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Workin' Man Blues

Composer: Merle Haggard

Grateful Dead

No Grateful Dead recordings.

Merle Haggard

no info Single, Merle Haggard, 1969
info Okie from Muskogee, Merle Haggard, 1969
no info The Best of Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard, 1969
no info The Best of the Best of Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard, 1972
info Songs I'll Always Sing, Merle Haggard, 1976
no info Epic Collection (Live) , Merle Haggard, 1983
no info Country U.S.A. 1969, Merle Haggard, 1989
info Capitol Collectors Series, Merle Haggard, 1990
no info The Best of Country Blues, Merle Haggard, 1990
info Country Pride, Merle Haggard, 1992
no info Working Man's Country, Various Artists (Merle Haggard), 1993
no info Merle Haggard: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, Merle Haggard, 1994
no info Sing Me Back Home: Hits, Merle Haggard, 1994
info The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology (1963-1977), Merle Haggard, 1995
no info 20 Hits, Merle Haggard, 1995
no info 24 Greatest Hits, Merle Haggard, 1995
no info Country Classics, Various Artists (Merle Haggard), 1995
no info The Country You Keep, Various Artists (Merle Haggard), 1995
info 20 Hits Special Collection, Vol. 1, Merle Haggard, 1995
no info Country Classics, Vol. 2, Merle Haggard, 1996
no info Golden Classics: 23 Classic Tracks, Merle Haggard, 1996
info Down Every Road, Merle Haggard, 1996
no info Silver Wings, Merle Haggard, 1996
no info Working Man's Blues, Merle Haggard, 1997
no info Legendary Songwriters, Various Artists (Merle Haggard), 1997
no info 16 Biggest Hits, Merle Haggard, 1998
no info This Is Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard, 1998
no info Patriotic Super Hits: American Made, Various Artists (Merle Haggard), 1998
info For the Record: 43 Legendary Hits, Merle Haggard, 1999
no info Live at Billy Bob's Texas, Merle Haggard, 1999
no info Back to Back Hits, Merle Haggard, 1999
no info Album Title Back to Back Date of Release Jun 1, 1999 no info 20 Number One Hits, Merle Haggard, 2000
no info Greatest Hits, Merle Haggard, 2000
no info Good Old Country, Merle Haggard, 2000
no info Country Gold: Workin' Man, Merle Haggard, 2000
no info Branded Man, Merle Haggard, 2000
no info Oh Boy Classics Presents: Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard, 2000
no info The Best of Country Gold, Various Artists (Merle Haggard), 2000
no info In Concert, Merle Haggard & The Strangers, 2001
no info Country Legends, Various Artists (Merle Haggard), 2001
no info Now That's Country, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Merle Haggard), 2001
info 20 Greatest Hits, Merle Haggard, 2002
no info 21 Years Of Number 1 Hits, Merle Haggard, 2002
no info The Number 1 Country Collection, Various Artists (Merle Haggard), 2002
info 40 #1 Hits, Merle Haggard, 2004
info Definitive Collection, Merle Haggard, 2007

Other recordings

no info Here's a Toast to Mama, Louvin Brothers, 1969
no info I'll Still Be Missing You, Warner Mack, 1969
no info Harpin' the Blues, Charlie McCoy, 1975
info Pigus Drunkus Maximus, Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs, 1987
no info Killer - The Mercury Years, Vol. 2 (1969-1972), Jerry Lee Lewis, 1989
info Mama's Hungry Eyes: Tribute To Merle Haggard, Various Artists, 1994
info The Locust Years...And the Return to the Promised Land, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1994
no info Killer Country, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1995
no info Texas Funeral, Jon Wayne, 19??
no info Lonesome Blues, Countdown Country, 2001
no info Real Blues, Various Artists (Tommy Emmanuel), 2001
no info Cup of Joe, Clear Creek Band, 2002
info All-Time Greatest Hits, Johnny Russell, 2002

Notes

Performed only once by the Grateful Dead, at a soundcheck on December 1, 1973.

Written by Haggard in an attempt to produce a song that would have the same impact as Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues, a song that the 'ordinary working man could relate to.' According to Haggard it took 30 minutes to write whilst on the tour bus near Tucson.

Number one in the country charts in August 1969.