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Title: Merle Haggard
Post by: longlast on May 13, 2016, 06:32:20 PM

                                                                Merle Haggard

                     This final piece of his legacy of music was recorded at his home on February 9th 2016.


https://youtu.be/UwVRIrBqI7A

Title: Re: Merle Haggard
Post by: HUBBARD on May 13, 2016, 06:44:26 PM

I can't think of one song he did, that I didn't like.  It's like he knew he was checking out.  His voice is different in this take.  Thanks, longlast.  RIP Merle.  Later--HUBBARD

Title: Re: Merle Haggard
Post by: longlast on May 13, 2016, 06:51:35 PM

                                                This is the write up on this recording.

Stricken with pneumonia for months prior to his untimely passing, country legend Merle Haggard had one goal: write and record as much music as he could. And that's exactly what he did. Beyond the seemingly endless collection of recorded works that span the entire length of his career, he was working on completing as many songs as possible. That collection, dubbed "The Archive" by Haggard, has not seen a release to date, but those will come in their own time. Haggard tragically passed away on April 6th and in the time since his family has had to make a decision on what would be his first posthumous single. Instead of releasing something buried in "The Archive", they chose to release the very last song he recorded, "Kern River Blues". The track first debuted on SiriusXM's Willie's Roadhouse on May 12th, 2016, and has now become available on iTunes and through his own website. "Kern River Blues" is a single looking back on his time in Bakersfield, California during the late 70s and has the country legend lamenting the city's immense growth during that time. The song ends in a haunting memory for the singer, "Well, I'm leaving town forever / Kiss an old boxcar goodbye / I dug my blues down in the river / But the old Kern River is dry."

Title: Re: Merle Haggard
Post by: 110tHunDer on May 13, 2016, 08:22:29 PM

Damn, good stuff, longlast.  :2vrolijk_21:

Title: Re: Merle Haggard
Post by: Wrongway on May 13, 2016, 08:42:22 PM

110Mofo riding along the Kern River. Part of our backyard.

Title: Re: Merle Haggard
Post by: Chains on May 13, 2016, 09:08:30 PM

RIP Merle. 

Title: Re: Merle Haggard
Post by: Yellow09SERG on May 13, 2016, 10:09:18 PM

He sure put those of us here in Muskogee on the map.

Title: Re: Merle Haggard
Post by: longlast on May 14, 2016, 09:42:41 AM

Quote from: Wrongway on May 13, 2016, 08:42:22 PM

110Mofo riding along the Kern River. Part of our backyard.

Thanks Wrongway for the pic nice to have a visual of were the song is relating too :2vrolijk_21:

Title: Re: Merle Haggard
Post by: grayghost731 on May 14, 2016, 01:00:36 PM

One  of the BEST !       OUTLAW  COUNTRY!    :2vrolijk_21:

Title: Re: Merle Haggard
Post by: moscooter on May 14, 2016, 04:07:17 PM

Quote from: grayghost731 on May 14, 2016, 01:00:36 PM

One  of the BEST !       OUTLAW  COUNTRY!    :2vrolijk_21:

Without a doubt,   One of the BEST. :2vrolijk_21: