tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24200494.post1687014358657755014..comments2024-03-28T10:28:35.830-04:00Comments on Nicholas Stix, Uncensored: America’s Dumbest, Most Incompetent Burglar Dead at 79: Merle Haggard, R.I.P. (Photos and Videos)Nicholashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12372393717833610657noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24200494.post-76129022760127381782016-04-09T10:18:31.159-04:002016-04-09T10:18:31.159-04:00"Mama Tried""Mama Tried"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24200494.post-34447569799915798112016-04-08T12:28:58.269-04:002016-04-08T12:28:58.269-04:00jerry pdx
Pick up his autobiography, it's a ho...jerry pdx<br />Pick up his autobiography, it's a hoot. Gotta love Merle's honesty in the book, he doesn't make any excuses for his bad behavior when he was young. He may have been a genius musically but in every other facet of life, he could be incompetent as they come, even as a criminal he did some unbelievably stupid stuff. He openly admits if not for his musical talent he'd undoubtedly have done hard time most of his life but he doesn't blame anybody but himself. He blew a fortune - more than once, his gig in Vegas made him boatloads of money but working in Vegas as a compulsive gambler isn't a good combination for anyone. <br /><br />Here is a quote from Mr. Haggard, he pretty much sums it up:<br /><br />"Look at the past 25 years — we went downhill, and if people don't realize it, they don't have their fucking eyes on. In 1960, when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parolee supervision than there's available to an average citizen in America right now. I mean, there was nobody going to throw you down on the side of the road spread-eagled, and look up your butt for a fucking marijuana cigarette. God almighty, what have we done to each other?"<br /><br /><br />He was the one of the last great country artists we had left. Hate to see him go.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24200494.post-34668452958431975462016-04-07T23:46:28.103-04:002016-04-07T23:46:28.103-04:00I was in college during 1969-70 and I'd hear &...I was in college during 1969-70 and I'd hear "Okie From Muskogee" and "The Fightin' Side of Me" all the time on my car radio. <br /><br />Another good one from that period was "I Take a Lot of Pride In What I Am." David In TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15749838323613927456noreply@blogger.com