George Jones and Merle Haggard: Kickin' Out the Footlights … Again

CML call number: CD COUNTRY Jones
Contents: Footlights (duet; written by Haggard) -- The race is on (Haggard) -- The way I am (Jones) -- She thinks I still care (Haggard) -- All my friends are strangers (Jones) -- Things have gone to pieces (Haggard) -- I think I'll just stay here and drink (Jones; written by Haggard) -- Born with the blues (duet; written by Haggard) -- Sick, sober & sorry (duet) -- I always get lucky with you (Haggard) -- Sing me back home (Jones; written by Haggard/Owens) -- The window up above (Haggard) -- You take me for granted (Jones) -- Don't get around much anymore (duet).
Ralph Novak wrote in People: "You'd be hard-pressed to find a better country album than this collection featuring two still-vigorous old warriors singing each other's songs, both separately and together. So it's more than a little ironic that the best number here isn't a country tune but a jazz standard, Duke Ellington's perfect romantic lament 'Don't Get Around Much Anymore.' On this and other duets included on the disc, Haggard, 60, and Jones, 75, evoke the spirit of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin at their playful best" ("Picks & Pans: Music," 12/11/06, p. 49).