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If you've been paying any attention at all, you know Merle Haggard ranks among the best singers country music has ever produced. What you might not realize is that he's also one of the genre's finest songwriters. For evidence, just listen to this tribute album, which finds a motley crew of roots artists performing 15 of their favorite Haggard tunes. Despite the absence of many of his best-known songs, the package leaves little doubt that, as the liner notes put it, "Haggard may be the last of a breed of great country songwriters that began with Jimmie Rodgers, and continued through Hank Williams and Lefty Frizzell." Every composition radiates with Haggard's honesty, eye for detail, and strong point of view, and every track has the feel of a classic. The vast majority of the performances are as impressive as the songs. Tom Russell, who co-produced with Dave Alvin, delivers the package's most Haggard-like vocal on a beautifully handled medley of dust-bowl stories, "Tulare Dust/They're Tearin' the Labor Camps Down," while Alvin turns in a haunting "Kern River." Among the many other highlights: Iris DeMent's "Big City," which Haggard reportedly loved; Rosie Flores' interpretation of "My Own Kind of Hat," one of Haggard's many declarations of independence; Barrence Whitfield's version of "Irma Jackson," which addresses race relations via the tale of an interracial romance; Steve Young's affecting "Shopping for Dresses"; and the melancholy "I Can't Be Myself," where Katy Moffatt hits thrilling high notes. Nobody sings Haggard quite like Haggard, but these recordings are classics in their own right.
© Jeff Burger /TiVo
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Tom Russell, Primary
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Iris DeMent, Primary
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Peter Case, Primary
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Dwight Yoakum, Primary
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Robert Earl Keen and the Sunshine Boys, Primary
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Joe Ely, Primary
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Rosie Flores, Primary
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Steve Young, Primary
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Marshall Crenshaw, Primary
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Barrence Whitfield, Primary
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Lucinda Williams, Primary
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Billy Joe Shaver, Primary
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Katy Moffatt, Primary
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JOHN DOE, Primary
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Dave alvin, Primary
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Dave alvin, Primary
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Tom Russell and Katy Moffett with Andrew Hardin, Rosie Flores, Primary
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Tom Russell withRosie Flores, Greg Leisz, Andrew Hardin, Primary
2014 RockBeat Records
Katy Moffett and Tom Russell with Rosie Flores, Andrew Hardin, Primary
2014 RockBeat Records
Katy Moffat and Tom Russell, Primary
2014 RockBeat Records
Dave alvin, Primary
2014 RockBeat Records
Peter Case, Primary
2014 RockBeat Records
Peter Case with Greg Leisz, Primary
2014 RockBeat Records
Dave alvin, Primary
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Marshall Crenshaw, Primary
2014 RockBeat Records
Marshall Crenshaw with Greg Leisz, Primary
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Tom Russell, Primary
2014 RockBeat Records
Rosie Flores with Katy Moffat, Primary
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Rosie Flores with Norm Hamlet, Primary
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Tom Russell, Primary
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Dave alvin, Primary
2014 RockBeat Records
Dave Alvin with Greg Leisz, Primary
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Dave alvin, Primary
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Billy Joe Shaver, Primary
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Billy Joe Shaver, Primary
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Dave alvin, Primary
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Album review
If you've been paying any attention at all, you know Merle Haggard ranks among the best singers country music has ever produced. What you might not realize is that he's also one of the genre's finest songwriters. For evidence, just listen to this tribute album, which finds a motley crew of roots artists performing 15 of their favorite Haggard tunes. Despite the absence of many of his best-known songs, the package leaves little doubt that, as the liner notes put it, "Haggard may be the last of a breed of great country songwriters that began with Jimmie Rodgers, and continued through Hank Williams and Lefty Frizzell." Every composition radiates with Haggard's honesty, eye for detail, and strong point of view, and every track has the feel of a classic. The vast majority of the performances are as impressive as the songs. Tom Russell, who co-produced with Dave Alvin, delivers the package's most Haggard-like vocal on a beautifully handled medley of dust-bowl stories, "Tulare Dust/They're Tearin' the Labor Camps Down," while Alvin turns in a haunting "Kern River." Among the many other highlights: Iris DeMent's "Big City," which Haggard reportedly loved; Rosie Flores' interpretation of "My Own Kind of Hat," one of Haggard's many declarations of independence; Barrence Whitfield's version of "Irma Jackson," which addresses race relations via the tale of an interracial romance; Steve Young's affecting "Shopping for Dresses"; and the melancholy "I Can't Be Myself," where Katy Moffatt hits thrilling high notes. Nobody sings Haggard quite like Haggard, but these recordings are classics in their own right.
© Jeff Burger /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 36 track(s)
- Total length: 01:50:38
- Main artists: Merle Haggard
- Label: RockBeat Records
- Genre: Country
2014 RockBeat Records RockBeat Records 2014
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