Roger Roger, Over Over Redux

It's Miller Time! Couple of items before I get around to The Genius Of box set, which just about wraps up what I have. First up is the playfully-titled A Trip In The Country. As far as I'm aware, Miller never struggled into a Nehru shirt in his life, leave alone a kaftan, although I'm sure he was well ahead of the curve when it came to recreational drug pursuits. This album fit the 1970 back-to-the country trend like a glove; except of course, Miller had to work his way up and out of the poverty then being embraced by middle-class kids.

This album gets two stars spat at it by AllMusic, which calls it a "dubious re-recording project" because it consists of new versions of old songs, played by a crack C&W band including no less than three Buddys: Spicher, Emmons, and Harman. AllMusic also bemoans the lack of the funny stuff which our reviewer apparently prefers. Well, gee whiz! This is a straight-ahead country album, and for those that like this sort of thing this is very much the sort of thing they like.

Your Bonus Subscriber Disc is an oddity: Miller telling the tale of the movie Waterhole #3. And singing The Code Of The West. Twenty-six minutes and we're done.