RIP Merle Haggard

[Boss .300 winmag]

A true country legend!

He could give these modern day rap country wanna be's a lesson or two. 

[Russ McDonald]

Gone forever is a legend.  Sad day. 

And he passed on his birthday.  RIP.

I saw a post that his son posted on Facebook.  He said that his dad told him will pass on his birthday last week.

[bhawley76]

I'll go be politically incorrect and watch some Dukes of Hazard later.
[/That was waylen Jennings LOLquote]

[Whitpirate]

It was!  Lol I'm lost and just want to watch the Dukes.  Merle and Johnny can wait for Willie.

[Jonathan_S]

Damnit if I am not just maudlin tonight. Sitting around this fire and listening to 100 different Haggard songs. Really going to miss him and so is Willie.

[Blacklab]

A little taken back by the news 

[WapitiTalk1]

He wore his gun outside his pants, for all the honest world to see......

Poncho met his match you know, on the deserts down in Mexico.....

[BullMagnet76]

My all time favorite, RIP Hag!!!!!

[BullMagnet76]

Tonight the Bottle let me down

[Emptyhanded]

My favorite artist ever! No one can fill those shoes.


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[Kittman]

Sad news.  I have a little story to share, when I was at my first duty station, which happened to be China Lake, CA my buddies and I would often get out and about in the high desert, and we found ourselves at a little watering hole in Lake Isabella one night.  The juke box in the bar was playing nothing but Merle.  Wasn't exactly my speed at the time so I went toward the machine after some old gal had just dropped in like $5.00 worth of quarters, and well, after I slid 2 quarters in, she raced up to me and she appeared very buzzed, very serious, and was not in the mood to hear anything else be played I guess.  Little did I know at the time these locals lived in Merle's back yard.  We left the machine alone after that, no telling how many of her boyfriends at the bar were there...and the rest of the evening was fine as long as Merle was in the jukebox, our musical attitude was adjusted and no more problems.  Never forget that night. 

[Jonathan_S]

  sounds like you got straightened out.

[Timberstalker]

That's funny Kittman.

[Weatherby92]

I don't know how many times i turned to my spring bear hunting partner today and said "damn I can't believe Merle Haggard died yesterday". As usual we listened to him as we rolled through the mountains but this time it had a little more meaning.

[Fishnclifff]