Merle Haggard is simply a legend of American music. A great singer and songwriter, Bakersfield, California's native son has been creating lasting classics in a rootsy country mode for over 4 decade. His music has stirred controversy, but he's never recorded anything less than from the heart. Further, his songbook is, well, one of country music's finest, and as these things tend to happen, his quality and longevity has culled him an audience far and wide, from country fans to Bob Dylan, with whom he toured extensively in this decade This Definitive Collection is 4 decade tour de force covering ... [Read More]
2010 album from the Country legend. I Am What I Am bristles with all the arresting qualities for which this unrivaled artist is prized. Every song is imbued with the near alchemical power of his dazzling vocal performances, and Haggard's interpretive mastery and unmatched phrasing continues to bring on impressive measures of sensitivity, candor and authority. Never conventional, often confrontational, always outspoken, the 72 year old Haggard remains as aggressively bent on revealing unspoken truths as ever.
Merle Haggard is a rarity: a complex artist whose rich scope can accurately be summarized through singles, but who has far more great material than can be fit on one or two discs. Which, of course, makes him the perfect candidate for a box set of four CDs It's not just the perfect Merle Haggard box set, it's one of the greatest box sets ever released as well, since it truly presents all sides of its subject, while offering nothing but sheer pleasure in terms of mere listening.
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