How Reggie Young Reshaped Merle Haggard’s Sound with a Strat

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Reggie Young may be one of the most recorded guitarists in history—but did you know he played a 1957 Stratocaster on Merle Haggard’s Back to the Barrooms album? In this video, we dig into Reggie's tasteful, understated Strat work that helped shape the tone and feel of one of Haggard’s most emotional and booze-soaked records.

We'll talk about:

The tone Reggie got from his Strat

How his playing elevated tracks like “Makeup & Faded Blue Jeans”  “I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink,” and “Leonard.”

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