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I Am What I Am
By: 1haggard Date: April 9, 2010, 10:34 pm
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You can listen to snippets of all 12 songs on the new cd at
cduniverse.com
Check it out !!!!! :D
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Re: I Am What I Am
By: #1HagFan Date: April 19, 2010, 3:09 pm
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Only one day till New Hag Songs Time!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: I Am What I Am
By: 1haggard Date: April 19, 2010, 10:18 pm
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I actually got one today at Walmart. Somebody goofed and put it
out early ! OOPS :)
All I can say is "Absolutely wonderful" !!! Hag sounds great and
it is nice to have the Strangers backing him on this cd. Theresa
wrote some great liner notes as well. All the songs written or
co written by Merle, except one by Freddy Powers.
Gary Church also plays on one track. Many of you know he was a
Stranger back in the 80's. Good to hear him playing Trombone
here.
The songs hit a wide array of topics and of course they are
drawn from Hag's experiences both past and present. I have
listened to it 4 times already and so far the one I like most is
the opener "I've Seen It Go Away", talking about so many great
things in history that he has seen in our country and many of
them now have gone away. Truer words have never been spoken !
The production is excellent, being more of a stripped down
Country song with lots of Dobro, and then also some
horns/Country Jazz as well.
Make sure to get yours tomorrow and I am waiting to hear
everyones feedback.
I am picking up 4 more copies tomorrow, plus the vinyl too ! Got
one for my Mom, and a couple for my overseas buddies who will
not get it right away, so I am sending them over a care package
:)
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Re: I Am What I Am
By: 1haggard Date: April 19, 2010, 10:24 pm
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MERLE HAGGARD
RELEASES ‘I AM WHAT I AM’
TOMORROW, APRIL 20 ON VANGUARD RECORDS;
PERFORMACE FROM STAGECOACH FESTIVAL
TO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON APRIL 24
FROM 10-11PM EASTERN
ON SIRUIS/XM RADIO’S
OUTLAW COUNTRY CHANNEL
MERLE HAGGARD’s newest disc—I AM WHAT I AM—may not come out
until tomorrow, April 20, nevertheless it’s already receiving
rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic earning 4-stars in
Rolling Stone and the UK’s Uncut. Elsewhere on NPR, “Morning
Edition” will be airing an interview this week, while “Fresh
Air” is reviewing the album.
Meanwhile, at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival this weekend
in Indio, CA, Merle Haggard’s live set will be broadcast
exclusively by Sirius XM Radio on the Outlaw Country channel
(Sirius 63/XM 12), Saturday, April 24 from 10-11pm Eastern
hosted by Mojo Nixon.
Up next for Merle? More live dates and an upcoming segment next
month on the venerated news magazine CBS Sunday Morning.
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Re: I Am What I Am
By: #1HagFan Date: April 20, 2010, 5:48 am
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Where can you pick up a vinyl at? Walmart?
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Re: I Am What I Am
By: 1haggard Date: April 20, 2010, 3:25 pm
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No, Walmart just carries the cd. You can get the vinyl at
www.cduniverse.com
or
www.fye.com
or I see a few listed on ebay
No extra tracks on the lp, but the vinyl is heavy 180 gram
virgin. Expensive but well worth it. I bought 2. 1 to play and 1
to keep sealed.
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Re: I Am What I Am
By: 1haggard Date: April 20, 2010, 10:06 pm
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Amazon.com has an exclusive bonus track for it "Better Be Me"
It is only available as an mp3 download
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Re: I Am What I Am
By: #1HagFan Date: April 21, 2010, 4:17 am
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Is it free?
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Re: I Am What I Am
By: 1haggard Date: April 21, 2010, 5:29 pm
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99 cents !
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Re: I Am What I Am
By: #1HagFan Date: April 22, 2010, 4:39 pm
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Just went up and got the CD!!!I'm gonna order the Record too!!!
;D ;D ;D Man all I can say is WHAT A GREAT ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D
;D ;D ;D The Hag is back!! ;D ;D ;D Merle sounds great and those
songs are GREAT and he wrote most of them as Scott was saying!!!
;D ;D ;D I can't wait to play the vinyl! I'm gonna order soon.
Could you send me a link to "Better Be Me"?
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