Heres a cat who can be mentioned in the same breath as Ray Charles, Johnny Cash and James Brown. He is no hillbilly, in the white Appalachian Scottish/Irish sense. Hes a Saxon mixed blood Okie--more red dirt than white trash. Many people dont realize the commitment to cotton growing on oil town land that California made, just as in Oklahoma and Texas years before. Notice the distinctive absence of country hat band twang in his singing. He doesnt need that. Miles Davis formally revised his opinion about this artist upon meeting him. Not gonna back hand anyone who loves and lives music--and who is what they are. Haggard didnt get life without parole--but he did go to San Quentin. Real Life. An American Soul Brother on another channel. https://youtube/watch?v=luUK-b6X0ik
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:20:06 +0000