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Merle Haggard: Workin' Man Blues

RJ Smith, Spin, November 2000

MERLE HAGGARD'S DONE MORE TIME THAN OL' DIRTY BASTARD AND HAS BEEN MAKING HARDCORE COUNTRY RECORDS SINCE BEFORE YOU WERE BORN. AT 63, HE'S GOT A NEW CD ON THE PUNK ROCK EPITAPH LABEL, A BUNCH OF YOUNG HONKY-TONKERS WHO CALL HIM DADDY, AND A BAD CASE OF WHITE-LINE FEVER.

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