On Thu, 07 Apr 2016 05:49:52 -0500, "Dean Hoffman"
wrote:

On Wed, 06 Apr 2016 19:41:51 -0500, Oren wrote:

On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 12:42:27 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Monster
wrote:

On Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 1:11:47 PM UTC-5, Oren wrote:
RIP, Merle.

[...]

"It was either back in the cotton patch or go to work in the oil
fields. ... They didn't compare with music. I was able to make more
money in a beer joint when I first started than I was digging
ditches."

I just heard about it on a talk radio program. 8-(

[8~{} Uncle Haggard Monster

Got to see Merle in concert four times. Once with Willie and Ray
Price. I have a couple of $20 Casino chips (momentums) he sold along
with his other wares, after one concert.

He toured with Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones??

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/04/06/merle-haggard-dead-on-his-7th-birthday/
or http://alturl.com/oqrkp

I can listen to Merle Haggard all day long. He's a Voice.