Peer Sessions

Merle Haggard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 21, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Audium Entertainment
• ASIN: B0000658O8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #282,740 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Stars Is Not Enough, June 7, 2002

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This review is from: Peer Sessions (Audio CD)

This has got to be the best CD Hag has ever done! "Peach Picking Time in Georgia" (the first track) is worth the price of the CD. The cut is flawless and better than the one Merle did back in the 70s on "Same Train Different Time" (and that's saying something!). The other material that Merle does from Jimmie Rodgers (Anniversary Blue Yodel, Miss The Mississippi and You, and Whippin' That Old TB) are the best cuts on the CD. I'm running out of superlatives. There's not a bad cut on this CD. His voice is masterful and somehow even better than in his younger days. You'll love "Time Changes Everything" and "Put Me in Your Pocket" too. The backup is wonderful. Check out the piano (and the sax break) on "Miss the Mississippi and You". It doesn't get any better than this. Buy it. If you don't like it, you either don't like Merle Haggard or country music. He's lived this stuff. Wow...What a CD....!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't Get Any Better Than This..., May 8, 2005

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R. F. Cooney "shannonelizabeth" (Cranston, RI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Peer Sessions (Audio CD)

This CD, released in 2002 but recorded in the mid to late '90's, is simply superb. I grew up with "real" country music, and this is as close as one gets these days...other reviewers have mentioned this but it is worth repeating. The CD has a 'live' feel to it, with the band in top form, and Merle's singing as solid as ever. True, he has recorded some of these songs earlier in his career, but the maturity evident in these recordings is almost beyond belief. This CD is never far from my CD player. It is absolutely 'soothing' music by a true legend. The songs (12 total) written by Jimmie Rogers, and Jimmie Davis, are wonderful choices for Merle's voice...the others by Tillman, Haley, Dodd and Mitchell, and Lee O'Daniel are also great and round out this incredible 'session.' In this CD you get a taste of the many Merle 'styles.' Each song tells its own story as is customary in country music...in fact this CD is like a "mini-history of classic country music." (Roy Horton, from the notes). And the duet with Jimmie Davis -- what can you say except 'Wow!" And let's not forget the incredible playing of Owen Bradley on the piano!

If you are a fan of traditional, classic, country music this CD needs to be in your collection, along with others by Merle, George Jones, Johnny Cash, Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves, etc.

If you're a Haggard fan, this is one you should own, probably do, and if not, what are you waiting for? It doesn't get any better than this...

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not a weak song on the album, December 11, 2003

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Wesley B Whitmeyer (Humble, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peer Sessions (Audio CD)

I have listened to country music all my life (48 years) and never heard anything better than this. These are classic songs performed by the man I consider the greatest living practitioner of the art. Do yourself a favor and get this album.