ONE SONG — AND A LIFETIME LEARNED BEFORE IT WAS EVER SUNG. When the sons of Merle Haggard step into Workin’ Man Blues, nothing is announced. It arrives already settled — phrasing unhurried, weight carried in the pauses, truth left undecorated. They don’t try to sound bigger than their father. They don’t need to. The song isn’t being revived — it’s being kept at work.
Introduction There’s something different that happens when a song gets passed down instead of covered. When Marty Haggard, Ben Haggard, and Noel Haggard sing “Workin’ Man Blues,” they aren’t trying…