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The Branded Man (1910 Film)
''Branded Man ''Branded Man'' is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released on Capitol Records in 1967. Background After a troubled youth that saw him in and out of youth reformatories, Haggard ...'' is a 1967 album by Merle Haggard and the Strangers. It could also refer to: * "Branded Man" (song), the second single and title track from the above album * ''The Branded Man'' (1918 film), a short silent Western film starring Hoot Gibson * ''The Branded Man'' (1928 film), a silent crime drama film directed by Scott Pembroke and Phil Rosen {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branded Man
''Branded Man'' is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released on Capitol Records in 1967. Background After a troubled youth that saw him in and out of youth reformatories, Haggard was finally sent to Bakersfield jail for a bungled robbery and, after an escape attempt, transferred to San Quentin prison on February 21, 1958. He was released in 1960. By 1967, he was on the cusp of country stardom when he hit number one on the country singles chart with the Liz Anderson composition "I'm A Lonesome Fugitive." Understandably, Haggard was concerned about the effect his time in prison might have on his career but, as Daniel Cooper writes in the liner notes to the 1994 box set ''Down Every Road'', it had little effect at all: "It's unclear when or where Merle first acknowledged to the public that his prison songs were rooted in personal history, for to his credit, he doesn't seem to have made some big splash announcement. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branded Man (song)
"Branded Man" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in July 1967 as the second single and title track from the album ''Branded Man''. The song was Haggard and The Strangers second number one on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent 15 weeks on the chart. Content The song is about an ex- convict's fear of not being accepted by the outside world after being paroled. Personnel * Merle Haggard– vocals, guitar The Strangers Strangers are people who are unknown to another person or group. Strangers or The Strangers may also refer to: History * Elizabethan Strangers or Strangers, a name applied to French and Belgian immigrants to Norwich, East Anglia, England, during ...: * Roy Nichols – guitar * Ralph Mooney – steel guitar *George French – piano *Jerry Ward – bass *Eddie Burris – drums Chart performance References 1967 singles Merle Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Branded Man (1918 Film)
''The Branded Man'' is a 1918 American short film, short silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film starring Hoot Gibson. Cast * Hoot Gibson as Sheriff * Donna Kee as John Ewing * Helen Gibson as Helen Ewing * Millard K. Wilson as Jim Calvert (credited as M.K. Wilson) * G. Raymond Nye as Val Heywood * Noble Johnson as Trovio Valdez Reception Like many American films of the time, ''The Branded Man'' was subject to restrictions and cuts by Film censorship in the United States, city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 1, two scenes of heating iron and closeup of hot iron approaching man, second attack scene on Ewing, three holdup scenes, Reel 2, dividing spoils, holdup of man in cabin, two scenes of taking money in cabin, and shooting at the posse. See also * List of American films of 1918 * Hoot Gibson filmography References External links * 1918 films 1918 short films 1918 Western (genre) films American black- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |