Still Alive and Kickin’ Down the Walls is the second foray into an unlikely marriage of free jazz and the Bakersfield, California, country sound of the legendary m: Merle Haggard , a follow-up to the pairing’s raucous honeymoon, Pretend It’s the End of the World (Hot Cup Records, 2010). Saxophonist Bryan Murray leads this outfit, a rowdy, rough around the edges quintet comprised of two reeds in front of a guitar-driven rhythm section…

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Bryan and the Haggards: Still Alive and Kickin’ Down the Walls