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Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium

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Background
Critical reception
Track listing
Personnel
References

{{Infobox album
| name = Rainbow Stew
| type = Live Album
| artist = Merle Haggard
| cover = RainbowStewMerleHaggard.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 1981
| recorded = Anaheim Stadium, October 1980
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 34:12
| label = MCA
| producer = Merle Haggard
| prev_title = Back to the Barrooms
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Songs for the Mama That Tried
| next_year = 1981
}}

Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium is a live album by American country music artist Merle Haggard with backing by The Strangers. It was recorded in October 1980 and released in July 1981 on MCA Records.

Background

Haggard moved from MCA to Epic Records in 1981. However, he still owed MCA two albums, and this collection, along with the gospel album Songs for the Mama That Tried, fulfilled his contractual obligations. This LP is notable for showcasing the talents of Haggard's backing band the Strangers, in particular the jazzy solos of guitarist and long-time band member Roy Nichols. The band is augmented by former Texas Playboys Eldon Shamblin, Tiny Moore and Gordon Terry and a horn section to fill out the sound.

In The Running Kind, Haggard biographer David Cantwell observes, "In the studio, these recent drinking numbers had broken a sweat trying to maintain control, but live they didn't even try to keep their cool, especially on fiddle breakdowns that run hot, then burst into flame."^[1]

Critical reception

{{Album ratings
| rev1 =Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} ^[2]
}}Allmusic critic Steven Thomas Erlewine calls the album "a wonderful, swinging album that brings a new spin not only to classics like 'I'm a Lonesome Fugitive' and 'Sing Me Back Home' but also to Hag's newer songs 'Misery and Gin,' 'I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink,' and the title track."^[2]

Track listing

"Misery and Gin" (Johnny Durrill, Tommy Garrett) – 3:25
"I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" (Merle Haggard) – 3:24
"Back to the Barrooms" (Haggard, Dave Kirby) – 2:24
"Our Paths May Never Cross" (Haggard) – 4:01
"Running Kind" (Haggard)/"I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" (Liz Anderson, Casey Anderson) – 3:35
"Rainbow Stew" (Haggard) – 2:43
"Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' on the Corner)" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:53
"Dealing with the Devil" (Eddy Raven, Sanger D. Schafer) – 3:45
"Fiddle Breakdown" – 3:48
"Sing Me Back Home" (Haggard) – 4:04

Personnel

Merle Haggard– vocals, guitar

The Strangers:

Roy Nichols – lead guitar
Norman Hamlet – steel guitar, dobro
Tiny Moore – mandolin, fiddle
Gordon Terry - fiddle
Ronnie Reno – guitar
Mark Yeary – piano
Dennis Hromek– bass
Biff Adam – drums
Don Markham – saxophone

with

Bonnie Owens– backing vocals

and

Willie Nelson – guitar, vocals
Johnny Paycheck - vocals

References

1. ^{{cite book| last = Cantwell | first =David | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Merle Haggard: The Running Kind| publisher = University of Texas Press | year = 2013| page = | isbn = 978-0-292-71771-8}}
2. ^¹{{cite web |first=Steven Thomas |last= Erlewine |title= Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium > Review |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id= mw0000200647 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=July 2, 2011}}

3 : 1981 live albums|Merle Haggard live albums|MCA Records live albums

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