Merle Haggard I Am What I Am [LP] 11/2/2018 Recorded at NRG Recording Services

Recorded at NRG Recording Services

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Merle Haggard I Am What I Am [LP] 11/2/2018 Recorded at NRG Recording ServicesPerhaps 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