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Topic: RIP- Merle Haggard |
Bill Dobkins
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Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 9:15 am |
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I just learned that Merle Haggard has passed. What a sad time for country music. Condolences to the family.
RIP Merle.
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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John Swain
From:
Winchester, Va
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 9:42 am
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| RIP Merle, my favorite country singer of all time! |
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Billy Easton
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 9:43 am
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So sorry to learn of this...I knew he was not well;
RIP...my condolences to all the family.
Billy and Meriul Easton
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 9:44 am
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| Really, really sad news... |
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Ed Boyd
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 9:46 am
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Merle died on his birthday. Truly a giant. Man I hate this.  |
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 9:50 am
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| whoaaaa,,what a loss to us traditional country music people,,,,what a contribution he made to world,,,especially country music world. A VERY special person,,,,may he rest in peace,,,and be as well received "In his Next Life" as he was in this life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VyHDA-idNs |
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Russ Hicks
From:
Pegram, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 9:53 am
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| My condolences to Norm and the band and the family... |
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Mickey Adams
From:
Bandera Texas
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 9:59 am
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Bill, kindly, please edit... MERLE....
Personally... I'm overwhelmed.. Had tickets to see him and Wille, who I'm sure is enroute to Mt Shasta.... We all loved you so much...
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Don Sulesky
From:
Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 10:00 am Merle
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One of the greatest of all time has gone home. RIP Merle
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Ron Whitworth
From:
Yuma,Ariz.USA Yeah they say it's a DRY heat !!
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 10:01 am
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So very sorry to read & hear this.
I knew he had been in & out of the hospital quite a bit recently.
He will never be forgotten by country music fans!
He wrote & sang many, many GREAT song.
RIP Merle.
Thank You for all you did for country music !!
Ron
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John Brock
From:
Xenia, Ohio
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 10:01 am Merle
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Rest in peace.....the legacy will carry on forever.
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 10:06 am
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There are too many reports popping up in the past half hour for this to ba another another death hoax and it is apparently this time it's for real. I tried to get on Merle's website for confirmation, but it seems to have crashed - because no doubt thousands of others are trying to do the same thing.
I'm so glad that my wife and I were able to see him play in one of his last shows, here in Santa Rosa in February - it was the first time I'd seen him in many years. Though I hate to think his getting back on the road too soon after contracting double pneumonia made things much worse - and now this.
Now my two all-time favorite country singers are gone, Merle and Waylon.
And Merle - IMO one of America's greatest songwriters, regardless of genre.
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Fred Justice
From:
Mesa, Arizona
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 10:07 am So Sad
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Rest in peace my hero, Merle was the real deal !!!
What a legacy he leaves behind.
My deepest condolences to his family and the boys in the band.
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 10:10 am
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A giant of American music whose shadow looms large. RIP.
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Jim Hinds
From:
Gallatin, TN USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 10:11 am
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RIP Merle.
My condolences to his family and the band. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 10:14 am
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Godfrey Arthur
From:
3rd Rock
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 10:18 am
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Godspeed Merle
Really liked this outlaw.
He could've survived.
Said to have passed from a mystery flu. Got pneumonia.
Hospital won't say.
People be wary of flu shots. You can get Alzheimer's from them. They are spraying stuff in the air like Ethylene Dibromide. It attacks the respiratory system. Called the chemtrail flu.
We're not in Kansas anymore.
What a great catalog of super songs.
Godfrey
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Craig Schwartz
From:
McHenry IL
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 10:19 am
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R.I.P. Mr. Haggard, prayers on the way for you and your loved ones, My dearest condolences.
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Allan Morris
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 10:21 am
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My hero,may he rest in peace. Prayers for the family.and the Strangers
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 10:23 am
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You could take ALL of the one hit wonders on today's rock/blues fake country radio, stand them end to end, and they still wouldn't reach high enough to kiss Haggard's behind. There's NO one who achieved his song writing and longevity. He sung to the last like George Jones before him. He didn't go and retire and count his money. I was lucky that I got to see him twice. Truly a legend of REAL country music.
Merle, thank you for your soulful heart felt real country music. I just performed it Saturday night with a neon sign in the window. You can rest in peace now. Your music will live forever. |
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Godfrey Arthur
From:
3rd Rock
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 10:30 am
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Don't know how it happened a double post.. But what the heck more Hag pics.
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Kenny Burford
From:
Independence, Missouri USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2016 10:34 am
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| For me this is truly the day that MUSIC DIED! No other artist in country music or any other has ever shaped my music like Merle Haggard. I have spent hundreds of hours listening to him and his Strangers on recording to and from gigs, and spent hours learning his songs and Nichols licks. |
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