Merle Haggard I Am What I Am [LP] 7" (Heart-shaped) They began life as a

They began life as a collective of gutter chansonniers using junk shop instruments to propagate a brute

the band embraces programming

it also offers the means to examine the materials and culture of an era

combined with vexed lyrics that are both confessional and observational in nature

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Merle Haggard I Am What I Am [LP] 7" (Heart-shaped) They began life as aPerhaps there's a measure of defiance in the title of Merle Haggard's 2010 album I Am What I Am, but it's also a statement of plain fact: almost 50 years into a recording career, there's no changing the fact that Hag is who is he is, and he's comfortable in his own skin, broken in but not worn out, never pushing too hard but never coasting, either. Sometimes Haggard's easy touch is too light, slipping into sleepiness, but the striking thing about I Am