Rainbow Stew: Live at Anaheim Stadium

In The Running Kind, Haggard biographer David Cantwell observes, "In the studio, these recent drinking numbers had broken a sweat trying to maintain control, but live they didn't even try to keep their cool, especially on fiddle breakdowns that run hot, then burst into flame."^[2]

The track "Dealin' with the Devil" was previously recorded by Eddy Raven on his 1980 album Eyes.

The album cover features a fiddle and bow in the shape of the letter "A" with a gold halo on top which mirrored the California Angels logo and the landmark "Big A" sign from Anaheim Stadium.^{[citation needed]}

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Allmusic critic Steven Thomas Erlewine calls the album "a wonderful, swinging album that brings a new spin not only to classics like 'I'm a Lonesome Fugitive' and 'Sing Me Back Home' but also to Hag's newer songs 'Misery and Gin,' 'I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink,' and the title track."^[3]

1. "Misery and Gin" (Johnny Durrill, Tommy Garrett) – 3:25
2. "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" (Merle Haggard) – 3:24
3. "Back to the Barrooms" (Haggard, Dave Kirby) – 2:24
4. "Our Paths May Never Cross" (Haggard) – 4:01
5. "Running Kind" (Haggard)/"I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" (Liz Anderson, Casey Anderson) – 3:35
6. "Rainbow Stew" (Haggard) – 2:43
7. "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' on the Corner)" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:53
8. "Dealing with the Devil" (Eddy Raven, Sanger D. Shafer) – 3:45
9. "Fiddle Breakdown" – 3:48
10. "Sing Me Back Home" (Haggard) – 4:04

• Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar

The Strangers:

• Roy Nichols – lead guitar
• Norman Hamlet – steel guitar, dobro
• Tiny Moore – mandolin, fiddle
• Gordon Terry – fiddle
• Ronnie Reno – guitar
• Mark Yeary – piano
• Dennis Hromek – bass
• Biff Adam – drums
• Don Markham – saxophone

with

• Bonnie Owens – backing vocals

and

• Willie Nelson – guitar, vocals
• Johnny Paycheck – vocals