Jul 24
Merle Haggard to Release Bluegrass Album
This tidbit on Rounder Records Web site should have fans of true-blue country music — you know, the stuff they used to play on the radio 20 years ago — on edge:
Merle Haggard’s first bluegrass album, “The Bluegrass Sessions,” will feature Alison Krauss on a duet of “Mama’s Hungry Eyes.”
Recorded in two days in Ricky Skaggs’ studio near Nashville, the album includes reworked versions of Haggard’s classics, some new songs, a medley of Jimmie Rodgers songs and a cover of the Delmore Brothers’ “Blues Stay Away From Me.”
The project will be released Oct. 2 on McCoury Music, owned by bluegrass musician Del McCoury. Marty Stuart appears on guitar and mandolin and also contributes the CD’s liner notes.
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