:
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Country music
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singer Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...
, released in 2000. It reached Number 26 on the Billboard Country album chart.
Track listing
All songs by Merle Haggard unless otherwise noted.- "Wishing All These Old Things Were New" – 3:20
- "Honky Tonky Mama" (Haggard, Traditional) – 3:07
- "Turn to Me" – 3:10
- "If I Could Only Fly" (Blaze FoleyBlaze FoleyMichael David Fuller , better known under the stage name Blaze Foley, was an American singer-songwriter.-Biography:...
) – 4:59 - "Crazy Moon" (Haggard, Max Barnes) – 2:07
- "Bareback" – 2:12
- "(Think About A) Lullaby" (Haggard, Theresa Lane Haggard) – 2:24
- "I'm Still Your Daddy" – 2:54
- "Proud to Be Your Old Man" (Haggard, Abe Manuel, Jr.) – 2:26
- "Leavin's Getting Harder" – 2:10
- "Thanks to Uncle John" – 2:43
- "Listening (To the Wind)" – 4:10
Personnel
- Merle HaggardMerle HaggardMerle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...
– vocals, guitar - Biff Adams – drums
- Eddie Curtis – bass
- Floyd Domino – piano
- Norm HamletNorm HamletNorm Hamlet is an American steel guitarist best known as a member of Merle Haggard's Stranger's group. In 2005 Hamlet had quadruple heart bypass surgery and recovered well at his home in Bakersfield, California. In April 2006 while on tour with Merle Haggard Hamlet's Dobro was stolen and a reward...
– steel guitar - Abe Manuel, Jr. – guitar, fiddle, mandolin, percussion, piano, accordion, harp, harmony vocals
- Joe Manuel – guitar
- Randy Mason – guitar
- Oleg Schramm – piano
- Redd Volkaert – guitar
- Don Markham – saxophone, harmony vocals
Production notes:
- Lou Bradley – engineer, mixing
- Jesse Fischer – art direction, design
- Johnny Whiteside – liner notes
Chart performance
Chart (2000) | Peak position |
---|---|
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 26 |
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums | 10 |