[nikos1121]

Today is Tribute to Merle Haggard Day.

Please POST your favorites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSY_IUyqG5k&nohtml5=False

[onyx]

7 Essential Merle Haggard Songs

[mkjessup]

This brief 1 minute video clip is one of my favorites of Merle, showing not only his musical skills but his sense of humor and overall playfulness, to set the stage:

Ralph Emery is hosting a program with Merle, Marty Robbins and other performers, Marty is seated at a piano, and Merle has just been invited by Ralph Emery to do his impression of Marty Robbins, and Marty has graciously loaned Merle his jacket to complete the 'look', lol

Not only is Merle's impression of Marty dead on, the visual expression on Marty's face is one that must be seen ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgeQmKEjIAU

Enjoy!!

[LS]

Told this on another thread, but if anyone missed it:

In 1984 as a part of College Republicans at UC Santa Barbara, I was invited to help coordinate an “In Concert At the White House” event with Merle Haggard, hosted by Beverly Sills of the Metropolitan Opera. This took place not at Reagan’s “Rancho Del Cielo” (it didn’t have a facility) but at a neighboring ranch.

My job was to drive Sills and Haggard’s band (he came up in a different vehicle) up to the barn where the concert was held. A great honor. I saw Pres. Reagan but was afraid to leap up from my hay bale and shake his hand-—it was before the event started, no one was around, but we had been warned that there were snipers all over because he had just gotten over the bullet wound from his assassination attempt, and I was really afraid of getting shot if I made a sudden move toward him. Missed my opportunity!

Bo Dereck, Ron Ely (Tarzan), Mike Connors (Mannix), and Fre MacMurray were all there. I sat right in front of MacMurray.

[djstex]

Thanks for the thread and your choice of Merle.
Many Good songs from way back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-IJxTd8dCo&nohtml5=False