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Summary: Dang this!
Comment: Roger Miller is greatly underappreciated. Roger is of a great American tradition of wit with pointed polical commentary. As populist as Mark Twain, Will Rogers, and as deep/weird as Wm. Faulkner.
Roger could rhyme as well as Dylan, be as funny, be as clever a social commentator. Listen to "Dang Me", a play on the folk obsession w/death. Listen to "King of the Road", an ironic lyric that describes Hobo life as well as Kerouac.
Roger got popular with novelity songs, "Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd", etc. and got a mid-summer TV Show in 1966. "Muppets" were prominate, esp. Ralph the Dog, but Roger, with his grin and grace always held forth and made sure that music was held high.
Roger helped new good songwriters. He sang "Little Green Apples", gave Bobby Russell a hit, "Me and Bobby McGee", gave Kris Kristofferson a couple of coins.
Roger also wrote book/lyrics for "Big River", a Broadway hit based on "Huckleberry Finn"
This CD has most of the hits, not enough of all his oever.
Roger Miller needs a box set!
There is not much of Roger on CD this is for those who only want to hear "Chug a Lug"
Hah! and who doesn't want that?!
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Summary: Rodger Miller Greatest Hits
Comment: A very good CD of Mr miller's music. I enjoyed it and am still am today
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Summary: Love this CD Roger Miller
Comment: What a wonderful talent he is missed and we love this CD and would recommend
it.
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Summary: Good group of tunes for the price...from a wacky genius...
Comment: I always liked Roger's serious side even more than his crazy novelty song side---that is, if I can put "King of the Road" in the list of "serious" ones. I fell for that one the first time I heard it on the radio, when I was in college, back around 1965 or so. I haven't tired of it yet. There are 20 pretty good performances on this CD. My favorites, after "King" include "River in the Rain" from the Broadway musical he wrote, "Big River." That show has at least six great songs in it, and another six good ones. I would love to hear Roger do them all, even if it was just on a demo recorded in his kitchen. I also like "The Last Word in Lonesome is Me" and "Husbands and Wives" and "Little Green Apples" and his version of "Me and Bobby McGee" the Kris Kristofferson classic. Among the pure novelties, "Kansas City Star" and "England Swings" have always been my top choices. If all you want is one disc representing the long career of Mr. Miller, who died several years ago while a resident of Santa Fe, NM, this is a fine choice.
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Summary: Daddy
Comment: My Dad plays this every day since I got it for him. These are songs we have been singing since I was a child. My granddaughter also loves it.
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