Album

5:01 Blues

Merle Haggard

1988 · Folk, World, & Country

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5:01 Blues by Merle Haggard

5:01 Blues is a Folk album by Merle Haggard, originally released in 1988. On Gatefold: 11 pressings tracked.

About

5:01 Blues is the 46th studio album by recording artist Merle Haggard, with backing by The Strangers. It was released in 1989 and was his last studio album on the Epic label. It peaked at #28 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. It was co-produced by Mark Yeary, keyboardist of The Strangers. Although Haggard's tenure with Epic had been a success in its first three years, producing 12 Top 10 hits (with nine of them going to #1), his relationship with the label deteriorated in the latter part of the 1980s. 5:01 Blues was to be his last studio album with Epic. The single, "A Better Love Next Time", became Haggard's last Top 5 solo single, while two other singles, "If You Want to Be My Woman" and the title track, failed to crack the Top 20 on the country charts. A final single, the opener "Broken Friend" did not chart. "Someday We'll Know" was co-written by Haggard and Teresa Lane, who later become Haggard's fifth wife.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Broken Friend2:15
  2. 2Losin' In las Vegas3:27
  3. 35:01 Blues3:14
  4. 4Someday We'll Know3:16
  5. 5Wouldn't That Be Something3:02
  6. 6Sea of Heartbreak2:52
  7. 7A Better Love Next Time2:42
  8. 8If You Want to Be My Woman2:43
  9. 9A Thousand Lies Ago3:54
  10. 10Somewhere Down the Line2:37

Sound DNA

  • Folk
  • Traditional Folk
  • twangy
  • wistful
  • southern

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Biff AdamMUSICIAN, DRUMS
  • Bill E. ShawMUSICIAN, ELECTRIC GUITAR
  • Bobby WayneMUSICIAN, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR
  • Bobby WoodMUSICIAN, SYNTHESIZER , BACKING VOCALS
  • Bonnie OwensBACKING VOCALS
  • Clint StrongMUSICIAN, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR
  • Don MarkhamMUSICIAN, HORNS, SAXOPHONE, TRUMPET MUSICIAN, SAXOPHONE, TRUMPET
  • Eldon ShamblinMUSICIAN, ELECTRIC GUITAR
  • Gary ChurchMUSICIAN, HORNS , TROMBONE MUSICIAN, TROMBONE, CORNET
  • Gene ChrismanMUSICIAN, DRUMS
  • Jerry CarriganMUSICIAN, PERCUSSION, DRUM PROGRAMMING
  • Jim HaasBACKING VOCALS
  • Jimmy BelkenMUSICIAN, FIDDLE, STRINGS
  • Joe ChemayBACKING VOCALS
  • Johnny ChristopherMUSICIAN, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
  • Jon JoiceBACKING VOCALS
  • Mark YearyMUSICIAN, PIANO, ORGAN
  • Mike LeechMUSICIAN, BASS GUITAR

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