{"product_id":"the-running-kind-9781477322369","title":"The Running Kind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2022 Belmont Award for the Best Book on Country Music, International Country Music Conference\/Belmont University\u003cbr\u003eNew and expanded biography of one of country music's most celebrated singer-songwriters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMerle Haggard enjoyed numerous artistic and professional triumphs, including more than a hundred country hits (thirty-eight at number one), dozens of studio and live album releases, upwards of ten thousand concerts, induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and songs covered by artists as diverse as Lynryd Skynyrd, Elvis Costello, Tammy Wynette, Bobby Blue Bland, Willie Nelson, the Grateful Dead, and Bob Dylan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Running Kind\u003c\/i\u003e, a new edition that expands on his earlier analysis and covers Haggard''s death and afterlife as an icon of both old-school and modern country music, David Cantwell takes us on a revelatory journey through Haggard's music and the life and times out of which it came. Covering the breadth of his career, Cantwell focuses espec\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCantwell captures why Haggard's best-known songs still matter while never shying away from honest critiques of weaker selections that never made it into the classic country canon. Ultimately, this warts-and-all look at a half-century-spanning back catalog gives its subject his due. * Wide Open Country *\u003cbr\u003eSharp-eyed and sharp-eared insight...abounds in [Cantwell's] book...\u003ci\u003eThe Running Kind\u003c\/i\u003e paints Merle Haggard in a broad and nuanced American cultural landscape, rather than the tight corners that Nixon, the counterculture, country fans, and Haggard himself frequently painted him into. * New York Journal of Books *\u003cbr\u003eIf you want to read the definitive book on Merle Haggard, this is the one...The beauty of Cantwell’s book lies in his in-depth, astute, and entertaining close readings of Hag’s songs and the covers of those songs by others, from Dylan to Bobby 'Blue' Bland. * No Depression *\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable book by one of Merle's most astute scholars. * Lawyers, Guns \u0026amp; Money *\u003cbr\u003eIn essays on the songs, eras and influences that shaped Haggard’s life and legacy, Cantwell makes a case for Haggard's genius not by leaving out the contradictions that are evident in his work, but by shining a light on them. * Holler *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. “Silver Wings”: Kansas City, Missouri, September 14, 2001\u003cbr\u003e 1. “Hungry Eyes,” 1969\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Roots of His Raising\u003cbr\u003e 3. “Mama Tried,” 1968\u003cbr\u003e 4. Toward the Bad He Kept on Turnin’\u003cbr\u003e 5. He Loves Them So: A Playlist of Early Influences\u003cbr\u003e 6. “Leonard,” 1981\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Bakersfield Sound and Fury\u003cbr\u003e 8. Someone Told His Story in a Song\u003cbr\u003e 9. “I Started Loving You Again,” 1968\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Legend of Bonnie and Him\u003cbr\u003e 11. “Sing Me Back Home,” 1967\u003cbr\u003e 12. They Won’t Let His Secret Go Untold\u003cbr\u003e 13. He’s Living in the Good Old Days: Countrypolitan, Country Soul, Country Rock\u003cbr\u003e 14. “Workin’ Man Blues,” 1969\u003cbr\u003e 15. He Likes Living Right and Being Free\u003cbr\u003e 16. “Irma Jackson,” 1969\u003cbr\u003e 17. His Fightin’ Side\u003cbr\u003e 18. He’d Rather Be Gone\u003cbr\u003e 19. “It’s Not Love (But It’s Not Bad),” 1972\u003cbr\u003e 20. He Wishes He Was Santa Claus\u003cbr\u003e 21. Merle Loves Dolly\u003cbr\u003e 22. Songs He’ll Always Sing\u003cbr\u003e 23. He Takes a Lot of Pride in What He Is (Hint: He’s a White Boy)\u003cbr\u003e 24. “A Working Man Can’t Get Nowhere Today,” 1977\u003cbr\u003e 25. His Country Girl with Hot Pants On\u003cbr\u003e 26. He’s Always on a Mountain When He Falls\u003cbr\u003e 27. “Rainbow Stew,” 1981\u003cbr\u003e 28. He Wishes a Buck Was Still Silver (Not Really) and Likes the Taste of Yesterday’s Wine (Really)\u003cbr\u003e 29. “Kern River,” 1985\u003cbr\u003e 30. He’s Going Where the Lonely Go\u003cbr\u003e 31. “Me and Crippled Soldiers,” 1990\u003cbr\u003e 32. The Hag versus the Man in Black\u003cbr\u003e 33. He’ll Never Be Gone? Merle Haggard in the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003e 34. “If I Could Only Fly,” 2001\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. Cuba, Missouri: July 15, 2010\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Selected Discography\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49084019081559,"sku":"9781477322369","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477322369.jpg?v=1725550784","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-running-kind-9781477322369","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}