The ninety-ninth album: Merle Haggard - I'm A Lonesome Fugitive
In between the different rock albums I feel I've been covering lately (with a Frank Sinatra diversion), country has gotten lost. I have, in fact, been expecting one more often than I've had one actulaly play. Here we really have one, though, the title track immediately dumping you in a country blues song, describng life on the run as an escaped convict. The songs continue in that vein, with different levels of energy, but it's country, and mostly good country for me at that. Sure, there's a lot that blurs together - but it gave a good background to my day, while being impactful enough. I don't expect to ever really love country, but this was decent, especially with the mood it was trying to invoke.