"when they let me outta prison, I held my head up high, determined I would rise above the shame"............. 20 years later and I'm still ashamed...........
I referenced this song when teaching about voting rights today, and the fact that felons have certain penalties that go beyond their prison terms, such as not being able to vote.
I think everyone has lived this at some time in their lives; that's why Merle is so amazing. Love this song (others like Okie and Fighting Side of Me, not so much). Thanks for posting.
@231MasseyFerguson we commies may have (to you and many other stupid) politics) but we know music and a genius when we see one!! LONG LIVE MERLE! (btw I hope his health is sstill ok)
This is so very true about the sex offender laws. Too few people don't know that MOST who r BRANDED publicly on the registry r NOT dangerous& especially r not dangerous to pre-pubescent children.You'd never know it tho 4 th extremely unfair drama-driven media coverage, th unscrupulous politicians who use it to get elected & the overly zealous prosecutors.ALL have contributed to the hysteria
if you care, see reform sex offender laws. org and Ilinois Voices- Myths about sex offenders
This is so very true about the sex offender laws. Too few people don't know that MOST who r BRANDED publicly on the registry r NOT dangerous& especially r not dangerous to pre-pubescent children.You'd never know it tho 4 th extremely unfair drama-driven media coverage, th unscrupulous politicians who use it to get elected & the overly zealous prosecutors.ALL have contributed to the hysteria
This is so very true about the sex offender laws. Too few people don't know that MOST who r BRANDED publicly on the registry r NOT dangerous& especially r not dangerous to pre-pubescent children.You'd never know it tho 4 th extremely unfair drama-driven media coverage, th unscrupulous politicians who use it to get elected & the overly zealous prosecutors.ALL have contributed to the hysteria
@suetiggers the good need to suffer for the bad and a good sex offender is like a good you know what they dont exist so stop defending chester and if they get near my kids i will shootem off
This is so very true about the sex offender laws. Too few people don't know that MOST who r BRANDED publicly on the registry r NOT dangerous& especially r not dangerous to pre-pubescent children.You'd never know it tho 4 th extremely unfair drama-driven media coverage, th unscrupulous politicians who use it to get elected & the overly zealous prosecutors.ALL have contributed to the hysteria.
A #1 hit for Merle Haggard on the Country & Western charts. It was the 123rd #1 C&W song of the Rock Era. And it was at this time that my education began (kindergarden).
I've listened to Merle, Johnny, Mel, Willie, Kris and that was YEARS ago. These songs make my cry just because I remember 'em when they were first recorded....and now I'm just an old bastard with a head full of country music memories....Beanicus
The first time Merle Haggard met Johnny Cash professionally, he said "Mr. Cash I remember your performance in 1959 at San Quentin", Johnny replied "I don't remember you on stage" he said "I was in the audience". Merle asked Johnny if he thought he should keep his record a secret, Johnny said no, and along came this song, full of personal emotion! Take a good listen Nashville, from the most decorated artist ever in country music!! COUNTRY MUSIC THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE!!!!
Merle, thank you for this anthem for all of us left out in the cold by the bureau of prisons. a felony tattoo won't go away and a job is a dream...we will never achieve.
@hayesman76 I apreciate you sir. A Yankee who is compasionate to southern folk. I love the south, and givin the chance, would die for it. You are a good man to think about others, instead yourself. Bravo to you sir!!!
Theres only one way to truly know what hes talkin about. you might think you know or would like to think you knew what merle was talkin about but its not the same
I love this song....always have since i was a kid,,, my mum and dads song,,,mums been gone for 18 yrs this yr,,,when i hear this song ,,it always reminds me of her,,,,miss u mum xxxxxxx
I'm feeling the same way. I may not have done what Merle has done, but sometimes I feel the same way if I've done something wrong or sometimes when my friends don't talk to me as much.
Now *that's* country. It doesn't get any better than Merle Haggard and The Bakersfield Sound (as long as you don't have to actually live in Bakersfield.) Props to Buck Owens!
I can only wish i was around in the hayday of all th greats.The sound ,the lyrics,and the voices of not only Merle but,of many other "Great" talents "To this day"ring loud in the ears of a young generation.
Real music is exactly that... real. It comes from the heart, the soul. It need not be over-complicated, full of fancy language. This song is a perfect example. I love Merle.
mearl haggard is one of the greats and cant be compaird to no one if u have to ask who he is you know nothing about county music he tells life as he sees it and lifes real things we all have problems with
The great ones are great, because they have a believable voice. It's becoming a very rare thing. Waylon talked about how the bigshots in Nashville sign you because they like what they hear, then the first thing they try to do is change you and put a label on you.
