Album: Serving 190 Proof by Merle Haggard (1979)
Genre: Country | Mood: Good Natured
Format: Album

Description: Serving 190 Proof is an album by American country singer Merle Haggard, released in May 1979. It reached Number 17 on the Billboard Country album chart. Four singles were released and all peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Country Singles chart — "Heaven Was A Drink Of Wine", "I Must Have Done Something Bad", "My Own Kind Of Hat" and "Red Bandana".

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, 1970s, Album


Serving 190 Proof is an album by American country singer Merle Haggard, released in May 1979. It reached Number 17 on the Billboard Country album chart. Four singles were released and all peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Country Singles chart — "Heaven Was A Drink Of Wine", "I Must Have Done Something Bad", "My Own Kind Of Hat" and "Red Bandana".

Serving 190 Proof

Merle Haggard

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