Joe Nichols has always been one of my favorite artists. His songs are timeless and no one can pull off a cover better than him. So I was excited to hear that he will continue to cover a Merle Haggard song every week with his ‘Merle Monday’ videos.
Nichols said of Merle “There’s been a few voices that have come along that have really set the standard in Country. Certainly for males. George Jones, Merle Haggard, Keith Whitley – singer’s singer. The other part of it for me is also his ability to make a song seem real, the lyrics the guy writes and sings you actually can just taste it in the air,” Funny you could make that very case for Nichols himself. Definitly one of the most underrated voices in all of music paired with story telling like no other.
Week one of ‘Merle Monday’ gave us ‘You Take Me For Granted’
Next, we got one of my favorites ‘My Favorite Memory’.
What will we get next? I would love to hear Joe take on ‘That’s The Way Love Goes’.
This isn’t the first time he has covered the Hag, in his 2013 album ‘Crickets’ Joe does a brilliant ‘Footlights’.
Just two years ago he released an EP of covers from Don Williams to Ronnie Milsap. Like I said earlier no one does a cover quite like Joe.
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