A Tribute To The Hag (MP3s)

  

The amazing and multifaceted Merle Haggard will celebrate his 75th birthday on Friday, so I thought the time was right to pay tribute to him by sharing a quartet of tribute discs.  Merle's been a little under the weather recently, as you likely know.  In January, he spent several days in the hospital in Macon, Georgia getting treated for pneumonia and diverticulitis.  Here's hoping for a total recovery.

Skeeter Harmon  -  A Tribute To The Hag  (2:03)

Jeanie Cameron  -  C'mon Merle, Make My Day  (2:42)

Two more after the jump.

Phillip Eastman Family  -  If Only Merle Knew  (2:30)

Lonnie Dearman  -  Hello Hag  (2:54)  This one was written and originally recorded by Haggard's dear friend Tommy Collins.  Haggard, in turn, recorded a song about Collins called Leonard.  Collins' real name was Leonard Sipes.

     

Above: a 1969 photo of Merle and his long-time producer at Capitol Records, Ken Nelson.

Comments

[Kurt Gottschalk]

Thanks for this, Greg!