Includes bibliographical references and discography
Contents:
Introduction : "Silver wings," Kansas City, Missouri, September 14, 2001 "Hungry eyes," 1969 The roots of his raising "Mama tried," 1968 Toward the bad he kept on turnin' He loves them so : a playlist of early influences "Leonard," 1981 The Bakersfield sound and fury Someone told his story in a song "I started loving you again," 1968 The legend of Bonnie and him "Sing me back home," 1967 He's living in the good old days He likes living right and being free "Irma Jackson," 1969 His fightin' side He'd rather be gone "It's not love (but it's not bad)," 1972 He wishes he was Santa Claus He takes a lot of pride in what he is (hint: he's a white boy) "A working man can't get nowhere today," 1977 His country girl with hot pants on He's always on a mountain when he falls "Rainbow stew," 1981 He wishes a buck was still silver (not really) and likes the taste of yesterday's wine (really) "Kern River," 1985 He's going where the lonely go "Me and crippled soldiers," 1990 The hag versus the man in black If he could only fly : Merle Haggard in the twenty-first century Cuba, Missouri, July 15, 2010 Selected discography
