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If I Could Only Fly
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On his first new studio album in four years, Merle Haggard writes bluntly about his own life experience and his own thoughts--only now, at age 63, his thoughts have turned toward fatherhood, marriage, and the stability of home life. When Hag bares his soul as he does here, it still makes for gripping music, no matter what the themes may be. --Marc Greilsamer
Amazon.com essential recording
Merle Haggard is still singing about Merle Haggard, and the results are as compelling as ever. He still writes plainspoken, brutally honest lyrics and he still sings with passion. Above all, he can still skillfully combine them in ways that make the whole far better than the sum of its parts. There is still profundity in his economy of words and there is still an element of mythology in his honesty. If I Could Only Fly changes the man's perspective to be sure: no longer is he recalling his mama... read more