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From early in his career in the mid 60s until his death, Merle Haggard was my favorite country singer. I still listen to his recordings and probably hear something by him every day listening to my iPod while I am driving. The video in this package almost brought me to tears at times. I was lucky enough to see Merle in person six times over the years and this video captures him in his prime and at his best. This is Merle well before he morphed into a somewhat grizzled and world weary character. It is apparent that at this stage of his career he truly enjoyed performing his music with his band.
It is interesting that even though this concert took place in 1978, four of the eleven songs Merle chose to perform were from his 1970 Bob Wills tribute album and another (Cherokee Maiden) was a Bob Wills song that was included on another of Merle's albums and was a hit single. This seems like the sincerest form of respect for Bob Wills and his music and his performances of these songs are great. The remaining songs include outstanding versions of some of Merle's most beloved hits.
All of the performances are from an "Austin City Limits" show, and the video is somewhat quirky. Each song is presented as a separate performance without the usual continuity and between - songs comments that one would experience at an actual concert. Also the video quality is not great but is more than good enough considering the quality of the music being presented. There is also a compact disc of the same performances included in the package, but the video is the real treasure.
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