Sad Day......

[T-TownVol]

.....Merle Haggard has passed
awayhttp://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/04/06/merle-haggard-dead-at-age-79/81272486/

 

[malinoisvol]

RIP Okie

 

[volfanbill]

on his birthday. Awful. He still sounded great. RIP to the Workin Man.

 

[Dallasbowlin]

Rip Merle. My personal favorite of all time.

 

[Toujours Pret]

Sing me back home with a song I used to hear
Make my old memories come alive
Take me away and turn back the years
Sing Me Back Home before I die

 

[Toujours Pret]

Oops, dicked that up. Ben Haggard's facebook post, check it out for yourselves if you care to

 

[volmanbill]

Merle Haggard has died after a series of recent health struggles. The legendary singer passed away on April 6, 2016, which was also his 79th birthday.
Haggard canceled tour dates in December of 2015 after he checked into a hospital and learned he had double pneumonia. In an interview later with Willie’s Roadhouse on Sirius XM, he said he was “nearly dead” when he was hospitalized for two weeks. He canceled shows scheduled for Jan. 30 and 31 after his double pneumonia returned. At the end of March, the legend announced he was canceling all of his scheduled shows for April on doctor’s orders.

Merle Haggard Dead at 79

 

[Brave Volunteer]

Really sad to hear! Seems like there's not many left of the "old regime" country music stars anymore.

 

[joevol33]

Rip

 

[gordonr24]

Really sad to hear! Seems like there's not many left of the "old regime" country music stars anymore.

George Strait is about the last of the good ol' boys.

 

[barnolde]

Wow--Say him 2 years ago at Riverbend. Had lost his voice style but was good to see him

 

[Brave Volunteer]

George Strait is about the last of the good ol' boys.

Willie Nelson

 

[Toujours Pret]

George Strait is about the last of the good ol' boys.

Kristofferson

 

[malinoisvol]

David Allen Coe

 

[508mikey]

George Strait is about the last of the good ol' boys.

Loretta Lynn - good ol gals

 

[orangebloodgmc]

Who will hoist a drink with me to the memory of the late, great, Merle Haggard, died today at 79? :sad:

 

[apevol]

Who will hoist a drink with me to the memory of the late, great, Merle Haggard, died today at 79? :sad:

Already there man

 

[malinoisvol]

"I drink a little beer in a tavern
Sing a little bit of these working man blues".

Salute!

 

[Biopsyman]

"I think I will just sit here an drink" Legend

 

[apevol]

We gotta get thrown in prison tonight

 

[PowerT83]

Tonight we'll kick the footlights out again

 

[orangebloodgmc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PRw0OQwnZo

 

[IBlvNTmWrk]

Who will hoist a drink with me to the memory of the late, great, Merle Haggard, died today at 79? :sad:

Absolutely. One of the best songwriters in history.

I wish Coke was still cola and a joint was a bad place to be
It was back before Nixon lied to us all on TV
Before Microwave ovens when a girl could still cook, and still would
Is the best of the free life behind us now
And are the good times really over for good?

Are we rollin' downhill like a snowball headed for hell
With no kind of chance for the flag or the liberty bell
I wish a Ford or a Chevy would still last ten years like they should
Is the best of the free life behind us now
And are the good times really over for good?

I also like his line about "raising a lot of cane, while Mama prayed my crops would fail".

 

[allvol123]

Well at least we still have Florida Georgia Line and others, puke. Man country music died.

Loved listening to Merle.

 

[apevol]

Well at least we still have Florida Georgia Line and others, puke. Man country music died.

Loved listening to Merle.

You're damn right