RIP Merle Haggard

[Mikey]

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[hobub]

He had a complete tour scheduled.

RIP

Wow South fast...

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.

According to Country Aircheck, Haggard had been in hospice care recently. The country icon’s manager, Frank Mull, reveals that he died of pneumonia at 9:20AM on Wednesday (April 6) in Palo Cedro, California.


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[Mr.Marion]

You beat me to it Mikey

A legend.

Some favorites.

Huntsville

Kick out the Footlights

From just last year with Willie Nelson
It's All Going to Pot.

[Mikey]

Everytime I hear Merle I think of my older bro who used to listen to Merle constantly.

RIP to both

[EmergencyIan]

A recent CBS profile:

- Ian

[GlobalObserver]

A HUGE loss for REAL country music. Merle was one of the very best singer-songwriters of all time. RIP.

[Mr.Marion]

Everytime I hear Merle I think of my older bro who used to listen to Merle constantly.

RIP to both

My Grandpa always had him on his record player. Merle definitely ranks among the All-time country greats.

Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVq27glkY_A

Each night I leave the bar room when it's over
Not feeling any pain at closing time
But tonight your memory found me much too sober
Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind

Tonight the bottle let me down
And let your memory come around
The one true friend I thought I'd found
Tonight the bottle let me down

[Mongoose1983]

May he rest in peace.

With George Jones and Merle Haggard gone, and Nashville's music industry turning on to anything to sell records, Country music is finally gone for good. The loss is HUGE.

Not only one of the greatest songwriters/singers to ever grace the airwaves, the Hag was pretty much a hero!

Here's one of his great songs, The Fighting Side of Me:

[johnnystorm]

Haggard was a true icon. This was one of my favorites:

https://youtu.be/oSzdv5PBamE

[MIB41]

One of the true original country talents. The Heavens are having a good time tonight. RIP Merle.

[rche]

dang. rip merle