Last of the Breed

Country · 2007 · 22 tracks · 1h 12m

Last of the Breed

March 20, 2007 · Lost Highway

A dignified, warm celebration of traditional country music performed by its greatest surviving architects.

Tracklist · 22 Tracks · 1h 12m

01

My Life’s Been a Pleasure

3:04

01

Goin’ Away Party

3:24

02

My Mary

3:14

02

If I Ever Get Lucky

4:11

03

Back to Earth

3:25

03

Sweet Memories

3:24

04

Heartaches by the Number

3:04

04

Pick Me Up on Your Way Down

3:16

05

Mom and Dad’s Waltz

3:27

05

I Love You Because

3:03

06

Sweet Jesus

3:38

06

Some Other World

3:27

07

Still Water Runs the Deepest

2:40

07

Why Me

3:44

08

Lost Highway

2:54

08

I Love You So Much It Hurts

3:10

09

I Love You a Thousand Ways

2:58

09

That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine

3:25

10

Please Don’t Leave Me Any More Darlin’

3:34

10

I’ll Keep On Loving You

3:05

11

I Gotta Have My Baby Back

3:13

11

Night Watch

2:47

Moments Worth Listening For

The effortless vocal hand-off between Willie, Merle, and Ray on Heartaches by the Number.

The mournful, soaring pedal steel swell that opens the cover of Lost Highway.

The intimate, hushed harmony during the final chorus of That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine.

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