Cover Merle Haggard-Are The Good Times Really Over- Allan Spinney

[darrell7491]

I love Hag's songs you  did a Great Job

[lawlessinc]

Great job!!!

[marcandrefortin]

awesome buddy love it

[lawlessinc]

Great job! Very very few can pull a Merle song off and keep us die hards tuned in. Nice Martin too.

[2bluegrassbabe]

He should be good,he's from the bluegrass band The Spinney Bros. one the the best we have around here in the Maritimes

[SuperJocephus]

I love the way you sing that song, I'm a huge fan of Merle Haggard and have been for years now. I especially like the change to the part of the song where you said "Wished a girl could still cook and chop wood" as well as the story behind the change as well. I'd love to see Merle in concert just once myself. keep up the great work.

[sugarfoot47]

I had to grab my microphone and sing along with you on this one we sounded great lol. thanks for sharing

[strawman8]

Great job Allan as usual. Is that an electric acoustic D-28? Thanks.

[Bobster986]

The words in this song ring out more today then when Merle wrote it back in the early 80's. God Help America!

[cheekychickenhead]

Great voice : )

[jradamo]

Nice job! One of my favorites. I've been playing and singing Haggard for decades myself. You're a lot better than most I've seen here.

[AnthonyStJames]

Great pickin'. Nice work, sir.

[classicalbrittain]

What a great song.... you play it with such ease. Thanks for sharing.

[iamjohnnyprice]

gr8 job love this tune

[bluez1981]

somewhere Liv Hank Jr did this cover and it was really really good.

[sortie31]

Like your taste in music. I hail from Clare, found you here today. Saw you and your bros open, in Yarmouth a while back, for Ricky Skaggs. I did not know u were into Merle and Roy Orb. As they say around here "good job", but it good because for you it is not a labour. I like your voice and your guitar. I got my dad's D28 when he passed away, there is lots of pure soul in the 28. Good job, bros.

[jpdepta]

AMAZING skills...Moving...Love this song, more people should...

[jpdepta]

I absolutely LOVE your style and passion for this song...But one of the lyrics you did not say correctly...It is when a girl could still could still cook and STILL WOULD...not chop wood...FYI but you are amazing and blessed to the T...Love it...

[allanspinney]

Hi there JPdepta, I realize the lyric you are referring to is not correct, however it was meant to be a bit of a joke pertaining to the lifestyle of people today and also I saw Merle do a live version of this song and he said those exact words and I found it humorous as did the rest of the audience. Its good to see Merle also have a sense of humor. Thankyou for your comment.

[murf5824]

i have heard both versions (chop wood, or still could)

[rp7347]

you do agreat job.the guitar sounds great.

[broncose1]

Great job! thank you for posting. I really enjoyed this song.You are a good singer.

5*****'s. Shirley

[robthier]

vous etes vraiment bon question une d 28 2008 aurait elle un son de qualite qui se raprocherait de la votre merci rob

[encorrall]

That's nice. Really.

[cncash87]

what kinda guitar is that?

[allanspinney]

The guitar is a 1953 Martin D-28.

[soccermom1228]

Daaaang!!! Loving it all:)

[ipugao]

EXCELLENT!! MAGALING K PRE (tagalog hehe)!!! WAY TO GO PARDNER!!!

[pincherbuck]

Picking great, vocals Ok, effort, A+

[randyflats]

Nice job Allan, this one sure brings back some memories...Love your style........Peace

[ticosson01]

Jt écouterais pendant des hres.

[allanspinney]

Mille fois merci! Joyeaux Noel!

[rtutt123]

Nice job...RT

[wj74]

great song, great playin, great martin!

chop wood? lol!!

[bcnorris2061]

Fantastic Job on one my all time favorite Hag songs. Your a master.

[oldetavern]

Awesome performance as usual and a very pretty tree in the background there. Take care!

[losthills]

Well done.

Excellent...

[regiberry]

Great picking, Good Singing and great performance. Hope to see you at Grass Valley one of these years!

Thanks for the Merle!

I like all of your songs here on you tube!

Good stuff!

[dannyknapp]

ur really too good 4 youtube. but thanx for posting. n I wish a Dodge and a Chevy would still last 10 years like a FORD !! lol, peace.

[dannyknapp]

p.s.- it would be very cool if you could get one of your bluegrass buddys to join you on a video, mandolin or fiddle perhaps ??

[Darkangle616]

Very Nice, Your voice is very comforting :)The old classics are here to stay.

[salth2o3234]

As usual, another great song! I really enjoy listening to you play and appreciate what you do. I am still somewhat of a novice guitar player. You are an inspiration to me to keep picking and learning some Merle.