When he tackles tunes from the canon like "Sing Me Back Home," "Mama Tried," "Are the Good Times Really Over," and "If I Could Only Fly," you can hear the elder Merle's influence. But there's just as much pure Ben coming through, too. And the same holds true when he picks ...
By Ben Ratliff If I Could Only Fly At this point, Merle Haggard's musical territory is staked out and grazed to the nubbin: slow, sauntering ballads, up-tempo country boogie, occasionally a little Western swing. No string sections, no synths, no exclamation marks. Staying clear of the...
I remember Grandpa Larry’s visits remarkably vividly. He would lumber into the house hunched over, grunting loudly and reeking of cigarettes. He was unshaven and haggard, with wild grey-black hair streaking out horizontally from the sides of his head. He would rock and turn uncomfortably unti...
them. She feels like a lab animal. The interns look in at her through the glass as Silberman talks. With her face drawn, eyes haggard and hair wild, she looks like she belongs where she is. silberman The delusional architecture is interesting. She believes a machine called a 'terminator',...
the glass as Silberman talks. With her face drawn, eyes haggard and hair wild, she looks like she belongs where she is. silberman The delusional architecture is interesting. She believes a machine called a 'terminator', which looks human of course, was sent ...