Legendary Performances (2008) Review

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(More customer reviews)Tammy Wynette: Legendary Performances
Distributed by Sony BMG
Release Date: August 19, 2008
Selection No.: 826663-10979
Suggested List Price: $14.98
Performances
1. Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) The Stonemans (1967)
2. Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad The Bill Anderson Show (1967)
3. I Don't Wanna Play House The Bill Anderson Show (1967)
4. D-I-V-O-R-C-E CMA Awards (1968)
5. Stand By Your Man The Wilburn Brothers Show (1969)
6. Reach Out Your Hand CMA Awards (1972)
7. We Loved It Away (duet with George Jones) Pop! Goes The Country (1974)
8. Woman To Woman Pop! Goes The Country (1974)
9. 'Til I Can Make It On My Own Johnny Cash and Friends (1976)
10. Golden Ring (duet with George Jones) Country Music Hit Parade (1977)
11. You And Me Country Music Hit Parade (1977)
12. Near You (duet with George Jones) Country Music Hit Parade (1977)
13. Cowboys Don't Shoot Straight (Like They Used To) Country Comes Home (1981)
14. He Was There (When I Needed You) NBC Tammy Wynette Special (1982)
15. We're Gonna Hold On (duet with George Jones) NBC Tammy Wynette Special (1982)
Extras
Tammy Wynette's Hall of Fame Induction
Vintage Interviews with Tammy Wynette
Huell Howser Exclusive: Wynette/Richey Wedding Footage
This looks like the set list, this should be ab fab, cannot wait to see these performances from Tammy.

DVD review: Tammy Wynette, 'Legendary Performances'
Mick LaSalle
Sunday, July 27, 2008
I had no intention of watching this entire DVD. I popped it into the machine only because I realized that I'd never actually seen Tammy Wynette in performance, only heard her. Well, she was brilliant. She arrived as an artist fully formed, in her early 20s, having already endured poverty, child labor, a marriage (with kids) and a divorce. The DVD, which consists of television performances over the course of 14 years, begins with Wynette singing on Southern TV stations, and there's no mistaking that hers was an authentic voice of rural poverty. She was, from the beginning, a brilliant singing actress. She had great intelligence and a quiet but unmistakable toughness. And her voice was amazing. In her earliest performances, she keeps sending the sound mix into distortion because her voice is overpowering the equipment. Even as her wigs got bigger and the music took on a schmaltzy quality, she was amazingly consistent in her focus and emotional honesty. It's funny how artists can get written off in convenient shorthand. For those not fans of country music, Wynette is merely the voice of "Stand By Your Man" (albeit a great song), but she was much more - a poet of marital misery, who co-wrote some of her best-known songs. When Wynette sang it, she meant it. The special features are modest but helpful: snippets from 1980s interviews, footage from her 1978 wedding and scenes of her induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame, months after her premature death in 1998 at age 55.
TAMMY WYNETTE: LEGENDARY PERFORMANCES
1967-81
NOT RATED
SONY BMG
$14.98
This article appeared on page N - 27 of the San Francisco Chronicle


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Tammy Wynette reigned supreme on the country charts, scoring 20 #1 hits on her way to becoming the First Lady Of Country Music. With rarely-seen versions of "Stand By Your Man," "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad," and "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," plus two unreleased interviews, wedding footage, and more, this DVD traces the rise of one of country music's finest performers. Song Listing: Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad I Don't Wanna Play House D-I-V-O-R-C-E Stand By Your Man Reach Out Your Hand We're Gonna Hold On (with George Jones) We Loved It Away (with George Jones) Woman To Woman 'Til I Can Make It On My Own Golden Ring (with George Jones) You And Me Near You (with George Jones) Cowboys Don't Shoot Straight (Like They Used To) He Was There (When I Needed You) EXTRAS Two mid-'80s interviews Country Music Hall of Fame induction Footage from her wedding with George Richey

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Legendary Performances: Merle Haggard (2008) Review

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(More customer reviews)A "must have" for Merle fans, this dvd shows a tv performance sampler of some of his great hits throughout his songwriting career. I'ts great to see Merle up close with his band, hearing these great songs being done at the time they were hits. If they have some more fabulous clips for a second dvd, sign me up!

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From the vaults of the Country Music Hall Of Fame and Museum, this collection features nearly two decades of Merle Haggard performances in his prime not seen since their original broadcast. Now, for the first time on DVD, experience the hits through a chronology of vintage live performances such as "Branded Man" (Country Music Holiday,1968), "Mama Tried" (Billy Walker's Country Carnival, 1968) and "Okie From Muskogee" (The Porter Wagoner Show, 1970).When Merle Haggard left prison in 1960, he went on to achieve 38 #1 hits (to date) and establish himself as one of the greats in country music. But getting out of prison didn't quite mean leaving his rebel ways behind. His songwriting depicted the truths of a rough-and-tumble life which he fused with a musical style derived from hardcore country, jazz, blues and folk to create a sound no one had ever heard, with lyrics many could relate to. From the walls of San Quentin to his free-spirited life as an irreverent and unique voice outside the Nashville establishment to his induction in the Country Music Hall of Fame, Merle Haggard has never left a doubt that he is country's original outlaw. Program listing: Branded Man Country Music Holiday (1968) The Bottle Let Me Down Country Music Holiday (1968) Swinging Doors Country Music Holiday (1968) Mama Tried Billy Walker's Country Carnival (1968) I Started Loving You Again Billy Walker's Country Carnival (1968) I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am Billy Walker's Country Carnival (1968) The Fightin' Side Of Me The Porter Wagoner Show (1970) Okie From Muskogee The Porter Wagoner Show (1970) Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) CMA Awards (1972) Workin' Man Blues Pop! Goes The Country (1974) Movin' On Pop! Goes The Country (1975) The Roots Of My Raising The Porter Wagoner Show (1977) Ramblin' Fever Pop! Goes The Country (1977) That's The Way Love Goes CMA Awards (1983) San Antonio Rose Johnny Cash Christmas Special (1983) Extras: Merle Haggard Interview (1981) Merle Haggard's Hall Of Fame Induction (1994)

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