WHO THE HELL IS THIS HAGGARD GUY, I NEVER HEAR HIM ON THE RADIO, DID HE LIVE IN SWEDEN - HE SOUNDS NOT TOO POLITICALLY CORRECT - I FEAR HE WILL NEVER MAKE IT IN COUNTRY MUSIC - I SHALL CONSULT BILL ANDERBONE AND ROY ACLUCK TO GET A GOOD IDEA - Y'ALL WATCH HIM, HE MIGHT BE A COMMUNIST!
For instince Hank lll has a song called put the dick back in dixie. It's a blue grass roots song saying what we're all saying. Greasers and a lot of punks agree with what you say. We like old cars, guitars, clothes and MUSIC.
Country now days isn't country, with a few exceptions. I love Hank lll, which takes after his grandaddy, good 'ol Hank Williams Sr. A love of rockabilly bands like the Paladins, Big Sandy, Social Distortion all base their music from the honky tonk off Waylon, Buck Owens, Hank, Dolly, Wonda Jackson, etc. That's why I lve their stuff too. REAL COUNTRY BACKGROUND, NOT THE CRAP THAT COMES OUTTA NASHVILLE TODAY.
@sickboy504 I know what you mean. But take hope - remember the early-mid 80's when we had the resurgence of the real thing thanks to Ricky Scaggs, AlabamaRany Travis, Reeva Mac. etc. It looked like real country had been laid to rest but what a resurrection.
Me too~ I was raised on the weekends up at my grandparents farm ( I'm from North York) in OwenSound...my folks and grandfolks and kin all sat around and watched HeeHaw...great, great memories and beautiful talent...
OMG I knew that Marty Stuart stole the idea of this song for 'Branded', but I never knew he stole the riff as well! Marty's a thieving bastard! Lol I still love him though. Love the Hag too
Essa canção sertaneja americana conta o caso de uma pessoa que cumpriu pena , e ao sair da cadeia ainda continuava com o nome sujo e mesmo que ele vivesse 200 anos seu nome aninda estaria ainda sujo .
I used to go see Merle with my Dad . Once back in 1976 when the 1st Live version of
Okie from Muskogee was recorded. when the song starts up, you can hear one quick
Whistle in the live audience, THAT WAS ME and I was 12 years old at the time.
I have been a singer/musician for 30 years now and I have compiled EVERY Merle Haggard song ever written because he is probably the single most greatest influence to the approach I take to the style of vocals I use when performing. MERLE is UNTOUCHABLE
This is the voice that every singer has been gaged by for almost fifty years. No matter how good a singer was,, it was always asked, " well, is he as good as Merle Haggard?"
i feel sorry for people who did not grow up with merle or marty robbins music----no matter how they try - their can never be anyone that can come near their music
Pop country music blows. Fuck those faggots in Nashville.... Hank III is one of the only younger ones holding it down these days. Nothing beats Merle, Waylon, Buck, George, Johnny, Hank, And Mr. David Allen Coe
The very first time I heard this song,it was sung by a man who quickly becamemy good friend,TY Vince Lambert and R.I.P my good friend.... The Hag just happens to sing from the heart,and in almost everything he's ever recorded,he seems to sing the story of my life,and that of sooooo many others................
Bobbewho 1933.... For many years Merle H, you and George J, have been the glue, holding country music, at an all time high standard Along with Vern G, John C, Keith W, Conway T, keeping country in country, you two are the Greatest...Please, by all means, Continue
When this was first released, I wore the record out. It didn't fit any precedent for country, let alone any other commercial genre. Nobody has ever done anything at all that fits that unique category that is specifically Merle Haggard.
You'd think some young artist would learn from this...
Nothing in country music in today's day and age comes even close to Merle, Buck, Waylon and Dolly. Such a shame really. The greats didn't need overdubbing and a billion retakes to cut an album. Pure talent was all that was needed.
@Gunnyrotgut The worst part is that the talent is out there today, but they can't get on the radio. Nashville shoves all this premanufactured Pop/Country down out throats so they can sell to teenagers. Country music was never meant for kids, it was meant for people that had experienced life's pain and joy.
@Gunnyrotgut Back in the '50s & '60s when Nashville AF of M union rules were strictly enforced, you had 3 hours to do 4 songs. Some producers would pay double scale and do 8 cuts in one session! If you wanted to overdub a guitar, you paid for it. Consequently, musicians got hired and sessions were bigger, with incredible interaction. Now it's evolved to a track-building process and the sponteneity is completely gone.
