I think this is his all time masterpiece. There are many country music singers, but the Hag really digs into his soul. He's the best "troubador" that ever lived.
This is a masterpiece, written and performed by what has to be the best country artist of the past 50 or more years. My wife and I have danced in our living room to to this version at least once a week since we discovered it about 18 months ago. Thank you Merle!
This song is in my definitive "Top 5" of any and all Hag's tunes. And I've been a colossal fan since age 19 or so and I'm 59 now so over last 40 years I've heard em all again and again and this puppy still makes hair on back of my neck stand at attention. LOVE IT!!!
The greatest.....an understatement if there ever was one.....and it all came about honestly. School of reality, life, hard knocks, ups, downs, sucesses and failures. No stupid popularity television shows, synthesized sound, just a guy who lived it, sang about it and did it his way every step, and connected with his audience like no other. His staples are true American treasures, hard to find a better example of songwriting than "Mama Tried". "It's all in the movies", although lesser known, did receive pretty heavy airplay on am radio(wbap). Another of his greatest(he didn't write it) is "What have you got planned tonight Diana". A love story if there ever was one. When I sing it, it is diffucult to get through the last verse if I think about it too much. God Bless Merle Haggard!!
An absolute legend! He touched not only generations of country fans but classic rock fans as well. Keith Richard - no less- calls him one of his inspirations! God Bless his memory may future generations hopefully appreciate him like so many have.
So sorry about your husband's passing. I hope this song gives you some comfort. My husband passed away suddenly l0 years ago; he was the love of my life.
First heard this song in Pasadena California while working as painter. I had just graduated from high school and my boss loved country music First heard on an AM truck radio never forgot it.
Wow Wow wow! I am so glad to find this song again. Stunning lyrics which seem so sad and hopeless at first, but after 2nd, 3rd, and 4th thought.... open a door to a more mature way to think about love and relationships. As a songwriter myself his words and holistic presentation are mind-blowing! Thanks for this. It inspired me to get back to writing! ed
I've had this bookmarked for years. Love this song. Toby Keith was talking about it on an 80s country show and sang it - was one of his favorite Merle Haggard songs. Toby was always a big Merle fan. Merle had such an impact on people I never tire of his singing. The older he got it got even better to me like this song.
There is great music and then there is a signature Haggard tune. This is simply fabulous and something that does not get much airplay, perhaps because it is so different for much of Merle's audience. Merle did a jazz album a number of years ago that a Toronto Jazz station featured a month or so ago that really was a surprice and, unfotruntaely, is hard to find...... sort like "All in the Movies"
One of the most artistic performances I’ve ever heard. The graceful nuances…… what his mind could imagine, his heart could sing. One of the great Masters.
What a beautiful song! Merle Haggard had one of the best and most soothing voices in country music, and this song showcases that soothing quality. This is one of my favorite songs by Merle Haggard. Rest in peace, Merle. Country music has lost one of the all-time greats, but Heaven definitely has a new angel.
A true legend will sadly be missed ,Rest in Peace Merle. Thanks to UA-cam and all you good folks for the good post and thanks for having good taste in music .
Another #1 hit for Merle Haggard on the Country & Western charts. It was the 361st #1 C&W song of the Rock Era. It also hit #11 on the Canadian C&W charts.
Merle was the very best of the best. He was truly the Best. He was a great song writer, he cold play any instrument he choose to play. The world will miss the Hag for many years to come. RIP Merle Haggard.
We sure lost a wonderful man back in 2016. There will never be another Hag like this one. His sons all four of them are great too. I know he would be proud ♥️
You can see Roy Nichol's influence on Merle when he picks this song out. Especially the bottom to top strumming. Wish I could go back to 1984 and see these two together again before Roy left the Strangers band. What a show it was then Just Stellar.
+Richard Cagle A very sad day every where for sure. Loved all of Merle stuff , been a fan for more years than I can say and this song is my all time favorite ! Can't listen without losing a few tears , everytime ! A hurt so good song ! Love Ya Merle, Thanks for all the ear massages !
Rich, Toby Keith got Merle to revisit this song years after Merle wrote it. You can see Merle playing this song with Toby in a vid on the bus together in Nashville. A great song by the Hag.
... so sorry. You lost your hubby. May God Bless You and Your Family. Now and Aiways. Maybe he's smiling in Heaven. Along side. Merle. Looking down. Here. Never. Know. 🙄
❤, just love, love this beautiful & so touching song. I wish there were more songs like this one 😢. Mel would make his guitar talk & that sax, awesome!! Too bad the solo part & song were so short live.
I think this is his all time masterpiece. There are many country music singers, but the Hag really digs into his soul. He's the best "troubador" that ever lived.
Yep! Play on haggard
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U hit it on the head with.a sledge hammer Haggard Best Ever "Period" ❤️👍🏼👍🏼
This is a masterpiece, written and performed by what has to be the best country artist of the past 50 or more years.
My wife and I have danced in our living room to to this version at least once a week since we discovered it about 18 months ago. Thank you Merle!
