Bonnie Owens - Queen Of The Coast [4 CD Box Set]

Married to Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens was the Queen of Bakersfield and the original Honky Tonk Angel. Bonnie was the major female artist to emerge from the Bakersfield scene, the scene that spawned Merle Haggard, Tommy Collins, Ferlin Husky, Wynn Stewart and Buck Owens ... and inspired several generations of honky tonk singers.

Queen Of The Coast is major 2007 release from Bear Family Records of a 4 CD Set complete with hardback book containing all of Bonnie's recordings between 1953 and 1971, most of them appearing on CD for the first time.

Typically, Bear Family has sourced rare and obscure recordings, including Bonnie's original version of the country classic, A Dear John Letter with Fuzzy Owens and all of her duets with The Hag.

She won awards, she co-wrote Today I Started Loving You Again, she toured ceaselessly for decades, but saw relatively few hits. That, though, was no reflection on her talent, and Bear Family has offered this tribute to one of the true, unheralded architects of alternative country music.

CD 1:

• A Dear John Letter (w/ Fuzzy Owen)
• Wonderful Word (w/ Fuzzy Owen)
• I Traded My Heart For His Gold
• Take Me
• Just A Love For Someone To Steal
• No Tomorrow (w/ Fuzzy Owen)
• Father (The Kern County Sweethearts)
• Please Don't Take Him From Me (The Kern County Sweethearts)
• That Little Boy Of Mine
• Wait A Little Longer, Please Jesus
• Looking Back To See (w/ Fuzzy Owen)
• Just For The Children's Sake
• This Other
• Missing On A Mountain (w/ Tommy Dee)
• Why Don't Daddy Live Here Anymore
• Waggin' Tongues
• Stop The World (And Let Me Off)
• Don't Take Advantage Of Me
• Lie A Little
• I'll Try Again Tomorrow
• The Longer You Wait
• You Don't Have Far To Go
• Number One Heel
• Beggin' To You
• I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart
• Pins And Needles

CD 2:

• Slowly But Surely (w/ Merle Haggard)
• Just Between The Two Of Us (w/ Merle Haggard)
• So Much For Me, So Much For You (w/ Merle Haggard)
• A House Without Love Is Not A Home (w/ Merle Haggard)
• I Want To Live Again (w/ Merle Haggard)
• Number One Heel
• Pins And Needles
• Lie A Little
• Stranger In My Arms (w/ Merle Haggard)
• Souvenirs
• Merry Go Round Of Love
• She Don't Deserve You
• Excuse Me For Living
• I'll Take A Chance (w/ Merle Haggard)
• Our Hearts Are Holding Hands (w/ Merle Haggard)
• Too Used To Being With You (w/ Merle Haggard)
• That Makes Two Of Us (w/ Merle Haggard)
• Forever And Ever (w/ Merle Haggard)
• Wait A Little Longer, Please Jesus (w/ Merle Haggard)
• Living On Your Love
• What's It Gonna Cost Me
• You Don't Even Try
• Someone Else You've Known
• Whatever Happened To Me
• Just For The Children's Sake
• Consider The Children
• I Know He Loves Me
• The Best Part Of Me

CD 3:

• Will You Want Me Just As Much
• Any Part Of You
• I Won't Go Lookin' For You
• Gone Crazy
• The Best Part Of Me
• All Of Me Belongs To You
• If You Really Want Me To
• Adios, Farewell Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long
• If You Really Want Me To
• Everything That's Fastened Down Is Comin' Loose
• I'd Be More Of A Woman
• I Wish I Felt This Way At Home
• Hangin' On
• The Back Of My Hand
• I Let A Stranger Buy The Wine
• Number 82
• Don't Tell Me
• Just One Time
• Somewhere Between
• Wabash Cannon Ball
• Tonight I'll Throw A Party

CD 4:

• Yes, I Love You Only
• How Can Our Cheatin' Be Wrong
• When Billy Comes Home To Arkansas
• I'll Look Over You
• I'll Always Be Glad To Take You Back
• I Couldn't Keep From Cryin'
• Lead Me On
• Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Alone
• I'll Kiss My Wedding Ring Goodbye
• That Little Boy Of Mine
• Jealous Heart
• I Don't Care If Tomorrow Never Comes
• How Many
• What Else Can I Do
• It Don't Take Much To Make Me Cry
• My Hi-Fi To Cry
• Philadelphia Lawyer
• Where Could I Go But To The Lord
• What A Friend We Have In Jesus
• Medals For Mothers
• I'll Fly Away
• Wait A Little Longer, Please Jesus
• Gathering Flowers for The Masters Bouquet
• Where We'll Never Grow Old
• Where The Soul Never Dies
• I Saw The Light
• Farther Along
• Faded Love