The Running Kind: Listening to Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard Is Described As A Legend In Almost Everything Written About Him, And For Good Reason: Some 75 Albums, Three Dozen Number One Hits, Multiple Grammy Awards, Membership In The Country Music Hall Of Fame, Along With A Notorious Youth That Included Time In San Quentin Prison (california). He, Along With Buck Owens, Is Credited With Creating The Bakersfield Sound, A Style Of Guitar Playing That Has Influenced Countless Country Musicians Who Came After Him. At The Time It Was Published, This Was The First Serious Book On Haggard. Because The Singer Published An Autobiography In The 1980s (now Out Of Print) And Another In 2002, Cantwell Did Not Attempt To Write A True Biography. Instead, This Book Is The Attempt Of A Life-long Merle Haggard Fan, And Long-time Music Critic, At Writing A Monograph On Merle Haggard's Music--on The Songs He's Written And, A Key But Too-often-elided Distinction, The Records He's Made. This Edition Is Heavily Revised From The Version Published In 2013 Under A Different Title-- Provided By Publisher.