The 74-year-old Merle Haggard has a new CD coming out on October 4. The CD includes some new Haggard originals, a couple of Johnny Cash classics, and a new recording of Haggard’s song “Working Man’s Blues,” featuring Willie Nelson and Hag’s son Ben Haggard.
You may listen to the stream of the album, Working in Tennessee, through September 30 courtesy of Vanguard Records. [Update 2020: Now that the link is no longer available for the whole album, below is Hag performing the title track “Working in Tennessee.”]
What are your favorite Merle Haggard songs? Leave a comment.
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I have loved Merle Haggard and his music since I was a teenager in 1951/52 in Bakersfield, California. I listened to he and Buck, Bonnie, and the rest of the band on Cousin Herb Henson’s Show on the radio every evening. I use to watch them at the Blackboard Bar and Cafe on Chester Ave. in Oildale. They had a swinging door on the Bar. My uncle was Doyle Miller. He was an attorney and then a judge in Bakersfield. Merle probably remembers him.
I have loved Merle Haggard and his music since I was a teenager in 1951/52 in Bakersfield, California. I listened to he and Buck, Bonnie, and the rest of the band on Cousin Herb Henson’s Show on the radio every evening. I use to watch them at the Blackboard Bar and Cafe on Chester Ave. in Oildale. They had a swinging door on the Bar. My uncle was Doyle Miller. He was an attorney and then a judge in Bakersfield. Merle probably remembers him.
It’s amazing to realize how long Merle Haggard has been making great music. It must have been great to see him back then. Thanks for the comment.