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Title: Merle Haggard - Back To The Barrooms
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1980, Country, Bakersfield Country Honky Tonk, Bakersfield, California 7/26
Matrix #: MCA-5139
Condition: EX (LM) | Members: Merle H (37' - 16')
Cultural Facts:

1. Studio Lore: Back To The Barrooms returned Merle Haggard to hard-country themes, with heartbreak, drinking songs, and sharp band arrangements built around his plainspoken vocal style.
2. Notable Track: “I Think I’ll Just Stay Here And Drink” became one of his signature barroom anthems, mixing humor, resignation, and a perfect honky-tonk groove.
3. Scene Ecology: The album shows Haggard still carrying the Bakersfield sound into the 80s, keeping twang, steel guitar, and working-class country grit alive.

7/24/26 LM