It's not so often that a country-western singer performs at the USA's capitol. Merle Haggard did real good performing there in 1982 at the White House for then US President Ronald Reagan & his wife, Nancy.
R.I.P. Merle, you were a True American.. The Country will Suffer From The Loss Of you.. You Told It Like An American Should.. Be Proud, Say It Loud, ............
I bought my very first VCR to record this. I got home, set it all up, and realized too late that I was missing a cable. Didn't get to record it, and it's NEVER been re-run. It's also never been been issued on VHS tape nor DVD.
Okie from Muskogee is a song that is sometimes thought of as satire but at the time he wrote it in 1969, he did mean it. Although he was a California kid, his father was from Oklahoma and he wondered if he were still alive what his father would think about what was going on. “And I wondered if Muskogee had a college, and it did, and they hadn't had any trouble - no racial problems and no dope problems. The whole thing hit me in two minutes, and I did one line after another and got the whole thing done in 20 minutes." In the American Masters documentary about him, he said, "That's how I got into it with the hippies.... I thought they were unqualified to judge America, and I thought they were lookin' down their noses at something that I cherished very much, and it pissed me off.” Merle Haggard’s views changed over the years and he did use marijuana himself. But the song, to be clear, was NOT written tongue in cheek.
Ex President Nixon is in for a surprise if He Gets resurrected in the new system, He will learn that Armageddon is a blessing for those who call on his name JEHOVAH, REVELATION 11: 18
A TRUE AMERICAN LEGEND ,LADIES AND GENTLEMAN MERLE HAGGARD,RIP,COUNTRY MUSIC WILL NEVER BE THE SAME WITHOUT HIM.
It's not so often that a country-western singer performs at the USA's capitol. Merle Haggard did real good performing there in 1982 at the White House for then US President Ronald Reagan & his wife, Nancy.
R.I.P. Merle, you were a True American.. The Country will Suffer From The Loss Of you.. You Told It Like An American Should.. Be Proud, Say It Loud, ............
❤❤❤et oui
merle Haggard est ma'quant il mettait le feux da's nos cœurs il incarnait lui aussi l'âme de la musique country --rip Merle
The Hag, O'Connor & Tiny Moore on the same stage - awesome!!
Uncle Merle playing for The President and Mrs. Reagan. Damn. Fine. Show.
Ce mark O'Connor était une perle musicale ....🤯👍💥ça fait plaisir d'apercevoir Norm Hamlet quelques années étant plus jeune ....
One of my favorites. Sad to see him go.
Merle is really in good voice here!
Can't you tell he has a cold???? The sound of his voice and sniffling
He was sick as a dog almost passed out. That’s what he told me about that show.
Hot
He Merle had a bad cold.
I bought my very first VCR to record this. I got home, set it all up, and realized too late that I was missing a cable. Didn't get to record it, and it's NEVER been re-run. It's also never been been issued on VHS tape nor DVD.
classic performance
Wow je taime Merle Hag oui still listen to is song s
Are the hood times really gone for good?
You can tell he has a cold or allergy--he's all stuffed up!!! Still sounds great though...
No president has ever invite Justine biever in the white house
Markly
He is a Canadian you know .
Trump will and STORMEY.
Same song he sang to Nixon! Didn't mean it then either ;-)
DIDN'T MEAN WHAT EITHER?
Okie from Muskogee is a song that is sometimes thought of as satire but at the time he wrote it in 1969, he did mean it. Although he was a California kid, his father was from Oklahoma and he wondered if he were still alive what his father would think about what was going on. “And I wondered if Muskogee had a college, and it did, and they hadn't had any trouble - no racial problems and no dope problems. The whole thing hit me in two minutes, and I did one line after another and got the whole thing done in 20 minutes." In the American Masters documentary about him, he said, "That's how I got into it with the hippies.... I thought they were unqualified to judge America, and I thought they were lookin' down their noses at something that I cherished very much, and it pissed me off.”
Merle Haggard’s views changed over the years and he did use marijuana himself. But the song, to be clear, was NOT written tongue in cheek.
He did not write okie .
Shoulda took Johnny Gimble instead. He played with Hag for Nixon. At least Hag had Jimmy Belken on fiddle. O'Connor is a poser.
Ex President Nixon is in for a surprise if He Gets resurrected in the new system, He will learn that Armageddon is a blessing for those who call on his name JEHOVAH, REVELATION 11: 18