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On Miller's first solo album, "Herd I'm Drinkin'" he surpasses the trite,
plastic board of directors-produced music, as he covers thirteen classic
songs in the album's 50 minute time span. Revealing Miller's talents the
best is Jim Lauderdale's masterpiece Halfway Down. 
The same spirit and integrity which has continually earned Bob Dylan money
resides in Miller's work, and – in a way – surpasses his vocal counterpart.
Miller's vocals are earnest, yet proper, country – yet not hick – like Steve
Earle, another no BS guy, without the political animosity. Halfway
Down screams of Carl Perkins, Donna the Buffalo (of course) and Patty
Loveless, with Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris (dressed like Tara Nevins)
recreating the country experience, surpassing the phonetic [k] and  in
the word country; true "shit-kicking" music, to employ accurate Southern
vernacular. Beyond common explanation and overtly derivative analysis,
Miller's music contains ineffability where the perlocutionary and
illocutionary protects the true word itself, "country," like a treasure,
which once embodied Hank Williams Cheatin’ Heart.
Digressions aside, Miller's album works on multiple levels and for most
audiences. Only the truly idiotic and pompous would pass this music off – out of "Deliverance"-based dreams of in-breeding (especially upon hearing
the solo banjo and vocal piece Prodigal Son/Jonas) – rather than
realizing the integrity and musical depth of this music. If country music
has entered into the world of plastic surgery, Miller has erected a tent for
the holistic approach; and the result could be considered an album which
pulls the music from its life support. 
However, Miller would contend that in a sense my tone has dressed him in
lengthy locks, a white robe, and rope sandals, wandering the Middle East to
reclaim the temple of country music. Hardly, as such a comment would be
simply too audacious and defacing, taking the reader back to the beginning,
splitting doodle bugs and barley filled defecation. While such symbolism
would be too political and hyperbolic, Miller's album certainly has awakened
Mr. Parsons, residing somewhere in Joshua Tree, who would be elated that
someone finally grabbed his metaphorical musical torch and carried it forth.
No, no: thank God for Mr. Miller, but thank God the celluloid and cellulite
might start melting, hopefully falling into a Kafkinian cesspool.

Tracklisting:
1. Angel with a Crooked Wing
2. The Fugitive
3. Hillbilly Hollywood
4. Mule to Ride
5. I'm Over You
6. Big Mouth Blues
7. Prodigal Son / Jonas
8. Nothing But the Wheel
9. Half Way Down
10. Two More Bottles of Wine
11. Bravest Cowboy
12. She Belongs to Me
13. Small Axe

Extra Informatie:
Aantal Discs: 1xCD
Genre: Country,Rock
Format: MP3 @ 320kbit
Year of Release: 2001 (2013)
Speelduur: 49 minuten
Cover: Front is in de RARs verwerkt