Merle Haggard - "America First"

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Album: "Chicago Wind"
Utgitt: 2005
Låtskrivere: Merle Haggard
Label: Capitol Records Nashville ‎

Personnel
Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar
Don Markham – trumpet
Thom Bresh – acoustic guitar
Doug Colosio – keyboards
Shannon Forrest – drums
Scott Joss – fiddle, mandolin
Leland Sklar – bass
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Alti Ovarsson – piano
Herb Pedersen – banjo, background vocals
Mike Post – guitar, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer
Michael Rhodes – bass
John "4 Daddman" Robinson – drums
Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic and electric guitar
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
Gabe Witcher – fiddle
Reggie Young – electric guitar
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Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career, gaining popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to the prevailing anti-Vietnam War sentiment of much popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart.[1] Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.

Haggard's last recording, a song called "Kern River Blues," described his departure from Bakersfield in the late 1970s and his displeasure with politicians. The song was recorded February 9, 2016, and features his son Ben on guitar. This record was released on May 12, 2016.
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Chicago Wind is the fifty-eighth studio album by American country singer and songwriter Merle Haggard, released in 2005. It peaked at number 54 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[1] A video was made for the track "America First". #MerleHaggard #AmericaFirst #HonkyTonk #CountryClassic #RonjasCountryMusic #CountryMusic #GuriMalla2010