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Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard. Outlaw Country By Taylor Rasmussen. I’ve never been a guy that can do what people told me. It’s always been my nature to fight the system. -Merle Haggard. Biography. 4/6/1937 - California In and out of detention centers Spent time in San Quentin (2/21/58)

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Merle Haggard

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  1. Merle Haggard Outlaw Country By Taylor Rasmussen

  2. I’ve never been a guy that can do what people told me. It’s always been my nature to fight the system. -Merle Haggard

  3. Biography • 4/6/1937 - California • In and out of detention centers • Spent time in San Quentin (2/21/58) • Pulled away from Nashville sound. • Country/Western/Outlaw • Placed beside Hank Williams • 65+ albums since 1963 • Country Music Hall of Fame (’94)

  4. Country/blues/jazz • Fiddle/guitar/bass/drums • Dialect/Regionalism • Western swing - country music and big band jazz • Realism to lyrics - patriotism/current events • Subgenres - rockabilly/outlaw • Urban blues - view of life - work, prison, hard times • Bending notes

  5. Music Style Bakersfield sound Outlaw country Jimmie Rodgers, Left Frizzell Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings Songs about drinking, drugs, hard work. More Rock and Roll/Rugged • Subgenre, moving away from Nashville sound. • Twang/bright sound from Telecaster • Mix of steel guitar/vocal harmonies- not Nashville

  6. Mama Tried Workin’ Man Blues Work song – blues influence Strike of hammer Realism Upbeat but simple Blues guitar/steel guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EwK0NsKdDY • Simple guitar/steel guitar sound • Life choices influence the lyrics • Realism and sentimentality in voice • Strained voice • Western swing • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luUK-b6X0ik

  7. Fightin’ side of me • Song of warning • Patriotism • Response to the outcry against Vietnam • Message is clear • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrLkMR7nUUI

  8. Works cited • "BIO." Merle Haggard. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2014. • Candelaria, Lorenzo, and Danniel Kingman. American Music: A Panorama. N.p.: Clark Baxter, 2012. Print. • "Merle Haggard | Music Biography, Credits and Discography | AllMusic." AllMusic. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2014. • "Merle Haggard Biography | Rolling Stone." Rolling Stone. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2014. • "Merle Haggard." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Apr. 2014. Web. 23 Apr. 2014.

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