Merle Haggard - Merle Haggard 1994

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Music Review: Another great one from Merle
Rating: 5 Stars

The real gem of this CD is the Max D. Barnes penned "In
my next life", a tearjerker about an aging farmer who loses his
farm to the elements. On his deathbed, he laments his failures, and
promises his wife that he'll make it up to her in his "next
life".

The rest of the album is solid as well. "Way back in
the mountains", "Set my chickens free" and
"Chores" are the kind of working class celebrations that
only Hag can write. There are a couple of lost love songs: "I am
an island", "What's new in New York City" and a couple
of strait love songs: "Solid as a Rock" and Willie Nelson's
"Valentine". "Bye, bye, travelin' blues" is a
Jimmie Rodgers inspired blues number, written by Merle, but if you
didn't know better, you would think it was another Rodgers
tribute. (Maybe Hag is really the reincarnation of the Singing
Brakeman, wasn't he born about the same year Rodgers died?). The
inclusion of the previously recorded "Ramblin' Fever" is a
bit superfluous, but who'll complain? It's a great song.

It's too bad
country radio has decided that no one over 40 is allowed. In a real
'free market', this one would have had several big hits.

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