Merle Haggard, Country Music Legend, Dies at 79

thatsneakyguy · 04-06-2016, 07:20 PM

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Country legend Merle Haggard, often called “the Poet of the Common Man,” whose music reflected his hardscrabble roots and hard-living ways as well as a tenderness that made him a revered songwriter, has died at his home near Redding, Calif. He was 79.

The Associated Press confirmed his death.

Haggard along with fellow Bakersfield, Calif., superstar Buck Owens defined the West Coast sound of country music in the 1960s and ’70s.

thatsneakyguy · 04-06-2016, 07:24 PM

Merle Haggard -- Hits Medley - YouTube

ToThePoint · 04-06-2016, 07:52 PM

Haggard checked out on his 79th birthday..... April 6th

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Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard ~ "It's all going to pot"

ToThePoint · 04-06-2016, 08:04 PM

Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard - Missing Ol' Johnny Cash - YouTube

ToThePoint · 04-06-2016, 08:05 PM

Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - YouTube

rednoise · 04-06-2016, 08:21 PM

ah shit. i had a feeling he might've been kicking it once he started cancelling shows.

rednoise · 04-06-2016, 08:22 PM

Merle Haggard -- Okie From Muskogee - YouTube

Steviepinhead · 04-06-2016, 09:31 PM

Too bad.

daap-umop-bnp · 04-06-2016, 09:53 PM

Merle was cool, but god that Okie song. Always hated it.

VoxRat · 04-06-2016, 11:29 PM

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Merle was cool, but god that Okie song. Always hated it.

I remember it as the odious anti-anti-war anthem.
But I heard on the PBS News Hour obit that he later turned anti-war himself.

daap-umop-bnp · 04-06-2016, 11:34 PM

Yeah.

Steviepinhead · 04-07-2016, 12:37 AM

Even at the time, my impression was more that Merle was sticking up for his subculture more than for the war.

rednoise · 04-07-2016, 02:12 AM

It was satire, kind of making fun of people like the song is talking about, but in a sympathetic way.

Steviepinhead · 04-07-2016, 03:05 AM

Agree.

borealis · 04-07-2016, 12:01 PM

Still a grit-your-teeth song.

I liked Merle though. Sad to see him go.

Texas Lynn · 04-15-2016, 08:42 PM

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Still a grit-your-teeth song.

I liked Merle though. Sad to see him go.

Try "Fightin' Side of Me.' Even worse. Of the rest though none were bad.

04-06-2016, 08:21 PM	#2635382 / #6
rednoise Death hilarious : Mar 2008 : Nordic Imperium : 24,353	ah shit. i had a feeling he might've been kicking it once he started cancelling shows. __________________ How in the hell can a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?

04-06-2016, 09:53 PM	#2635449 / #9
daap-umop-bnp murder by chair : Apr 2009 : a white state : 25,431	Merle was cool, but god that Okie song. Always hated it. __________________ Please clap.

04-06-2016, 11:34 PM	#2635500 / #11
daap-umop-bnp murder by chair : Apr 2009 : a white state : 25,431	Yeah. __________________ Please clap.

04-07-2016, 02:12 AM	#2635523 / #13
rednoise Death hilarious : Mar 2008 : Nordic Imperium : 24,353	It was satire, kind of making fun of people like the song is talking about, but in a sympathetic way. __________________ How in the hell can a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?

04-07-2016, 12:01 PM	#2635595 / #15
borealis cruel but fair Admin : Oct 2008 : Canada : 27,030	Still a grit-your-teeth song. I liked Merle though. Sad to see him go. __________________ “What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.” ― Salvador Dalí

04-06-2016, 09:31 PM	#2635444 / #8
Steviepinhead Senior Member : Mar 2008 : Seattle, WA : 36,673	Too bad.

04-07-2016, 12:37 AM	#2635511 / #12
Steviepinhead Senior Member : Mar 2008 : Seattle, WA : 36,673	Even at the time, my impression was more that Merle was sticking up for his subculture more than for the war.

04-07-2016, 03:05 AM	#2635542 / #14
Steviepinhead Senior Member : Mar 2008 : Seattle, WA : 36,673	Agree.

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