Merle Haggard & The Strangers released “Silver Wings” as part of the 1969 studio album A Portrait of Merle Haggard. While not a commercial hit, the mournful tune became a beloved part of the Okie from Muskogee’s setlist. Country firebrand Miranda Lambert has developed an appreciation for the song, previously covering it with fellow Texan Wade Bowen. Most recently, the “Wranglers” singer joined forces with Adam Hood onstage in New York for another stunning rendition.
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Adam Hood Rejoins Miranda Lambert Onstage For “Silver Wings”
Alabama singer-songwriter Adam Hood opened for Miranda Lambert Friday (Aug. 30) during her CMAC headlining gig in Canandaigua, New York. Later in the show, the “Kerosene” singer brought her friend back onstage.
“I’m looking out here and I’m seeing all these little girls in the house tonight,” Lambert said in a video posted to TikTok. “Thank you for raising your daughters on country music, y’all! It makes me really happy.”
As the applause died down, the ACM’s nine-time Female Vocalist of the Year continued. “And we’re gonna introduce y’all, if you don’t know, to Hag. And some of y’all do, I can tell. So here’s a little Hag song for ya.”
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Hood opened the song with his rich baritone, as Lambert joined in on the second line. Silver wings / Shining in the sunlight / Roaring engines / Headed somewhere in flight / They’re taking you away / And leaving me lonely / Silver wings / Slowly fading out of sight.
New Music Sees Lambert Returning To Her Roots
It’s hard to believe that country music fans have experienced two decades of Miranda Lambert’s fiery, self-aware songwriting. Now 40, the East Texas native isn’t slowing down anytime soon. Her 10th studio album, Postcards From Texas, drops Sept. 13.
The first single, “Wranglers,” saw Lambert return to her “Kerosene” era: She set it all on fire, and if there’s one thing that she learned / Wranglers take forever to burn.
“There’s always been a little bit of feisty on every record, but this song feel like it could go back to the Kerosene album or be on the same album as ‘Gunpowder and Lead,’” she told Country Living in May. “It definitely is a bit of a throwback to my really good revenge days, and I love that.”
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