I Am What I Am - Merle Haggard
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  • Summary: The newest release for the California-born country singer-songwriter is his first on Vanguard Records.
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  1. Positive: 12 out of 14
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  1. Haggard began his career as a badass, but I Am is blessed with the humility and grace of a legend at peace with himself and the world around him.
  2. 90
    With Cash gone and Willie spent, hopes hang on Hag to deliver classic country, musically and poetically. And he doesn't disappoint.
  3. There are some traditional country ballads and some flourishes of Dixieland-style jazz that give character to the album's production, but the overall collection comes across as slight, even fragile.

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