Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® will release Bakersfield: Deluxe
Edition, an exclusive and expanded edition of the
critically-acclaimed album from 20x GRAMMY Award-winning artist Vince
Gill and famed steel guitarist, Paul Franklin, on Monday,
Jan. 27, 2014. The album pays tribute to the “Bakersfield” sound
by performing songs from two of Bakersfield’s favorite musical sons,
Buck Owens and Merle Haggard. Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition will
contain four additional songs (for a total of 14) and will retail for
$11.99 at all Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® locations and online at
crackerbarrel.com. One day later, the digital version of Bakersfield:
Deluxe Edition will be available for purchase via iTunes and
Amazon.com on Tuesday, Jan. 28.
Beginning today, Cracker Barrel Old Country
Store® will offer Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition CDs for pre-order
exclusively at crackerbarrel.com. All CDs sold during the pre-order
period will be shipped to purchasers on Jan. 27, the official day of
release.
Gill and Franklin shared producing duties on the album and were backed
by a stellar band made up of John Hobbs on piano; Greg Morrow on drums;
Willie Weeks and Brad Albin on bass; J. T. Corenflos on electric rhythm
guitar; and Time Jumpers Kenny Sears, Larry Franklin, and Joe Spivey on
fiddles and Dawn Sears on harmony vocals. Gill played all the acoustic
and electric guitar fills and solos.
“This project has been a labor of love for me and Paul,” said Gill, a
member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. “Paul and I both love the
‘Bakersfield’ sound that Buck and Merle represent. We are excited that
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® approached us to create this special
Deluxe Edition of Bakersfield because it allowed us to go back
and record some additional songs we think everyone will enjoy.”
“I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: this may be Vince’s
greatest project,” Franklin declares. “What a showcase! I’ve heard him
sing for 30 years, but he sings licks on this record I never heard
before.”
“We are proud to offer the exclusive Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition
album from Vince and Paul to our guests,” said Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store Marketing Manager Julie Craig. “We hope our guests, as
well as music lovers everywhere, will be excited that Vince and Paul
could dip back into that well and add four additional songs to what is
already a classic album.”
Full track listing for Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition:
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Made Famous By
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1. “Foolin’ Around”
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Buck Owens (Written by Harlan Howard and Buck Owens)
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2. “Branded Man”
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Merle Haggard (Written by Merle Haggard)
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3. “Together Again”
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Buck Owens (Written by Buck Owens)
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4. “The Bottle Let Me Down”
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Merle Haggard (Written by Merle Haggard)
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5. “He Don’t Deserve You Anymore”
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Buck Owens (Written by Arty Lange and Buck Owens)
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6. “I Can’t Be Myself”
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Merle Haggard (Written by Merle Haggard)
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7. “Nobody’s Fool But Yours”
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Buck Owens (Written by Buck Owens)
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8. “Holding Things Together”
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Merle Haggard (Written by Bob Trotten and Merle Haggard)
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9. “But I Do”
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Buck Owens (Written by Tommy Collins)
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10. “The Fightin’ Side of Me”
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Merle Haggard (Written by Merle Haggard)
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11. “Your Tender Loving Care”*
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Buck Owens (Written by Buck Owens)
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12. “Buckin’ Merle”*
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Instrumental (Written by Vince Gill)
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13. “I Threw Away the Rose”*
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Merle Haggard (Written by Merle Haggard)
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14. “High on a Hilltop”*
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Merle Haggard (written by Tommy Collins)
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(*) Denotes exclusive tracks for the expanded album available through
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store®.
One of the four additional tracks on Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition
is the instrumental “Buckin’ Merle,” which Gill wrote as a
tribute to Haggard and Owens and the “Bakersfield” sound.
The original version of Bakersfield was released by MCA Nashville
on July 13, 2013 and debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Top
Country Albums Chart. National Public Radio (NPR) recently named it one
of their Top Ten Albums of 2013.
About the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store®
Exclusive Music Program
Vince Gill and Paul Franklin’s Bakersfield: Deluxe Edition is the
latest CD release in the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® exclusive
music program. Since 2005, Cracker Barrel has released CDs with a wide
variety of artists, some of which have debuted in the top three spots on
a range of Billboard’s charts including Top DVD Music Videos, Top
Country Albums, Top Contemporary Christian Albums and Top Bluegrass
Albums. The Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® exclusive music program
includes CDs with Alabama, Rodney Atkins, Mandy Barnett, Clint Black,
Jason Michael Carroll, Steven Curtis Chapman, Dailey & Vincent, The
Charlie Daniels Band, Ronnie Dunn, Edens Edge, Sara Evans, Bill Gaither,
Montgomery Gentry, Amy Grant, The Grascals, Merle Haggard, Alan Jackson,
George Jones, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme
Out , Craig Morgan, The Oak Ridge Boys, Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton,
Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Ricky Skaggs, Aaron Tippin, Randy Travis,
Josh Turner, Wynonna and the Zac Brown Band. For details, visit
crackerbarrel.com.
About Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. provides a friendly
home-away-from-home in its old country stores and restaurants. Guests
are cared for like family while relaxing and enjoying real home-style
food and shopping that’s surprisingly unique, genuinely fun and
reminiscent of America’s country heritage…all at a fair price. Cracker
Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRL) was established in 1969 in
Lebanon, Tenn. and operates 625 company-owned locations in 42 states.
For more information, visit crackerbarrel.com.
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