Merle Haggard - If I Could Only Fly

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Free Music Review: Merle:Still setting the pace
Hit: 5 Stars

the lines of the song its self,just plain dismal,(Too long for the radio),and depressing.A wet monday morning in november, feel!.We come to probably one of the two most commercial songs on the album,"Crazy Moon"with its Samba style beat,Merle works hard on it,and given the right airplay,might be a big hit for him,the voice is strained a little on the high notes,but even that adds to the overall feel of the song,and, Like nine of the songs on the album,a Haggard original song."Bareback" is pure Bob Wills Western Swing,with some fine acoustic lead form Redd Volskart on lead guitar,a real fun song for partying and dances,this on will go the rounds of honky-tonks for years to come,Rich and salty,and a great song!.Given the circumstances of the next song on the album, "Think Abmut A Lullaby"is immensely sad & moving,only Merle Haggard could convey the emotions,and the reasons why the song was written,a minor masterpiece!The next three songs on the set, are mainly to do with family,as follows:"Proud To Be Your Old Man,(Funny):Leavin,s Getting Harder,(Wistful&wishing)"Thanks To Uncle John"(Grateful)great writing prevade each of the songs,and remind us of all thats lacking in the Nashville-conveyer-belt style currently in vogue on the country charts,in short,SOUL! Hag has saved the best track on the album for the last,"Listening To The Wind" is quite simpley beautiful, this is Merle Haggard at full throttle,the one who wrote"Shellys Winter Love,and "If We Make It Through December"The song haunts, and brings a thousand images to life,for anyone,who will hear it, If he releases it,the song could be a No1 for him,but even so,its a masterclass in songwriting,for anyone,who ever put pen to paper,with an idea in their head,the vocals are subtle and assured,and Merle and his song do each other full justice,a classic in the making,and worth the price of the CD on its own!. Overall,the best Haggard Album,since "A Friend In California" way back in the mid-eighties,I hope it does well,as its free from the superficiality on modern country, and,released from the shackles of big Country Record Labels, Merle,s still setting the pace.

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