Chicago Wind
Studio album by Merle Haggard
Released	October 25, 2005
Genre	Country
Length	40:46
Label	Capitol Records Nashville
Producer	Mike Post Jimmy Bowen
Merle Haggard chronology
Unforgettable (2004) Chicago Wind (2005) Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again (2006)

Chicago Wind is the fifty-eighth studio album by American country singer and songwriter Merle Haggard, released in 2005. It peaked at number 54 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.^[1] A video was made for the track "America First".

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	(***) [2]
Freight Train Boogie	[3]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic praised the album, writing "Chicago Wind is not the rough and rowdy honky tonk album some fans have been hankering for, but it is a poetic, thoughtful and empathic one that once more displays why Merle Haggard is the living king of country music."^[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Merle Haggard; except where indicated

1. "Chicago Wind" – 4:08
2. "Where's All the Freedom" – 3:22
3. "White Man Singin' the Blues" – 3:47
4. "Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go" (Roger Miller) – 3:38
5. "What I've Been Meaning to Say" – 2:36
6. "Mexico" – 3:11
7. "Honky Tonk Man" (Dewayne Blackwell) – 3:04
8. "America First" – 2:43
9. "It Always Will Be" (Willie Nelson) – 4:01
10. "I Still Can't Say Goodbye" (Robert Blinn, James Moore) – 3:38
11. "Some of Us Fly" (with Toby Keith) – 6:38

Personnel

• Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
• Don Markham – trumpet
• Thom Bresh – acoustic guitar
• Doug Colosio – keyboards
• Shannon Forrest – drums
• Scott Joss – fiddle, mandolin
• Leland Sklar – bass
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Alti Ovarsson – piano
• Herb Pedersen – banjo, background vocals
• Mike Post – guitar, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer
• Michael Rhodes – bass
• John "JR" Robinson – drums
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic and electric guitar
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Gabe Witcher – fiddle
• Reggie Young – electric guitar

Chart performance