THE VAULTS / CD REISSUES : Merle Haggard, “Same Train, a Different Time,”KOCH. ***1/2
Haggard’s versions of nearly two dozen songs by the late Jimmie Rodgers make up more than a meeting of country legends from different eras. Haggard sings these tales of wanderlust and loss with such conviction and character that this collection, first released in 1969, underscores the timeliness of country music’s everyman focus.
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