What a storyteller. My friends and I watched Hee Haw when we were young because our parents knew the brilliant talent that appeared on it. I feel so fortunate that I experienced it and am forever indebted to them for exposing us to Merle and others. People are quick to make fun of REAL country artists but they truly tell the tale of America along with the great Blues and Gospel artists this great country produced.
@tripleheshy People can make fun of Hee Haw all they want but this NYC born and raised sity clicker still argues that tyhe musical talent which appeared on that show was AWESOME. Jerry Lee Lewis and Merle Haggard? Buck Owens and Roy Clark as regulars? That is top-shelf, son! And it was only many years after the show went off the air that I found out it featured some of the regulars (such as the beloved Grandpa Jones) in a great gospel quartet!
@hayesman76 Great post but it is sad to see them still being lampooned today as some backward, jerk water inbreds who can barely pluck a geee-tar as some say. Good to know there's folks like you still around.
@tripleheshy I would like to add that I was born and raised in New York City but would NEVER mock Southerners, Okies or country music folks in general. They are some of the finest, friendliest people you'll ever meet and it burns me up every time I see them mocked and made fun of in the media. It seems in this age of sick "political correctness" the media bosses think its fine to denigrate mock Southerners in a way they'd never do to other groups in a million years. (Sorry for the rant!)
@hayesman76 Im a southerner and feel the same way about northerners. Met some really cool people all over this country. People that get mocked in south for whatever reason. Ignorance i suppose. In all my travels I've noticed, most people in most places are mostly the same as me in one way or another.
@MrSALVATOREPRIANTI Hmmm ... Signore "SALVATOREPRIANTI," huh? You must be another NYC-bred paisano like me, amico! :-) When it takes two Yankee Italians to defend the honor of our great and very talented Southern countrymen I guess it's clear the country needs to shape up! LOL
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Quelle oeuvre ! Quel compositeur ! Quel artiste ! La country music telle qu'on l'aime ....
countrychess 1 week ago
Quelle oeuvre ! Quel compositeur ! Quel artiste ! La country music telle qu'on l'aime ....
countrychess 1 week ago
Best real country music
49akr 1 week ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Merle Haggard
"when they let me outta prison, I held my head up high, determined I would rise above the shame"............. 20 years later and I'm still ashamed...........
keigger1 2 weeks ago
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"484th greatest album ever" - Rolling Stone
kolaidman67 2 weeks ago
don't forget..this man had his hand in someone's pocket...hahaHa
MrJoncando 1 month ago
love this songgggg!!! <3
lindeeism 1 month ago
Love this man great singer great music , his songs remind me of my Daddy
MaryJanesLastDance86 2 months ago
Haggard is a star..... Tell us Merlie, tell us.....
kawikahob1 2 months ago
this is a song that fit alot of us and all we can do is take it one day at a time and let things get better
peanutsman81 2 months ago
Im from Britain and i Love Country Music.
This Footage of Merle Haggard is Incredible to watch and Listen To.
Country Music Rules
whispperson 2 months ago
Only a blooming idiot would mark dislike to anything Haggard has done !!!
TJtheDJMr 2 months ago
I referenced this song when teaching about voting rights today, and the fact that felons have certain penalties that go beyond their prison terms, such as not being able to vote.
uofmrebel 3 months ago
God he looks good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lpodruchny 3 months ago
One of his best!!
Hagfan789 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Merle Haggard
Great song. Always loved it.
DrDeist 4 months ago
merle says it all be proud of who you are
tracer28583 4 months ago
my uncle sang this song sonds very good
RiverKing187 4 months ago
they're still not satisfied everybody knows ive been in jail thats why i cant get a job damn background checks
beanbagzfull 5 months ago
He is great! Great voice and songs.
shrnhou 5 months ago
lummy word this is da shit
ShandaChoken204 5 months ago
word word
ShandaChoken204 5 months ago
Did Merle do time and for what? Love his music...part of my childhood
ellonysman 6 months ago
@ellonysman He served time for burglary in San Quinten. Said to have seen Johnny Cash perform and been inspired to sing country
Nightrain60 5 months ago 3
I think everyone has lived this at some time in their lives; that's why Merle is so amazing. Love this song (others like Okie and Fighting Side of Me, not so much). Thanks for posting.
mvsproductions 6 months ago
well im Aussie ,,,and i love this song,,,its awsome xoxoxo
Tameeka109 6 months ago
How in the hell can somebody dislike this??!!! They must be damn communists!!!
231MasseyFerguson 7 months ago 4
@231MasseyFerguson i am a damn communist and I LOVE IT!!!
vivascargill1 7 months ago
@vivascargill1 LOL!!!
