Merle Haggard

Soul 

Swamp Dogg: Still a Soulful Maverick After All These Years 

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments Auto-Tune, Bakersfield, Bon Iver, Buck Owens, Charley Pride, I Need A Job, I Need A Job... So I Can Buy More Auto-Tune, Jerry Williams, Joe Tex, Justin Vernon, Merle Haggard, Nashville, Soul, Swamp Dogg

An exclusive chat with the modern day king of Auto-Tune

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Country and/or Western Remembrance Rock 

Remembering Pig: A Piano Player Without Equal

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Alan Jackson, Bob Dylan, Charlie Rich, Dolly Parton, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, J.J. Cale, John Hartford, Kenny Rogers, Loretta Lynn, Mark Knopfler, Merle Haggard, Neil Young, RIP, Sturgill Simpson, The Cramps, Ween

Session superstar Hargus Robbins passes away at age 84

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Blues Music Journalism 

Looking to Get Lost, Mind Over Matter and States of Abandon

November 8, 2020November 8, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Andre Williams, Billy Miller, Boston After Dark, Crawdaddy!, Detroit, Dick Curless, Dion, Elvis Presley, Feel Like Going Home, Fortune Records, Howlin' Wolf, John Hammond, Lenny Kaye, Lonnie Mack, Looking To Get Lost, Lost Highway, Merle Haggard, Michael Hurtt, Mind Over Matter: The Myths and Mysteries of Detroit’s Fortune Records, Nolan Strong and the Diablos, Peter Guralnick, Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, Sam Cooke, Sam Phillips, Sweet Soul Music, The Rolling Stones

Two insightful new books explore the joy of deep music appreciation

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Country and/or Western 

Strangers When We Met: Merle Haggard’s Debut Album at 55

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment 1965, Bakersfield Sound, Johnny Cash, Liz Anderson, Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard and the Strangers, Strangers, The Byrds. The Everly Brothers

Looking back at the opening salvo of the country great’s vast musical canon

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Country and/or Western Remembrance 

We Got Hooked on Mac Davis

October 1, 2020October 3, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bobby Goldsboro, Bruno Mars, Cheaper to Keep Her, Conway Twitty, Dolly Parton, Frank Sinatra, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, King of the Hill, Lou Rawls, Mac Davis, Merle Haggard, Murder She Wrote, North Dallas Forty, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Tammy Wynette, The Muppets, The Sting II, Webster

The iconic country singer, songwriter and actor dead at age 78

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Country and/or Western 

LISTEN: Willie Nelson @ 87 Mixtape

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Happy Birthday, Legacy Recordings, Lost Highway, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Spotify, Trigger, Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis

Wishing a Happy Birthday to the King of Texas by honoring his last 20 years in music

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Rock Rockabilly 

In California, Dave Alvin Is Still The King

August 10, 2019August 12, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Belinda Carlisle, Bill Bateman, Blue Blvd., Columbia Records, Country Dick Montana, Craft Recordings, Dave Alvin, Greg Leisz, Gun Club, Hightone Records, June Carter Cash, King of California, Memphis Slim, Merle Haggard, Mojo Nixon, Museum of Heart, National Steel, Romeo's Escape, Steve Berlin, The Beat Farmers, The Blasters, The Flesheaters, The Go-Gos, The Knitters, The Pleasure Barons

Americana punk pioneer revisits his best solo album for its 25th anniversary

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