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RandySF

(86,278 posts) Wed Apr 6, 2016, 01:41 PM Apr 2016

Country Western star Merle Haggard has passed away.

Just flashed across my phone. The good times really are over for good.

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Country Western star Merle Haggard has passed away. (Original Post) RandySF Apr 2016 OP

Oh shit. Dammit. villager Apr 2016 #1

one of the best....ever. spanone Apr 2016 #2

Indeed malaise Apr 2016 #15

One of the best. kentuck Apr 2016 #3

Today is his birthday! LakeVermilion Apr 2016 #4

Indeed. rug Apr 2016 #17

Safe Passage Va Lefty Apr 2016 #5

Oh this one hurts. My dad and I love Merle. DawgHouse Apr 2016 #6

Rest in peace, Hag. HuckleB Apr 2016 #7

RIP to a real legend YoungDemCA Apr 2016 #8

He was one of the good ones, a populist like Johnny Cash. Arugula Latte Apr 2016 #9

And a rare Obama supporter in the CW industry. RandySF Apr 2016 #11

RIP Mr. Haggard nt steve2470 Apr 2016 #10

RIP. bemildred Apr 2016 #12

Such a great performer. May the trip over be peaceful. Eleanors38 Apr 2016 #13

He had a good run and helped put Bakersfield on the map Brother Buzz Apr 2016 #14

damn demtenjeep Apr 2016 #16

Rest in peace, Mr. Haggard. Heidi Apr 2016 #18

I just found out. lpbk2713 Apr 2016 #19

I raise a toast and onethatcares Apr 2016 #20

In the good old days, when times were bad... HuckleB Apr 2016 #21

Johnny Cash and now Merle Haggard, sad. Willy Nelson B Calm Apr 2016 #22

villager

(26,001 posts)

1. Oh shit. Dammit.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 01:42 PM

Apr 2016

Will have to play some Hag when I get home.

spanone

(142,062 posts)

2. one of the best....ever.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 01:42 PM

Apr 2016

malaise

(297,962 posts)

15. Indeed

Reply to spanone (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 02:23 PM

Apr 2016

and a progressive to boot - a good man has died

kentuck

(115,635 posts)

3. One of the best.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 01:43 PM

Apr 2016

LakeVermilion

(1,648 posts)

4. Today is his birthday!

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 01:43 PM

Apr 2016

A lot more liberal than his song, "Okie from Muskogee."

RIP

rug

(82,333 posts)

17. Indeed.

Reply to LakeVermilion (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 03:02 PM

Apr 2016

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Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)

5. Safe Passage

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 01:44 PM

Apr 2016

DawgHouse

(4,019 posts)

6. Oh this one hurts. My dad and I love Merle.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 01:45 PM

Apr 2016

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)

7. Rest in peace, Hag.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 01:46 PM

Apr 2016

Silver wings shining in the sunlight
Roaring engines headed somewhere in flight
They're taking you away, leaving me lonely
Silver wings slowly fading out of sight

YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts)

8. RIP to a real legend

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 01:47 PM

Apr 2016

Man, 2016 has not been kind to musical icons!

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)

9. He was one of the good ones, a populist like Johnny Cash.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 01:50 PM

Apr 2016

Sad.

RandySF

(86,278 posts)

11. And a rare Obama supporter in the CW industry.

Reply to Arugula Latte (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 02:01 PM

Apr 2016

steve2470

(37,481 posts)

10. RIP Mr. Haggard nt

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 01:55 PM

Apr 2016

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

12. RIP.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 02:05 PM

Apr 2016

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

13. Such a great performer. May the trip over be peaceful.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 02:12 PM

Apr 2016

This was an all-'round great performer. Even in a live recording, he knew how to run the show: great songs done well, with short, clear and concise seques and rather sharp histories, giving context to his socially conscious songs.

A great article about him -- with pieces about the new country "outlaws" -- in the latest issue of Garden & Guns magazine.

Go with Cash, Tubb, Horton and the other artists who wanted a better world.

Brother Buzz

(40,415 posts)

14. He had a good run and helped put Bakersfield on the map

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 02:20 PM

Apr 2016

He along with Buck Owen helped pioneer 'The Bakersfield Sound'.

Oh, but to have been a fly on the wall in in one of the beer joints back in the fifties and hear him play.

RIP, friend

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)

16. damn

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 02:43 PM

Apr 2016

i hate 2016 so far

Heidi

(58,846 posts)

18. Rest in peace, Mr. Haggard.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 03:26 PM

Apr 2016

Comfort to his family.

lpbk2713

(43,299 posts)

19. I just found out.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 04:32 PM

Apr 2016

He was often imitated, never quite duplicated.

He was in declining health for some time. Now he can rest.

onethatcares

(17,012 posts)

20. I raise a toast and

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 07:12 PM

Apr 2016

take a toke.

Ride into the sunset well Merle.

thank you for all you've done for the music of America

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)

21. In the good old days, when times were bad...

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Apr 7, 2016, 06:59 PM

Apr 2016

B Calm

(28,762 posts)

22. Johnny Cash and now Merle Haggard, sad. Willy Nelson

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Apr 7, 2016, 07:13 PM

Apr 2016

always liked Merle.

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