MERLE HAGGARD PERFORMS (LIVE) - TRIBUTE SHOW by PRIME TIME COUNTRY, 1996 {2}

TNN ^ | April 6th, 2016 | 'Ol Merle

[Mariner]

This is a tribute to Merle Haggard from 1996, long after he was known as the greatest Country songwriter that ever lived.

[Mariner]

Merle's life story, condensed with a bunch of live performance from this great musician.

Rest in peace Merle, I hope you died drunk.

[bigbob]

It does seem fitting that the “Poet for the Common Man” died on his own birthday. RIP.

[Migraine]

Merle, a national treasure, made my birthplace famous.

[tubebender]

Palo Cedro???

[Mariner]

Bakersfield, CA.

[onona]

Yes indeed,

RIP Hags.

Thanks Mariner

[Mariner]

"It does seem fitting that the “Poet for the Common Man” died on his own birthday. RIP."

Every bit the songwriter that Dylan, Lennon & McCartney, Simon & Garfunkel and Jagger & Richards wanted to be.

Listen to Silver Wings or Even Children Get Lonely, again.

[onona]

Listening to Working Man Blues right now :)

[atc23]

I hope you died drunk

You should get paid for saying the STUPIDEST thing I've heard all week

[matthew fuller]

Thanks for posting this. RIP, Merle.

[.45 Long Colt]

I’m listening to Misery and Gin.

He was my favorite.

[Migraine]

Palo Cedro? No, Muskogee.

[Mariner]

"You should get paid for saying the STUPIDEST thing I've heard all week "

Bullshit.

I'm pretty sure he wanted to die drunk.

[Bodleian_Girl]

I hope for the sake of his young children that he was not drunk.

[Bodleian_Girl]

I totally agree with you.

[.45 Long Colt]

You hope he met Jesus with whiskey on his breath. Well, I hope he wasn’t that big of a fool.

[Mariner]

"hope he met Jesus with whiskey on his breath"

He had whiskey on his breath every day of his life from 16yrs onward.

Except when he was in prison.

And he was a dope smoker that rivaled Willie Nelson.

But he wrote the most beautiful songs I ever heard.

[Rusty0604]

Just now saw that he passed. RIP Merle.

[Rusty0604]

I was thinking Muskogee, OK

[.45 Long Colt]

I know he lived a wayward life, but I hope he wised up in his later years. I sure wouldn’t take joy in the idea he was drunk as you seem to.