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The Rez · 04-22-2005, 08:25 PM

To me - Merle Haggard is as vital today as he ever was in his "prime." Course Nasville doesn't play much real these days. Or for many, many moons, I'd observe.

The beautiful irony - to me - these days is how he is viewed "now" compared "then." Once viewed as a bastion of the "right" (Oakie from Muskogee, Fightin' Side of Me, etc.,) his songs now are blunt and by no means "right."

He's never been one-sided, really. And he's always been damn blunt when he chooses to. Or tender.

I, too, have been in his audiences often: county fairs, small clubs, large venues.

It stikes me how today's country performes and radio people cite Merle Haggard's name in reverent tones, but won't sing his songs or play his music. Full of crap!

Are the Good Times Over for Good [when Nixon lied to us all on TV] . . .

No . . . I just how his revival happens in the living years.

He's gonna be at a small club in Long Beach, CA in a few weeks. So will I.

The Rez

And, oh, How He Sings of Shasta . . .

04-22-2005, 08:25 PM	#8
The Rez Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Balboa, CA, US of A Posts: 598	To me - Merle Haggard is as vital today as he ever was in his "prime." Course Nasville doesn't play much real these days. Or for many, many moons, I'd observe. The beautiful irony - to me - these days is how he is viewed "now" compared "then." Once viewed as a bastion of the "right" (Oakie from Muskogee, Fightin' Side of Me, etc.,) his songs now are blunt and by no means "right." He's never been one-sided, really. And he's always been damn blunt when he chooses to. Or tender. I, too, have been in his audiences often: county fairs, small clubs, large venues. It stikes me how today's country performes and radio people cite Merle Haggard's name in reverent tones, but won't sing his songs or play his music. Full of crap! Are the Good Times Over for Good [when Nixon lied to us all on TV] . . . No . . . I just how his revival happens in the living years. He's gonna be at a small club in Long Beach, CA in a few weeks. So will I. The Rez And, oh, How He Sings of Shasta . . . __________________ I came to Love the Music Before I came to Be [Psalm 139:13]