Hag (album)

Hag is an album by country singer Merle Haggard, released in 1971. It was his first album with a majority of original songs in two years. It reached #1 on the Billboard Country album chart and #66 on the Pop album chart. The album spawned four hit singles: "Jesus, Take a Hold", "I Can't Be Myself", "Soldiers Last Letter" and "Sidewalks of Chicago", all of which reached #3 on the Country singles chart.

Hag was reissued along with Let Me Tell You About a Song on CD by Beat Goes On Records in 2002.^[1]

Track listing

All songs by Merle Haggard unless otherwise noted.

1. "Soldier's Last Letter" (Redd Stewart, Ernest Tubb) – 2:13
2. "Shelly's Winter Love" – 3:24
3. "Jesus, Take a Hold" – 2:18
4. "I Can't Be Myself" – 2:53
5. "I'm a Good Loser" – 2:40
6. "Sidewalks of Chicago" (Dave Kirby) – 2:31
7. "No Reason to Quit" (Dean Holloway) – 2:37
8. "If You've Got Time (To Say Goodbye)" – 2:54
9. "The Farmer's Daughter" – 2:57
10. "I've Done It All" – 2:16

Personnel

• Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
• Roy Nichols – guitar
• Red Lane – guitar
• Bobby Wayne – guitar
• Norman Hamlet – pedal steel guitar, dobro
• Dennis Hromek – bass
• Biff Adam – drums
• Johnny Gimble – fiddle
• Earl Ball – piano
• George French – piano
• Glen D. Hardin – piano

Chart positions

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