Fanfare; 16; And Now All the Way from Bakersfield California, Merle Haggard

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Series
Fanfare
Episode Number
16
Episode
And Now All the Way from Bakersfield California, Merle Haggard
Producing Organization
Educational Broadcasting Corporation. NET Division
Contributing Organization
Thirteen WNET (New York, New York)
Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/75-75r7t1hg
NOLA Code
FANF
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Description
Episode Description
Merle Haggard, country's music "Okie from Muskogee," is the subject of an intimate profile on NET's Fanfare. Titled, "And Now, All the Way from Bakersfield, CA, Merle Haggard," the program enacts the drama prior to the Country Music Association awards in Nashville. At these ceremonies, Haggard emerges as the country music "entertainer of the year," top male vocalist, and performer with the best single record and single album. Merle Haggard the performer is seen in wide-ranging concerts from Providence, RI to Pueblo, Colorado, and many of his best-known songs are contained in the hour program ("Okie from Muskogee," "Fightin' Side of Me," "Mama Tried," "Working Man's Blues," "Mama's Hungry Eyes," "Today, I Started Loving You Again," and "Branded Man." Through these songs and through Haggard's comments the program seeks to define him in human and in social terms. His youthful vagabondry is suggested when he sings of his wild oats ("Mama used to pray my crops'd fail") and of his prison years("In spite of Sunday learning, I turned 21 in prison"). His current popularity is delineated in scenes with his admirers we 're your fans, we all love ya," shouts a woman outside the auditorium in Hartford, Conn. "Oh my goodness, oh my gosh," replies Haggard. "And Now, All the Way from Bakersfield, California, Merle Haggard," is a production of the NET Division, Educational Broadcasting Corporation. Produced and directed by Eliot Tozer, and transmitted nationally by The Public Broadcasting Service. The program runs an hour and was recorded on videotape. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Series Description
Fanfare is an anthology series of performing arts programming.
Broadcast Date
1971-01-24
Asset type
Program
Genres
Performance
Documentary
Topics
Music
Performing Arts
Media type
Moving Image
Credits
Director: Tozer, Eliot
Performer: Haggard, Merle
Producer: Tozer, Eliot
Producing Organization: Educational Broadcasting Corporation. NET Division
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Thirteen - New York Public Media (WNET)
Identifier: wnet_aacip_6666 (WNET Archive)
Format: Betacam: SP
Generation: Master
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1168175-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: U-matic
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: Color
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1168175-2 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 1 inch videotape: SMPTE Type C
Generation: Master
Color: Color
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1168175-3 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Master
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1168175-4 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Copy: Access
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1168175-5 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Copy: Access
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1168175-6 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 2 inch videotape
Generation: Master
Color: Color
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Citations
Chicago: “Fanfare; 16; And Now All the Way from Bakersfield California, Merle Haggard,” 1971-01-24, Thirteen WNET, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 26, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-75r7t1hg.
MLA: “Fanfare; 16; And Now All the Way from Bakersfield California, Merle Haggard.” 1971-01-24. Thirteen WNET, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 26, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-75r7t1hg>.
APA: Fanfare; 16; And Now All the Way from Bakersfield California, Merle Haggard. Boston, MA: Thirteen WNET, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-75r7t1hg