Merle Haggard and Iris DeMent
The Quote: “I think she is one of the greatest singers I have ever heard in my life. I heard her on my tribute, went out and bought what was available, which was two albums. Found out she’s a new artist and she can’t get played because she’s too goddamned good. She’s got too much to say, songs mean too much. They make too much sense. There’s not the same line dance tempo going on. If I hear another line dance song I think I’m going to puke.”
The Source: Joel Selvin’s interview for San Francisco Chronicle, 4/9/1995
More on: Iris Dement | Merle Haggard
New to Iris DeMent? Start here: 1996′s The Way I Should showcased an Iris DeMent that could break your heart with personal stories and crack your skull with social commentary. The album may start off nice and easy with the reflective When My Morning Comes Around, but things get mighty rough as she bashes shallow American values on Wasteland of the Free and Quality Time. She’s the sweetest sounding punk you’ve ever heard.
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The Way I Should
