Merle Ronald Haggard (born April 6, 1937) is an American country and Western songwriter, singer, guitarist, fiddler, and instrumentalist. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster and the unique mix with the traditional country steel guitar sound, new vocal harmony styles in which the words are minimal, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville sound recordings of the same era.
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April 7, 2016 @ 1:55 pm
Wonderful song to help everyone remember their lifetime of memories sung by one of the Great Country Western singers who is now entertaining everyone in our heavenly home.
April 8, 2016 @ 5:12 pm
A well put together song that can be taken in context of the listeners current situation. Not many songs are this versatile. I enjoyed listening to this song for the first time today, sorry I didn’t hear it sooner.
November 25, 2016 @ 7:30 am
Merle Ronald Haggard (geboren op 6 April 1937) is een Amerikaanse country en Western zanger, gitarist, fiddler, en instrumentalist. Samen met Buck Owens, Haggard en zijn band The Strangers bijgedragen aan het ontstaan van de Bakersfield geluid, dat wordt gekenmerkt door de unieke twang van Fender Telecaster en de unieke mix met het traditionele land steelgitaar geluid, nieuwe vocale harmonie stijlen waarin de woorden minimaal zijn en een ruwe rand niet gehoord op de meer gepolijst Nashville geluidsopnames van hetzelfde tijdperk. Prachtwerkje Steve Politte dank je wel ervoor.