What a stunning performance 😢 👏
Only one man can sing like this...Merle Haggard. R.I.P. HAG!
This song is in my definitive "Top 5" of any and all Hag's tunes. And I've been a colossal fan since age 19 or so and I'm 59 now so over last 40 years I've heard em all again and again and this puppy still makes hair on back of my neck stand at attention. LOVE IT!!!
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE PLEASURE OF SEEING THIS WONDERFUL MAN SING THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG. IT IS MY FAVORITE MERLE HAGGARD SONG
my favorite Merle Haggard song--the sax is great
The incomperable Don Markham on saxaphone!
This wonderful artist was a gift to us and like his great spirit lives on in his music. Amazing song writer and vocalist.
The greatest.....an understatement if there ever was one.....and it all came about honestly. School of reality, life, hard knocks, ups, downs, sucesses and failures. No stupid popularity television shows, synthesized sound, just a guy who lived it, sang about it and did it his way every step, and connected with his audience like no other. His staples are true American treasures, hard to find a better example of songwriting than "Mama Tried". "It's all in the movies", although lesser known, did receive pretty heavy airplay on am radio(wbap). Another of his greatest(he didn't write it) is "What have you got planned tonight Diana". A love story if there ever was one. When I sing it, it is diffucult to get through the last verse if I think about it too much. God Bless Merle Haggard!!
Ol’ Merle’s songs always tell a story that tug at the heart strings. R.I.P.
I just adore this song...Merle is one of America's best love song singers...
+Rick Sanchez , Yes he is on the top rung of the ladder!
I still listen to this song a couple times a week, truly a Haggard masterpiece ! Thanks for posting this live version !
Love this song. Isnt this life...yes the best,
An absolute legend! He touched not only generations of country fans but classic rock fans as well. Keith Richard - no less- calls him one of his inspirations! God Bless his memory may future generations hopefully appreciate him like so many have.
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So sorry about your husband's passing. I hope this song gives you some comfort. My husband passed away suddenly l0 years ago; he was the love of my life.
Could listen to Merle all night, my husband and I loved him. A unique man
One of Merle's overlooked number one hits from the 70's
Agree.
Thank you, Merle. You are one of the BEST in the country music world and an inspiration to so many that followed your lifetime of music.
The best country singer writer that ever lived. Period
Enjoyed this very much, love the way Merle sing, he's got his own unique style of singing.
Ben his son does an amazing job on this song . Check it out
Oh my what a great musician we lost !
This is what u call deliverin a song. Just rolls off the Hag's tongue. So peaceful, so easy so masterful. What a treemendous talent.
A true master of his domain
First heard this song in Pasadena California while working as painter. I had just graduated from high school and my boss loved country music First heard on an AM truck radio never forgot it.
Wow Wow wow! I am so glad to find this song again. Stunning lyrics which seem so sad and hopeless at first, but after 2nd, 3rd, and 4th thought.... open a door to a more mature way to think about love and relationships. As a songwriter myself his words and holistic presentation are mind-blowing! Thanks for this. It inspired me to get back to writing! ed
A Special, Special Man who comes along once in a lifetime...Missin Merle. What a movie his life has been.
I've had this bookmarked for years. Love this song. Toby Keith was talking about it on an 80s country show and sang it - was one of his favorite Merle Haggard songs. Toby was always a big Merle fan. Merle had such an impact on people I never tire of his singing. The older he got it got even better to me like this song.
One of the Best By the Hag..
What a songwriter. What a unique mind. Who can think of such things and put it into poetry and music? He was amazing.
Beautiful song sung by an amazing man with the voice for this song
never be another like merle what agret tallent thanks for the song thanks Merle for the memories
beautiful song, beautiful voice ... the sax, steel, guitars.... sad day when we lost Merle Haggard.
There is great music and then there is a signature Haggard tune. This is simply fabulous and something that does not get much airplay, perhaps because it is so different for much of Merle's audience. Merle did a jazz album a number of years ago that a Toronto Jazz station featured a month or so ago that really was a surprice and, unfotruntaely, is hard to find...... sort like "All in the Movies"
One of the most artistic performances I’ve ever heard. The graceful nuances…… what his mind could imagine, his heart could sing. One of the great Masters.
What a beautiful song! Merle Haggard had one of the best and most soothing voices in country music, and this song showcases that soothing quality. This is one of my favorite songs by Merle Haggard. Rest in peace, Merle. Country music has lost one of the all-time greats, but Heaven definitely has a new angel.
Jessica
grey Brock my CV heart and I am looking for a place to fall apart Kelly Hughart too
A true legend will sadly be missed ,Rest in Peace Merle. Thanks to UA-cam and all you good folks for the good post and thanks for having good taste in music .
This Is How It's Done!! C&W
Another #1 hit for Merle Haggard on the Country & Western charts. It was the 361st #1 C&W song of the Rock Era. It also hit #11 on the Canadian C&W charts.
I hope his son, Ben, records this. His rendition of the song is priceless, and honors his dad in a beautiful way.
