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Twang/Twinge of Love
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No Permanent Address
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5,000 countryandwestern Fans Can't Be Wrong
Valentine's Day for Lovers
Valentine's Day for Losers
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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Merle Haggard - Devil Woman, Movin’ On, Folsom Prison Blues, Jackson, Orange Blossom Special, Love’s Gonna Live Here Again
Missed Hag’s 75th on Friday, so a belated Happy Birthday to him!
Do not get in Hag’s face about microphones.
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Merle Haggard - Workin’ Man Blues
Minus the nine kids and wife, otherwise GPOY.
Kings of Bakersfield
Merle Haggard - Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down
Merle Haggard - Haggard (Like I’ve Never Been Before)
Hag’s got pneumonia. Get well soon Merle!
This is a rockin’ version of Cherokee Maiden done by Merle Haggard and various members of the Texas Playboys and others. Merle really has a great time doing it.
Saw this playing at the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Merle Haggard’s miraculous country music impressions.
Hag lookin’ like he’s got the Workin’ Man Blues.
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Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner thank the crowd after winning the Duet Group of the Year at the CMA Awards show at the Grand Ole Opry. Looking on are presenters Roy Clark, left, and Merle Haggard. 10/10/1971.
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Merle Haggard - If We Make It Through December
Plus, Old Man From The Mountain, Everybody’s Had The Blues, Okie From Muskogee, & Mama Tried
Merle Haggard - It’s Not Love (But It’s Not Bad)
