View Full Version : RIP Merle Haggard
tkdboyd
Apr-06-2016, 1:13pm
(CNN)Country music legend Merle Haggard, best known for such patriotic hits as "Okie From Muskogee" and "The Fightin' Side of Me," died Wednesday, his birthday, at his home in Northern California. He was 79.
(http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/06/entertainment/merle-haggard-country-music-dies/index.html?adkey=bn)
Russ Jordan
Apr-06-2016, 1:23pm
with Tiny Moore on mandolin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvZRVrafEKs
Denny Gies
Apr-06-2016, 1:58pm
One of my all time favorites, he will be missed but his music will live on for a long, long time.
Scot63
Apr-06-2016, 7:10pm
I saw him just a few years ago, and he sounded as good as ever. What a great run, despite all the challenges!
He got better as he got older. No mandolin content, but a good banjo (and the rest of your typical BG instrumentation) can turn this one into a dandy BG song . . . RIP, Hag.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejmDQp13YII