At least, I’ve noticed a lot of animosity directed at the Tennessean from that particular publication. That’s when he told me what happened.

Merle had already cancelled months of shows, but this particular booking was a big payday. His voice was a bit rough but his singing and musicianship (fiddle one song, Telecaster most of the rest) were strong. 5:29. live at Billy Bobs Merle Haggard Okie from Muskogee by Renee Brown. It was a great show considering he sounded real weak, but he gave it his all.

Proudly display your love of Merle Haggard with this unique hand made print. (Judging by Marty’s comments, I’m guessing that at least some of the folks in Haggard’s inner circle knew what was coming for at least a while ahead of time.) Long live Country Music and long live Hag. Not a fan of Toby’s music but thats a fucking cool story. Overall, i’ve never been happier being at a concert than i was that night. Randy Lewis of the But if his voice was not quite 100% a week after he postponed a previously booked L.A. tour stop, his mood was chipper, his guitar playing crisp and his time on a stage shared with one of the few songwriters who can claim to be his equal was an inspiring session of give and take.Haggard is 78 and Kristofferson is 79, and the vibrancy of their performance felt especially comforting after the numbing series of high-profile musicians’ deaths in recent weeks.Both men have looked at the big picture throughout their lives, and when Kristofferson served up his latter-day “Feeling Mortal” near the end of the show, he stared down one of the biggest themes of all:Given the losses music fans have experienced of late, those words couldn’t have come at a better time.Merle then went on to play at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts on February 10th in Santa Rosa, CA.Merle went on to book numerous other shows, hoping he would recover enough to play them, but never did. I asked permission to share the photo before I did so.OK, but did Toby take over for him at the concert mentioned? But despite it being a touching tribute to Merle and a great story, the Mandalay Bay concert with Toby Keith was not the final concert Merle Haggard ever played as is being reported. So I called the SF Jazz number and they said the show was still on.

I’ve been to hundreds of concerts but I’m gonna call that my best.

He knew it was still Merle’s concert.A person can’t give a better an answer than that. It’s such a shame that he’s become such a controversial figure in and out of country music. I won’t recap their entire conversation, but of course Marty told some stories about Haggard, and talked about Merle’s decision to leave the hospital behind and head home to Redding one last time, where he apparently stayed in the driveway on his tour bus, where he felt most at home. So it was about 65% full. That’s why I kept trying to see this show or the one in Beverly Hills. Also, man, you’d think almost Personally, I have mixed feelings about current state of the Tennessean, but it does seem like they made an editorial decision at some point to at least attempt to cover country music in depth, and I think they currently do a better job in that area than most.

For those who didn’t see it, the front cover featured a picture of Merle along with the lyrics from the chorus to “Silver Wings.” On the inside there were multiple pages of Merle coverage (as is obviously befitting the death of a great artist), featuring a beautiful obituary written by Juli Thanki, photos, tributes from other artists, a list of Merle’s number one hits, a shot of fans gathering around Merle’s plaque at the Hall of Fame, and so on.

To get back to the subject at hand, I’ll say thanks to Trigger for setting the record straight about Haggard’s final show, and also thanks to the two commenters who attended the Paramount show for sharing. Basically, they laid off most of their older, expensive journalists, and hired in a new crop of more tech-savvy and hungry writers. He might have blackballed the Dixie Chicks, helped forward the “CONSERVATIVE ‘MURICA” stereotype of country and made too many drinking songs, but he’s shown other times that he can be a class act (such as this one). It’s a great, touching story about Toby Keith and Merle, and I’m glad so many folks are sharing it. Great show. Trigger I don’t want to sound like a fanboy, but your writing, your commitment, and has to be love of music impress me more day by day. Out of all the touching stories about how Merle has touched lives and inspired country artists, this is basically about how great Toby is. Yes and here is four of those songs on a playlist from a cell phone. you nailed it kris. It was Super Bowl weekend. Y’all really got to see something special. It just really rubbed me the wrong way. Merle was an artist and a showman until the end.The reason I know about it, is that I phoned T after the Super Bowl to talk football.

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