Ben has recorded it. UA-cam. Show hosted on by Bill Anderson. Noel is there too.
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Nancy Lynn Stokes
Best man.ever
I have never heard this song before. I love it. Wonderful
Love the song, love Toby. He was such a big fan of Merle. Merle, my handsome hero!!!
The man is a legend!
One of the greatest! Thanks for all the songs!
MAGICAL perfect, timeless, the genius of Merle, RIP you are so missed.
This is sooooo good!!
Merle. Lived. This. Song.
You can. Feel it. N his heart ❤️ and soul
Best Country singer/songwriter ever!!!
Merle was the very best of the best. He was truly the Best. He was a great song writer, he cold play any instrument he choose to play. The world will miss the Hag for many years to come. RIP Merle Haggard.
Thank you Mr. Haggard, your music will out live us all!
We miss you Merle. 🙏🙏🙏❤️. This song is so inspirational to me and always will be
A GREAT song -----A GREAT singer---thanks for posting. Finding this--is one of the best things for a long time.
We sure lost a wonderful man back in 2016. There will never be another Hag like this one. His sons all four of them are great too. I know he would be proud ♥️
You can see Roy Nichol's influence on Merle when he picks this song out. Especially the bottom to top strumming. Wish I could go back to 1984 and see these two together again before Roy left the Strangers band. What a show it was then Just Stellar.
never get tired of listening to this song.. just soooo good..
Missing this man and his music
He was and still after he got his wings he still is the very best.! I am 2years older than he is but never got to see him in concert
Love his facial expressions here!! Love this song and love Merle!!
Thee Best....RIP...♥️...will love you always Merle..💐
It hurts to know he's not here any more I listen to him ever night
Best known singer in the universe .... This is what they use to say on K 95 out of Lancaster, Ohio RIP Merle
Miss you Merle. :'( You were the greatest.
Yes, Merle is so very good, just the best.....
This is so amazing..beautiful,,I can't listen to it enough..along with his song Listen to the Wind. RIP Merle
Listen to this song all the time. Love and miss Merle.
I just want you to know how much you are loved
Merle was one in a billion RIP and thank you for such beautiful memories and music 👍
Supberb song and singer.
That guitar and sax is awesome. He was the best 🤣
Beautiful-what a great voice.
My favorite Haggard tune
THE ONE & ONLY.....THE BEST
Just Love this song! its so Beautiful! Thank you!
Thanks country jazzjohnny for all the really good post. have a good day Brother.
Great song, flawlessly done by The Hag! 💙
One of Merle's Very best songs.... Very Powerful.
Killer Haggard !
What a great song, and great performance!
the best ever!!! RIP Merle Haggard. sad day here in Memphis,tn. they do not make men like him any more!!
+Richard Cagle A very sad day every where for sure. Loved all of Merle stuff , been a fan for more years than I can say and this song is my all time favorite ! Can't listen without losing a few tears , everytime ! A hurt so good song ! Love Ya Merle, Thanks for all the ear massages !
Rich, Toby Keith got Merle to revisit this song years after Merle wrote it. You can see Merle playing this song with Toby in a vid on the bus together in Nashville. A great song by the Hag.
I miss you RIP and sing for the angels
So beautiful. And I'm a 70s rocker. Thank you Merle.
I like this version the best !!! The Hag just gets better an better.
Love you Merle. You are a one of a kind.
this was mine and my husband's song...he's passed...and it has taken me a very long time to find this!! thank you!!
... so sorry. You lost your hubby. May God Bless You and Your Family. Now and Aiways. Maybe he's smiling in Heaven. Along side. Merle. Looking down. Here. Never. Know. 🙄
it's on an album called "Chicago Wind" has a lot of great hag tunes
That's our Merel, nothing but the best, and he was the best, what a wonderful man you were, and family
Awesome performance by Hag.
One of the best ever.
❤, just love, love this beautiful & so touching song. I wish there were more songs like this one 😢. Mel would make his guitar talk & that sax, awesome!! Too bad the solo part & song were so short live.
One of his greatest songs. No one can sing like Hag. He is awesome.
wonderful💜💜
The best ever!
Awesome vid w/biff on the drums!
He looks sad now, I recall this Song on the radio riding around in my car in 1975 in Chicago. So very lovely, GOD BLESS!!!!
miss you Merle :'(
Me toooo. 4ever.
Love this song
love his voice
Just BEAUTIFUL. I Read that His Daughter Kelli helped write this Song.
Best country voice ever!
Almost as if he's singing about the present covid era, how whole ways of life (see audience) can end unexpectedly. Amazing
Hell ya 👍
This song is what lead me to fall in love with country music. 1975. What a year.
I listened to this song I know ...about 40 times coming home from Arkansas to Missouri tonight. I ABSOLUTELY LOOOVE this song &&& Merle!!!❤❤🎉
Oh, goodness, I haven't heard this song in years! Thank you!
The King!!!
Genius songwriter/singer - mostly from his real life experiences. Merle was one in a million - truly love his music!❤