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Merle Haggard's Bluegrass Sessions

2007-12-12 02:42:00 by howard in lonesome music
 
...Merle, I like it even more when he does his bluegrass thing. So whilst clearing out our extensive back catalogue of emails I came across a plea to post someting about Merle's Bluegrass Sessions album. This hasn't been released in the UK (where we're based) so it rather fell off my radar, but a few listens to the tracks on repeat was all it...
 
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Merle Haggard - Don't Sing Him Back Home Just Yet...

2008-11-10 05:35:11 by anna log of MOG in MOG - Editor's Picks
 
Merle Haggard is recuperating at a Bakersfield, Calif., hospital after undergoing surgery Monday (Nov. 3) to remove a cancerous growth from his right lung. In August, the 71-year-old Country Music Hall of Fame member told The Californian newspaper in Bakersfield that the growth was discovered in May. He said the tumor was not malignant and that...
 
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Merle Haggard Gets Tumor Removed From Lung, Remains An Outlaw

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2008-11-05 20:45:54 by Daniel Kreps in Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
...Merle Haggard is recovering in California after having a malignant tumor removed from his lung . The 71-year-old Haggard remains in stable condition following the successful surgery. A spot was found in Haggards lung back in May. Even though doctors recommended Haggard get it removed immediately, Haggards pretty badass and instead opted for...
 
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DVD Reviews: Smashing Pumpkins, Sex Pistols and Merle Haggard

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2008-11-13 18:19:12 by Rolling Stone in Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
...Merle Haggard Legendary Performances Shout! Factory Merle Haggard builds believability into everything, as this exemplary set of television appearances from 1968 to 1983 reminds us: He even ends Today I Started Loving You Again by looking into the camera and licking his mouth as if addressing a lover. Haggard sings every tune with integrity,...
 
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Merle Haggard: Legendary Performances on DVD

2008-11-13 07:25:31 by takecountryback in Taking it Back to the Roots!
 
Shout! Factory and the Country Music Hall Of Fame and Museum Archive Series are proud to present Merle Haggard: Legendary Performances on DVD. Merle Haggard: Legendary Performances trailer video stream: Mama Tried video stream: Okie From Muskogee video stream: From the vaults of the Country Music Hall Of Fame and Museum, this collection features...
 
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Tour Tracker: Jonas Brothers, Boston and Merle Haggard

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2008-03-19 21:50:24 by Daniel Kreps in Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
...Merle Haggard makes summer plans that dont include shuffleboard. The full list of dates is after the jump Jonas Brothers March 19 - Portland, ME @ Cumberland County Civic Center March 20 - Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena March 21 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Etess Arena March 22 - East Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center July 4 - Toronto, ON @ Molson...
 
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Don Henley Returns to Hometown to See Merle Haggard

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2008-08-08 19:59:23 by Calvin Gilbert in Country Music Blog
...Merle Haggard s appearance at the Music City Texas Theater . Henleys trip is detailed in a story that ran in the Dallas Morning News , but the gist of it is that he spent Saturday night in Canada, caught a flight in Boston early Sunday morning, flew to Dallas and then drove 150 miles to Linden Major music acts seldom play in a 450-seat venue...
 
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Best protest songs: No. 24, Okie From Muskogee Merle Haggard

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2008-10-03 06:48:18 by Jim in The Concert Blog
...Merle Haggard (1969 The Hags original goal with this tribute to Muskogee a place where even squares can have a ball was to create a humorous satire. Yet, it was quickly adopted by millions of listeners as a rebuttal to the hippie movement. These days, however, the song is most frequently enjoyed as Merle first intended and it goes over...
 
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Billy Gibbons Pt. 1: Nashville, Johnny or Merle, Playing Theaters, Ike and the Origins of Eliminator

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2008-10-03 15:28:56 by Chris Gray in Houstoned Rocks
...Merle Haggard or a Cash. Were pretty safe there. Its either gonna be from Cashs Sun days, because that was pretty hot-rod stuff he was doing. And of course Merle coming from the Bakersfield background, that is the hot-rod country RO: Everything going good on the tour BG: Well yes. This latest wrinkle in the ongoing fabric is fascinating,...
 
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