It's been a busy month for one of country music's biggest legends, the great Merle Haggard. He turned 77 and was honored on the same day at the ACM Awards by Miranda Lambert, George Strait, and Garth Brooks, and the week before, Working Man's Poet: A Tribute To Merle Haggard was released. A quick glance at the artists contributing would make most traditional country fans and Haggard fans simply laugh and turn away. Aldean AND Luke Bryan? But, if you give this album a chance, you'll see that not only do these artists all do these songs justice, but the best ones come from the guys you'd least expect. This is a very good tribute album.
