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Country singer Merle Haggard was born and died on the same day: 6 April. It's convenient, as it means we can commemorate his birth (in 1937) and his passing (in 2016) at the same time. Which is exactly what an impressive assembly of musicians came together to do in 2017, on the stage of the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. To name but a few: Willie Nelson, Keith Richards, John Mellencamp, Sheryl Crow, Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams Jr., The Avett Brothers, Alison Krauss, Alabama, Billy Gibbons, Warren Haynes, Rodney Crowell, Lucinda Williams, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Buddy Miller, Bobby Bare, Tanya Tucker and Ben Haggard, his son. As we can see, this representative sample ranges from purely country musicians to other very rock'n'roll (Keith Richards) via the midpoint of country-rock and Southern rock. This panoramic panel illustrates the importance of Merle Haggard to the United States: a unifying musician, a blue-collar man of the people, but enough of an outlaw and a beast of the borderline to fascinate the rock world, as well as being a tough guy with a tender heart. The 29 songs on this album respect the spirit of the original versions and of country at its best: the story-telling, the emotion and a certain musical simplicity all make themselves felt. It's a festival of big sentimental cowboys, chiselled voices and crying steel-guitars. To say nothing of the cowgirls: venerable Loretta Lynn's version of Today I Started Loving You Again is frankly jaw-dropping. © Stéphane Deschamps/Qobuz
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BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Ben Haggard, MainArtist - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Aaron Lewis, MainArtist - Sanger D. Shafer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Ben Haggard, MainArtist - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Tanya Tucker, MainArtist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Casey Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Liz Anderson, ComposerLyricist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Bare, MainArtist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Connie Smith, MainArtist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Dean Holloway, ComposerLyricist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - JOHN ANDERSON, MainArtist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Collins, ComposerLyricist - Toby Keith, MainArtist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Miller, MainArtist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Jake Owen, MainArtist - Chris Janson, MainArtist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Dean Holloway, ComposerLyricist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Lucinda Williams, MainArtist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Jamey Johnson, MainArtist - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Alabama, MainArtist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hank Williams Jr., MainArtist - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Bonnie Owens, ComposerLyricist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Loretta Lynn, MainArtist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Lynyrd Skynyrd, MainArtist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
The Avett Brothers, MainArtist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - John Mellencamp, MainArtist - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Kacey Musgraves, MainArtist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Ronnie Dunn, MainArtist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer - Kelli M. Haggard, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Billy F Gibbons, MainArtist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Warren Haynes, MainArtist - Billy F Gibbons, MainArtist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Dierks Bentley, MainArtist - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Freddy Powers, ComposerLyricist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sheryl Crow, MainArtist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Miranda Lambert, MainArtist - John Durrill, ComposerLyricist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - SNUFF GARRETT, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Kenny Chesney, MainArtist - Willie Nelson, MainArtist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Townes Van Zandt, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - KEITH RICHARDS, MainArtist - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Willie Nelson, MainArtist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - KEITH RICHARDS, MainArtist - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Willie Nelson, MainArtist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - Toby Keith, MainArtist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Kenny Chesney, MainArtist - Alabama, MainArtist - Miranda Lambert, MainArtist - Roy Edward Burris, ComposerLyricist - Rodney Crowell, MainArtist - Warren Haynes, MainArtist - Tanya Tucker, MainArtist - Ronnie Dunn, MainArtist - Willie Nelson, MainArtist - Connie Smith, MainArtist - Billy F Gibbons, MainArtist - Aaron Lewis, MainArtist - Jake Owen, MainArtist - The Avett Brothers, MainArtist - Chris Janson, MainArtist - Lynyrd Skynyrd, MainArtist - BEN FOWLER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - KEITH RICHARDS, MainArtist - Sheryl Crow, MainArtist - Hank Williams Jr., MainArtist - Merle Haggard, ComposerLyricist - JOHN ANDERSON, MainArtist - Loretta Lynn, MainArtist - Lucinda Williams, MainArtist - Buddy Miller, MainArtist - Kacey Musgraves, MainArtist - Toby Keith, MainArtist - Bobby Bare, MainArtist - Mark Rothbaum, Producer, Executive Producer - Dierks Bentley, MainArtist - Jamey Johnson, MainArtist - Theresa Haggard, Producer, Executive Producer, MainArtist - Ben Haggard, MainArtist - Keith Wortman, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Rauffer, Producer
℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
Album review
Country singer Merle Haggard was born and died on the same day: 6 April. It's convenient, as it means we can commemorate his birth (in 1937) and his passing (in 2016) at the same time. Which is exactly what an impressive assembly of musicians came together to do in 2017, on the stage of the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. To name but a few: Willie Nelson, Keith Richards, John Mellencamp, Sheryl Crow, Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams Jr., The Avett Brothers, Alison Krauss, Alabama, Billy Gibbons, Warren Haynes, Rodney Crowell, Lucinda Williams, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Buddy Miller, Bobby Bare, Tanya Tucker and Ben Haggard, his son. As we can see, this representative sample ranges from purely country musicians to other very rock'n'roll (Keith Richards) via the midpoint of country-rock and Southern rock. This panoramic panel illustrates the importance of Merle Haggard to the United States: a unifying musician, a blue-collar man of the people, but enough of an outlaw and a beast of the borderline to fascinate the rock world, as well as being a tough guy with a tender heart. The 29 songs on this album respect the spirit of the original versions and of country at its best: the story-telling, the emotion and a certain musical simplicity all make themselves felt. It's a festival of big sentimental cowboys, chiselled voices and crying steel-guitars. To say nothing of the cowgirls: venerable Loretta Lynn's version of Today I Started Loving You Again is frankly jaw-dropping. © Stéphane Deschamps/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 29 track(s)
- Total length: 01:42:30
- Main artist: Various Artists
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blackbird Production Partners, LLC
- Genre: Country
© 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC. ℗ 2020 Blackbird Production Partners, LLC. & Hag, LLC.
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