Album: I'm a Lonesome Fugitive by Merle Haggard (1967)
Genre: Country | Mood: Good Natured
Format: Album

Description: This early Capitol album contains the haunting "House of Memories." Haggard begins to really let his roots show on this one -- see "Rough and Rowdy Ways," the Jimmie Rodgers classic. In this great early period Haggard, while seeming entirely contemporary, could evoke the Ghosts of Country Past in an absolutely convincing way without nostalgia or imitation.

Artist Background: Merle Ronald Haggard (born April 6, 1937) is an American country music song writer, singer, guitarist, fiddler and instrumentalist. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster and the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound, new vocal harmony styles in which the words are minimal, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville Sound recordings of the... Part of the Oildale, California music scene. Associated with Country movement.

Related Artists: George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Paycheck, Conway Twitty

Music Scene: Part of the Oildale, California music scene. Associated with Country movement.

Tags: Country, Good Natured, 1960s, Album

Additional Context: Rating score: 8. Based on 1 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


This early Capitol album contains the haunting "House of Memories." Haggard begins to really let his roots show on this one -- see "Rough and Rowdy Ways," the Jimmie Rodgers classic. In this great early period Haggard, while seeming entirely contemporary, could evoke the Ghosts of Country Past in an absolutely convincing way without nostalgia or imitation.

I'm a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

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