Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium
Rainbow Stew | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | July 1981 | |||
Recorded | October 1980 | |||
Venue | Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 34:12 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Merle Haggard | |||
Merle Haggard chronology | ||||
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Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium is a live album by American country music artist Merle Haggard with backing by The Strangers. It was recorded in October 1980 and released in July 1981 on MCA Records.
Background
Haggard moved from MCA to
Texas Playboys Eldon Shamblin, Tiny Moore
and Gordon Terry and a horn section to fill out the sound.
In The Running Kind, Haggard biographer David Cantwell observes, "In the studio, these recent drinking numbers had broken a sweat trying to maintain control, but live they didn't even try to keep their cool, especially on fiddle breakdowns that run hot, then burst into flame."[1]
The track "Dealin' with the Devil" was previously recorded by
Eyes
.
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Allmusic critic Steven Thomas Erlewine calls the album "a wonderful, swinging album that brings a new spin not only to classics like 'I'm a Lonesome Fugitive' and 'Sing Me Back Home' but also to Hag's newer songs 'Misery and Gin,' 'I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink,' and the title track."[2]
Track listing
- "Misery and Gin" (Johnny Durrill, Tommy Garrett) – 3:25
- "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" (Merle Haggard) – 3:24
- "Back to the Barrooms" (Haggard, Dave Kirby) – 2:24
- "Our Paths May Never Cross" (Haggard) – 4:01
- "Running Kind" (Haggard)/"I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" (Liz Anderson, Casey Anderson) – 3:35
- "Rainbow Stew" (Haggard) – 2:43
- "Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:53
- "Dealing with the Devil" (Eddy Raven, Sanger D. Shafer) – 3:45
- "Fiddle Breakdown" – 3:48
- "Sing Me Back Home" (Haggard) – 4:04
Personnel
- Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
- Roy Nichols – lead guitar
- Norman Hamlet – steel guitar, dobro
- Tiny Moore – mandolin, fiddle
- Gordon Terry - fiddle
- Ronnie Reno – guitar
- Mark Yeary – piano
- Dennis Hromek– bass
- Biff Adam – drums
- Don Markham – saxophone
with
- Bonnie Owens– backing vocals
and
- Willie Nelson – guitar, vocals
- Johnny Paycheck - vocals
References
- ISBN 978-0-292-71771-8.
- ^ Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.