Good to know. That means I won’t be going to any of his shows.
My wife and I decided in our retirement years to see some of the old guys, if the prices are cheap enough, and Merle was on the list. Not any more. We’ve seen Eddy Raven twice for $15 a piece and Steve Wariner for $20 each and Vince Gill and the Time Jumpers this past weekend for $30 each.
If you enjoy his music go see him. I’m sure there are a lot of entertainers that are real jerks that we don’t know about.
I grew up in a small town outside of Bakersfield when all these guys were getting started and they still lived here for years after. I’m sure we knew a side of them that a lot of people don’t/didn’t.
About 5 yrs ago my mom was sitting in Trouts and Merle walked in in disguise and sat down by her at the bar. she laughed at him cause everyone in the bar knew it was him. He was nice as pie to her so like I said maybe he has changed a little in his age.