231MasseyFerguson 7 months ago
@231MasseyFerguson we commies may have (to you and many other stupid) politics) but we know music and a genius when we see one!! LONG LIVE MERLE! (btw I hope his health is sstill ok)
vivascargill1 7 months ago
Reminds me of my week living rough in Nashville Tennessee,does anyone get the feeling the good times have gone forever the Hag is great !
tftommo 7 months ago
NOW!!! THIS IS REAL COUNTRY MUSIC >......MERLE STILL GOT IT....WISH COUNTRY WAS STILL THIS GOOD......
clayster76 7 months ago 10
@clayster76
Some still is, unfortunately you have to search through a barrel of garbage to get that slice of good bread! !
philgiesbrecht 7 months ago
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This is so very true about the sex offender laws. Too few people don't know that MOST who r BRANDED publicly on the registry r NOT dangerous& especially r not dangerous to pre-pubescent children.You'd never know it tho 4 th extremely unfair drama-driven media coverage, th unscrupulous politicians who use it to get elected & the overly zealous prosecutors.ALL have contributed to the hysteria
if you care, see reform sex offender laws. org and Ilinois Voices- Myths about sex offenders
suetiggers 7 months ago
This is so very true about the sex offender laws. Too few people don't know that MOST who r BRANDED publicly on the registry r NOT dangerous& especially r not dangerous to pre-pubescent children.You'd never know it tho 4 th extremely unfair drama-driven media coverage, th unscrupulous politicians who use it to get elected & the overly zealous prosecutors.ALL have contributed to the hysteria
If you care: see reform sex offender laws.org
and Illinois Voices- Myths about sex offenders
suetiggers 7 months ago
This is so very true about the sex offender laws. Too few people don't know that MOST who r BRANDED publicly on the registry r NOT dangerous& especially r not dangerous to pre-pubescent children.You'd never know it tho 4 th extremely unfair drama-driven media coverage, th unscrupulous politicians who use it to get elected & the overly zealous prosecutors.ALL have contributed to the hysteria
If you care: see reform sex offender laws.org
suetiggers 7 months ago
@suetiggers the good need to suffer for the bad and a good sex offender is like a good you know what they dont exist so stop defending chester and if they get near my kids i will shootem off
cashmoreoctober1973 7 months ago
This is so very true about the sex offender laws. Too few people don't know that MOST who r BRANDED publicly on the registry r NOT dangerous& especially r not dangerous to pre-pubescent children.You'd never know it tho 4 th extremely unfair drama-driven media coverage, th unscrupulous politicians who use it to get elected & the overly zealous prosecutors.ALL have contributed to the hysteria.
suetiggers 7 months ago
L wish Sammy Chullag could see this! He's just crazy about this singer! awesome!!!
TheLilian128 8 months ago
awesome jam
4677noel 8 months ago
I just love listening to country and "The Hag"
Allugit 8 months ago 2
A #1 hit for Merle Haggard on the Country & Western charts. It was the 123rd #1 C&W song of the Rock Era. And it was at this time that my education began (kindergarden).
mkl62 8 months ago
I also live by this everyday i know what you are saying rc6646
jerrywendt 8 months ago
i like dis song very much because of its message,,,,,especially now a days
sandy1158 8 months ago
i feel for this song
matthew22sow 8 months ago
todays music is just 1 word they repeat 100times.
merle haggard is on of the most inspiring music artists in the world.
MrGerardnl 8 months ago 3
I've listened to Merle, Johnny, Mel, Willie, Kris and that was YEARS ago. These songs make my cry just because I remember 'em when they were first recorded....and now I'm just an old bastard with a head full of country music memories....Beanicus
TheBeanicus 8 months ago
The first time Merle Haggard met Johnny Cash professionally, he said "Mr. Cash I remember your performance in 1959 at San Quentin", Johnny replied "I don't remember you on stage" he said "I was in the audience". Merle asked Johnny if he thought he should keep his record a secret, Johnny said no, and along came this song, full of personal emotion! Take a good listen Nashville, from the most decorated artist ever in country music!! COUNTRY MUSIC THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE!!!!
jcash1100 8 months ago
Feel the "soul" in this song. You don't hear it in today's country music.
texiban001 8 months ago
awesome
alimac42 8 months ago
Merle, thank you for this anthem for all of us left out in the cold by the bureau of prisons. a felony tattoo won't go away and a job is a dream...we will never achieve.
A college-educated, white guy outside the USA
DeeDonner 8 months ago
i have always loved oklahoma that is why it hurt me so much to say what i did please see msbones1950 a waiting grave
MsBones1950 9 months ago
As a fellow Okie, and to my grandfather who still resides near Altus, I tribute this video.
