Leona Williams - Sings Merle Haggard (2008)

Leona Williams is known as one of Merle Haggard's ex-wives, as well as the mother of country singer Ron Williams, but she's also a highly talented singer/songwriter in her own right, with a beautiful voice and tremendous range.

She's sung duets with Merle as well as being one of his backup singers, she's toured with Loretta Lynn and Jean Shepard, played with the Grand Ladies of Branson, and she's written some good ol' country hits. Now she takes on some of Merle's greatest hits and puts her own spin on them.

For those of you who can't find your country music history book: in the late 70's, Williams teamed up with Merle Haggard to record "The Bull and the Beaver." When the song became a top ten hit, they recorded a duet album titled "Heart to Heart." The couple also teamed up in real life and married in 1978. During their marriage, Williams wrote some of Haggard's biggest hits including "You Take Me for Granted" and you can hear her harmony vocals on several of Haggard's top tunes, including "The Way I Am," The Roots of my Raising," and "Big City." Their married life wasn't quite as harmonious as their music projects and, although they remained friends, they divorced in 1984.

Track List:

01 - Workin' Girl Blues
02 - Bottle Let Me Down
03 - It's Not Love
04 - I Started Loving You Again
05 - If We're Not Back In Love By May
06 - Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
07 - You Take Me For Granted
08 - Fightin' Side Of Me
09 - Hungry Eyes
10 - Someday When Things Are Good
11 - If We Make It Through December
12 - Okie From Muskogee
13 - Medley

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