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Blue Jungle
''Blue Jungle'' is an album by American recording artist Merle Haggard, released in 1990. It was a commercial disappointment, peaking at number 47 on the ''Billboard'' country albums chart.
==Background==
''Blue Jungle'' marked Haggard's first album with Curb after his run on Epic Records ended with his 1989 album ''5:01 Blues''. Two songs, "My Home Is in the Street" (co-written with wife Teresa) and "Under the Bridge", deal with the topic of homelessness. "Driftwood" is updated from the version that appeared on Haggard's 1979 MCA LP ''Serving 190 Proof''.
''Blue Jungle'' includes "Me and Crippled Soldiers", a protest song that Haggard wrote with his ex-wife Bonnie Owens about the recent Supreme Court decisions affirming flag burning as constitutionally protected speech. The mere fact that the subject was up for debate infuriated Haggard, who had never been afraid to voice his own political views through his music in the past. Feeling the decision was a slap in the face to the soldiers who had fought for what the flag represented, Haggard went on television and explained to TNN's Ralph Emery, "I felt helpless. I'm just a little guitar player, and I thought, 'Doesn't anybody but me and the disabled Veterans of America care about this?'" Haggard also stated that all the proceeds from the upcoming single would go to disabled Veterans, just so "nobody gets confused as to why I'm doin' it."
Curb released "Me and Crippled Soldiers" as the B-side to the single "When It Rains It Pours", a ballad that peaked at number 60 on the charts, Haggard's lowest charting single ever.〔(AllMusic Charts )〕
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