Rock
January, 1996
The curious legacy of Roger Miller is a dandy subject for a boxed set, especially since so many retrospectives are over done. Miller, who died in 1992, is generally remembered as the writer of the wacky mid-Sixties hits Dang Me, Chug-a-Lug and the mother of all trucker songs, King of the Road. But the three-CD, 70-song King of the Road: The Genius of Roger Miller (Mercury Nashville) is a project of depth, delight and, most of all, discovery. Miller's exaggerated delivery often caused listeners t...
