Merle Haggard I Am What I Am [LP] 11/2/2018 Kevin Barker (guitar

Kevin Barker (guitar

and Before These Crowded Streets

This unbeatable 30-song compilation touches on every aspect of this phenomenally gifted singer-songwriter's career

because as Albarn grows as a composer

Tracks - Disc 1 - 1 Shadow of the Season 4:34 2 Nearly Lost You 4:07 3 Dollar Bill 4:35 4 More or Less 3:11 5 Butterfly 3:22 6 For Celebrations Past 4:09 - Disc 2 - 1 The Secret Kind 3:08 2 Winter Song 3:43 3 Troubled Times 5:20 4 No One Knows 5:13 5 Julie Paradise 5:05 Format: Vinyl

Merle Haggard I Am What I Am [LP] 11/2/2018 Kevin Barker (guitarPerhaps there's a measure of defiance in the title of Merle Haggard's 2010 album I Am What I Am, but it's also a statement of plain fact: almost 50 years into a recording career, there's no changing the fact that Hag is who is he is, and he's comfortable in his own skin, broken in but not worn out, never pushing too hard but never coasting, either. Sometimes Haggard's easy touch is too light, slipping into sleepiness, but the striking thing about I Am