Merle Haggard & The Strangers
NYCB Theatre, Westbury, NY
26 June 2015

This is straight to my new land R-05 internal mics.

As usual, I am providing the highest quality file I have and these will convert back to 24/48 audio. Re-Convert as you need for CDs or other uses but please do not trade other then original files. (as if I could stop you) As always, if you do not like the way I record or the equipment I use, wait for another upload.

The incomparable Hag. 78 and still putting on a great show.



Merle Haggard – lead vocals, lead guitar, fiddle
Norman Hamlet – steel guitar
Renato Caranto – tenor saxophone
Jim Christie – drums
Floyd Domino – keyboards
Ben Haggard – guitar, lead guitar
Theresa Haggard – backing vocals
Scott Joss – fiddle, mandolin, guitars, backing vocals
Doug Colosio – bass guitar



Entry Music
Big City
Folsom Prison Blues
Silver Wings
Workin’ Man Blues
Going Where the Lonely Go
White Line Fever (short)
Mama Tried
The Bottle Let Me Down
Brain Cloudy Blues-Milk Cow Blues
That's the Way Love Goes
Motorcycle Cowboy
Unfair Weather Friend
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
Honky Tonk Night Time Man
Twinkly Twinkle Lucky Star
I Think I'll Just Sit Here and Drink
Anniversary Blue Yodel TB Blues
If I Could Only Fly
Pancho & Lefty
Band Intros
The Fighting Side of Me
Merle Fiddle Instrumental
Kern River
Okie From Muskogee
Outro Music and Merch Shill


PS: Please Don't Sell This

PSS: For the inevitable requests;
I’m really sorry but I can’t offer other bit depths. There is only so much time in the day and I love to contribute music to this venue and hope that folks enjoy these shows too. So I put to the best of what I have and hope users will take a little effort to get the output files they need. It should be a one step process, I know it is with the Mac based software recommended below. I hope it is just as easy with the windows options.

On the Mac I think XLD is great; you give it a batch of files and it will out put pretty much what ever you need and will easily convert these 24bit flacs to 16bit AIFFs you can burn to CD. It will also allow you to clean up the metadata if you roll that way. Right click to apply to batch. While definitely worth a donation it is totally free, check it out. http://tmkk.undo.jp/xld/index_e.html

For windows, I would love to hear more current suggestions but I have always heard great things about Traders Little Helper. http://tlh.easytree.org/ But I do not use it nor am I 100% sure that it will take a 24bit flac and give your a 16bit wav in one motion. I have also heard good things about http://www.foobar2000.org/ I also had http://www.voxengo.com/product/r8brain/ recommended as a straight bit conversion for free that will take what I gave and give you swell CD quality. GO!

As with all of this windows stuff all the same caveats apply - I don’t use it and have not tried it. Still I would continue to welcome any current confirmation or commentary to help make this note more helpful.

Thanks.