Merle Haggard Album Recommendations


I've belatedly become a fan.

What recordings should I own?
jimjoyce25

Showing 2 responses by lokie

'Down Every Road" Box Set is a good one. $26 on Amazon is allot of Hag for your money.

Merle Haggard is the real deal. His writing and singing reek with authenticity. When he sings "I turned 21 in prison doin life without parole" you know that he knows what despair and helplessness feels like. He captures the working mans condition with an efficiency in words like no other. One of my favorite songs is "If we make through December". A simple poem with simple words but a real tear jerker.

If you like Hag then I recommend Waylon Jennings. Another guy who can really sing. Anything either one of these guys sing with Willie are classics.