| Author | Message | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 2027 Registered: 10-2006 |
Merle Haggard passed away today from complications of pneumonia; he was 79. One of the greats. Peter | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 919 Registered: 6-2014 |
Just heard that too Coz... sad. | ||
| 5a_quilt_top
Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 76 Registered: 6-2012 |
Another great one gone this year... But, in an attempt to put a more positive spin on it, he can now jam with two of the individuals responsible for one of my all-time favorite novelty songs: "I'll Change Your Flat Tire Merle" | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 6408 Registered: 7-2004 |
How sad. Loved Merle. Even his corny joke he did most shows, when he told the audience he would like to introduce the members of the band - then he'd introduce them to each other "Fred, meet Frank. Bobby, meet Ralph", etc. while they shook hands with each other. And he was a big proponent of cannabis. May the Four Winds Blow You Safely Home Bill, tgo | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 2029 Registered: 10-2006 |
In '08 Bill Maher had Merle on to do & talk about the song he wrote supporting Hillary for Pres (didn't expect that one, eh?) After that Bill brings up "Okie from Muskogee", saying even at 14 he thought "We don't smoke marajuana in Muskogee" was a bad idea, and asked Hag "All these years in the music business, surely you've seen..." Merle gets this little grin & says "Well, let's just say I never did spend a whole lot of time in Muskogee." Peter | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4866 Registered: 5-2009 |
Merle was more then just a musician . Just like Jerry Garcia an important aspect of humanity and culture of an era of American music and mentation and direction with all aspects of intension and invention he was the real deal , yes Sir ! I send my love and respect with great sadness of his loss . When Jerry left it took a long time to get over it and Merle is kind of like that too . As real as it gets . Wolf | ||
| smokin_dave
Senior Member Username: smokin_dave Post Number: 450 Registered: 10-2002 |
Although I have learned a few of his songs from being hired in a number of bands in the past recently I have been playing this song in a current band I'm playing in at the moment.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pQfd0evuDs and I really love playing this song. RIP Merle and thank you. | ||
| hankster
Senior Member Username: hankster Post Number: 443 Registered: 6-2004 |
In my second year of college in 1975, I got a roommate I just needed to get rid of. My strategy? I bought a Merle Haggard album from a delete bin for a quarter and started playing it over and over in our shared room. After a few weeks, it worked - he moved out. By then, I was hooked, and Merle joined Ian Tyson and Gram Parsons in my pantheon of country music idols. I spent a few years on the road with a country rock band, and we loved a lot of country artists, but none ever compared to Merle, then or now. This is a hard hit - he was the best there ever was. |
