As you’ve likely noticed, I’ve been posting an awful lot of jazz here. The funny thing is, I have only been listening to jazz seriously for about the last 15 years. I grew up listening to country music and later moved on to rock and roll, psychadelia, blues, etc.
Merle Haggard and The Strangers were one of the most successful acts of 1970s country music, but only the most hardcore fans (and crazy collectors like me) are aware that The Strangers released a series of instrumental albums, sans Merle (listed below). This one should please both country and jazz fans alike. The version of Ellington’s Caravan is incredible!
Track Listing:
- Caravan
- Ham Boogie
- Story With a Happy Indian
- Walkin’ Through My Heart
- Happy Day
- Scramble
- Every Fool Has a Rainbow
- California On My Mind
- Comin’
- Skippin’
Instrumental albums by The Strangers:
- Instrumental Sounds Of Merle Haggard’s Strangers (1969)
- Introducing My Friends, The Strangers (1970)
- Getting To Know The Strangers (1970)
- Strangers And Friends, Honky Tonkin’ (1971)
- Totally Instrumental…with One Exception (1973)
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