twangnation.com - 11/30/2007
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Rolling Stone has a nice review of the new Merle Haggard box set “The Original Outlaw.”
A sample:
Merle Haggard’s toughest song may be his 1968 country hit “I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am.” Despite the title, it’s not about a working man — he sings in the voice of a hobo loner, drifting from place to place. “I keep thumbin’ through the ...
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He doesn’t sing as much about husbands — no great country singer has ever had less interest in his own love life, mainly because his only true love is the road. Hag knows it will never love him back — you can hear that in his voice from the beginning, the way he feels the cold wind hit him in “Branded Man.” But on The Original Outlaw, it’s a lifelong passion.
(also via Twang Nation)
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