Just read that Merle Haggard passed...RIP Hag.
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RIP Merle Haggard
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damn, hate to hear that. always liked ol' Merle. him & Willie made some good music together over the years...
read it it just in this moment, how sad!
The Willie Merle Cd is running in my car since 5 month o something
The Willie Merle Cd is running in my car since 5 month o something
I want to take the posibility to remember of another great singer, who died yesterday, everybody of us (older guys) knows his most famous/known singing. The intro of "I wonder why".
Carlo Mastrangelo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZBSGaWrEn4
I think Merle would be allright with this honouring
Carlo Mastrangelo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZBSGaWrEn4
I think Merle would be allright with this honouring
I'm sure Merle would be very alright with that...songwriters' bond.
N
noyd666
many a song was sung with MERLE while on the piss.=RIP.
RustyShcklfrd
Member
One of the greatest, Poet of the common man.
that song caused more problems than you'll ever know
R.I.P Merle, thanks for your songs! What a songwriter!
Remember seeing him on the Smother's Brothers Show at that time, 1969 or early 1970.
Had to look it up to get the gest of it....
"So, here’s Merle Haggard with a song that jumped from No. 30 to No. 7 on the Hot Country, uh, Singles Chart of Billboard.” Smothers feigns a cough and, after covering his mouth in mock politeness, mimes taking a hit off a joint. Finally, still holding make-believe smoke in his lungs, [Tom]Smothers chokes, “Ladies and Gentleman. Merle Haggard. ‘Okie from Muskogee.’ ” Smothers fake-releases fake smoke and grins....."
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat...th_tom_smothers_after_sly_and_the_family.html
Had to look it up to get the gest of it....
"So, here’s Merle Haggard with a song that jumped from No. 30 to No. 7 on the Hot Country, uh, Singles Chart of Billboard.” Smothers feigns a cough and, after covering his mouth in mock politeness, mimes taking a hit off a joint. Finally, still holding make-believe smoke in his lungs, [Tom]Smothers chokes, “Ladies and Gentleman. Merle Haggard. ‘Okie from Muskogee.’ ” Smothers fake-releases fake smoke and grins....."
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat...th_tom_smothers_after_sly_and_the_family.html
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Yeah, I remember his song, "We don't smoke marijuana".....'twas in Fall of 1969. It was a protest anthem where I grew up. People loved it or hated it. Either way, it created a verve, hitting a nerve.
We belted it out on bus rides home after school or in the hallways after 6th period. I was a high school freshman at that time, we singing our own lyrics to the song:
" We SURE smoke marijuana in Alba-tur-key.
We also take trips with blotter LSD.
We've been known to burn our draft cards on the mesa,
We like livin' right, and bein' free....oh yeah, yes sah,
We like living wild, loose & free."
Ahhh, those were the days.....good, bad, indifferent. "We" thought we could change the world.
His fame skyrocketed "Okie From Muskogee," an anti-hippie song that came to be embraced by conservatives. Supposedly in interviews the song started out as a joke and a character study and that it did not necessarily reflect his views.Haggard often told interviewers he was not political but his songs showed he was certainly opinionated and a libertarian thinker.
His songs will resonate again. Saw him perform 2 yrs. ago....glad I did.
Merle loved being out on the lake
http://www.shastalake-houseboats.com/preowned-boats/meyer/default.htm
http://www.shastalake-houseboats.com/preowned-boats/meyer/default.htm
mrS0ul
Meatball in Residence
National Treasure.
National Treasure.
Legendary American Figure.
Country / Outlaw / Bakersfield Sound
Big City Merle's 33rd Studio Album Epic Records 1981
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL1l71WFqYDtEEGfDYNdXiygEbCDthjK6Q&v=EQLcALO4pVY
National Treasure.
Legendary American Figure.
Country / Outlaw / Bakersfield Sound
Big City Merle's 33rd Studio Album Epic Records 1981
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL1l71WFqYDtEEGfDYNdXiygEbCDthjK6Q&v=EQLcALO4pVY
Here's a link to a youtube vid of Merle. Rates very high on the awesome scale to me.
Sing Me Back Home
So many great songs.
This one seems fitting right now.
Sing Me Back Home
So many great songs.
This one seems fitting right now.
One of country greats! Too bad the "new" country is mostly all crap.
Rest in peace Merle, thanks for everything.
My travelling song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N7vLaAM8Ok
Rest in peace Merle, thanks for everything.
My travelling song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N7vLaAM8Ok
