George Jones, Merle Haggard - A Taste of Yesterday's Wine
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Artist: George Jones, Merle HaggardEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2003-06-24
Music Label: Sony Special Product
Soundtracks:
- Yesterday's Wine
- After I Sing All My Songs
- I Think I've Found a Way
- Brothers
- Mobile Bay
- C.C. Waterback
- Silver Eagle
- Must've Been Drunk
- I Haven't Found Her Yet
- No Show Jones
Free Music Notes for A Taste of Yesterday's Wine
Free Music Review: Two Kings And A Whole Lotta Soul...
Hit: 5 Stars
In 1982 country music fans must have been in a state of orgasmic bliss when this album was released - Jones and Haggard together, finally! If Hank and Lefty are playing cards together and knocking back a few pints in honky tonk Heaven, chances are this duet album is playing constantly on the jukebox. It simply doesn't get any better than this.
Finding themselves on the same record label after decades of chart topping hits, Merle and George, along with legendary producer Billy Sherrill, effortlessly delve into the highs and lows of hard livin' in general. A running theme throughout the album is the difficulty of dealing with the pressures of being country legends in a business where loneliness lurks at every stop. And, of course, there's the booze, which is celebrated and demonized at the same time.
As you might expect from these two, the singing is jaw-droppingly flawless. The album opens, fittingly enough, with Willie Nelson's "Yesterday's Wine," song about two old friends meeting in a bar. "I Think I've Found A Way, written by Merle, is probably the album's best track, and after Hag sings "I think I've found a way" and George chimes in with the line "to live without you" Jones' soulful voice will make your hair stand on-end (In fact, George's singing on the second verse is some of the most dazzling vocals he has sung in his career). They sing a couple of tributes to each other as well, with "Silver Eagle," a song written about Merle and remains the only song, to my knowledge, where Jones talks about smoking dope. "No Show Jones," co-written by George, is a sarcastic reference to Jones' inability to make the shows he was booked for at the time and many in which he was not (When this album was recorded, George was in the depths of his "bad days," with a dayly routine that would make most rock stars blush). These two songs, along with "After I Sing All My Songs," addresses the theme of the "lost highway" that country singers must endure on the road. "I Haven't Found Her Yet," written by Merle with George's drinking buddy Johnny Paycheck, also speaks of trying to find love in a world of fleeting honky tonk angels.
The rest is icing on the cake. There is the sad regret of "The Brothers" and "Mobile Bay" and the hilarious "Must've Been Drunk" and the hit "C.C. Waterback (Half the album's songs mention drinking - what did you expect?). Sherrill's production is thankfully restrained, as if he knew he needn't do too much to make this record a classic. This album is without pretension completely - even the cover photo looks like it was taken as an after-thought before the boys hit the local tavern after finishing recording. Along with the death of Hank Williams and the moment Waylon met Willie in some bar in Nashville, this album goes down as one of the most significant events in the history of country music. A classic of classics.
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