2019 - “Holding Things Together” offers a broad cross-section of premium Hag copyrights, as reinterpreted by artists as diverse as Gram Parsons (in various guises), Bettye Swann, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Grateful Dead and legendary ‘Singing Cowboy’ Roy Rogers, to name but a few. Most of the featured songs are famous enough to be recognised by their titles and are rightly considered to be country music classics but as ever, we have unearthed a few lesser known killers, some of which are appearing on CD for the first time. Memorable, frequently moving and always magnificent, they confirm this iconic artist’s credentials as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, in any genre of music.
24 Songs
- SWINGING DOORS (Jerry Lee Lewis)
- OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE (Roy Rogers)
- IRMA JACKSON (Barrence Whitfield)
- JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BE MINE (Bettye Swann)
- SILVER WINGS (The Knitters)
- THE LEGEND OF BONNIE AND CLYDE (Tammy Wynette)
- WHITE LINE FEVER (The Flying Burrito Bros.)
- KERN RIVER (Dave Alvin)
- HONKY TONK NIGHT TIME MAN (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- LIFE IN PRISON (The Byrds)
- HOLDING THINGS TOGETHER (Merle Haggard & The Strangers)
- EVERYBODY'S HAD THE BLUES (Brenda Lee)
- MAMA TRIED (Grateful Dead)
- FARMER'S DAUGHTER Chip Taylor with Ghost Train)
- I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN WHAT I AM (Dean Martin)
- LIFE'S LIKE POETRY (Dolly Parton)
- TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN (Wynn Stewart)
- SING ME BACK HOME (The Everly Brothers)
- I CAN'T HOLD MYSELF IN LINE (Elvin Bishop)
- RAINBOW STEW (Country Joe McDonald)
- LIVING WITH THE SHADES PULLED DOWN (George Thorogood & The Destroyers)
- I'D RATHER BE GONE (Hank Williams Jr.)
- I MUST BE SOMEBODY ELSE YOU'VE KNOWN (The International Submarine Band)
- THE BOTTLE LET ME DOWN (Emmylou Harris)
