| Author | Message | ||
     Zac4mac |
Just saw this. Another legend gone but never forgotten. Z | ||
| 86129squids |
Aww, dang!! RIP to The Hag. THAT will be an epic funeral gathering. | ||
| 86129squids |
Just read a freshly posted piece, here's the end of it... Haggard wrote the foreword to his biography, an early summation of the ingredients of his life and his music. He read it himself for the audio book version: "I've lived through 17 stays in penal institutions. Incarceration in a penitentiary. Five marriages, bankruptcy, a broken back, brawls, shooting incidents, swindlings, sickness, the death of loved ones and more. I've heard tens of thousands chant my name when I couldn't hear the voice of my own soul. I wondered if God was listening and I was sure no one else was." With Haggard's death, perhaps he will finally learn that God was indeed listening and was actually a fan. Godspeed, Merle.  | ||
| Elsinore74 |
If you can't name your favorite Merle Haggard song, more than likely it's because you haven't listened to Merle Haggard. | ||
| Torquehd |
Well he sang himself back home. I'm a Merle fan but I don't expect anybody else to be. If the music on the radio and cma awards is country then neither I or Merle want any part of it. I had hoped Jamey Johnson would keep that big 8 wheeler rolling down the track, but I believe he lost his way when he coupled up with colt ford. They just don't make country music anymore. Farewell old friend. | ||
| 86129squids |
I had been listening to a commercial station earlier in the day- they do play good music, best of the pop I grew up with. Read of his passing... decided to turn to WDVX on the receiver. "Sing Me Back Home" was on, just after 4PM. We walked the dogs just after that. Dang. | ||
| Ourdee |
One of very few people that could put a tear in my eye. | ||
| Torquehd |
That one is played out. | ||
| Torquehd |
There have been a lot of so-called country musicians who have given a nod to the Hag over the years. I don't care for a lot of them or the music they write, but I like this one. Gretchen can sure sing, and she started out honky-tonk as they come. This song sums up Merle pretty well. |