Oklahoma pride will never die!
PalvoChekov 9 months ago
@hayesman76 I apreciate you sir. A Yankee who is compasionate to southern folk. I love the south, and givin the chance, would die for it. You are a good man to think about others, instead yourself. Bravo to you sir!!!
roncrandall 9 months ago
Theres only one way to truly know what hes talkin about. you might think you know or would like to think you knew what merle was talkin about but its not the same
Loop1812 9 months ago
Remember when it was a shameful thing to have been in jail- when did it change?
memawslotsafun 9 months ago
The NWO never forgets on this prison planet. One should not make machines n the image of a mans mind.
Ripley44mag 10 months ago
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Amen brother, thanks.
outlawhillbilly1 10 months ago
Amen brother, thanks.
outlawhillbilly1 10 months ago
I love this song....always have since i was a kid,,, my mum and dads song,,,mums been gone for 18 yrs this yr,,,when i hear this song ,,it always reminds me of her,,,,miss u mum xxxxxxx
Tameeka109 10 months ago
I'm feeling the same way. I may not have done what Merle has done, but sometimes I feel the same way if I've done something wrong or sometimes when my friends don't talk to me as much.
No one is ever satisfied these days.
Reddaytonadog 10 months ago
I know exactly what Merle is singing about. I'm living it!
rc6646 10 months ago 24
@rc6646 yeah funny eh.., u walk out but your still that guy who's been in jail.
edcom73 7 months ago
@rc6646 ditto
txlastrebel 6 months ago
From a Louisiana boy living in deep Alabama I would just like to say thanks to tripleheshy.
MrBuddyw 10 months ago
If you dislike this song, you've never done any wrong in life.
roncrandall 11 months ago
i love this song but what in the hell is a branded man??
Vean66 11 months ago
@Vean66 it's sorta like the brand is his number as a prisoner and he'll always be looked down upon because of it. that's what i think anyways
TheDaleDenton 11 months ago
@Vean66 branded man = ex-con
Stolehome66 11 months ago
i can relate
7pipewelder 11 months ago
Thanks.....
mrbw1963 11 months ago
Hee Haw the good ole days
jerks who make fun of it the real clowns,,,,
joemanpjg 11 months ago
Now *that's* country. It doesn't get any better than Merle Haggard and The Bakersfield Sound (as long as you don't have to actually live in Bakersfield.) Props to Buck Owens!
hayesman76 11 months ago
fabulous song by one of the best True Country good old days present so called country garbage....
joemanpjg 1 year ago
there is no country music these days it s all contry pop and country rock sad but true
santino240 1 year ago
I can only wish i was around in the hayday of all th greats.The sound ,the lyrics,and the voices of not only Merle but,of many other "Great" talents "To this day"ring loud in the ears of a young generation.
animal5791 1 year ago
Real music is exactly that... real. It comes from the heart, the soul. It need not be over-complicated, full of fancy language. This song is a perfect example. I love Merle.
imadoctornotspock 1 year ago
Since he's just lip-syncing, the uploader should have laid a clean CD track over this footage. That would have been neat. The sound here stinks.
FungusMossGnosis 1 year ago
i guess we should hate jonny cash huntersingle.
tonybigman3 1 year ago
@gunnyrotgut you forgot about hank and george hoss
vidrine25 1 year ago
I ve listen to Merle haggard while I was still in the crib . His music is so soothing to the soul . This new stuff is pop country
daniel777891 1 year ago
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YOU'RE ALL UNDER ARREST FOR MAKING THIS TRASH CON TURN INTO A MULTIMILLIONAIRE.
I BET YOU ALL LOSERS GIVE 18$ A MONTH TO SAVE A ANIMAL FOUNDATION TOO.
huntersingle 1 year ago
President Reagan pardoned Merle for his past crimes.
randalljones58 1 year ago
mearl haggard is one of the greats and cant be compaird to no one if u have to ask who he is you know nothing about county music he tells life as he sees it and lifes real things we all have problems with
gbhs86 1 year ago
2 people must be Prison Guards
kesyjk 1 year ago
The great ones are great, because they have a believable voice. It's becoming a very rare thing. Waylon talked about how the bigshots in Nashville sign you because they like what they hear, then the first thing they try to do is change you and put a label on you.
rexanater 1 year ago
WHO THE HELL IS THIS HAGGARD GUY, I NEVER HEAR HIM ON THE RADIO, DID HE LIVE IN SWEDEN - HE SOUNDS NOT TOO POLITICALLY CORRECT - I FEAR HE WILL NEVER MAKE IT IN COUNTRY MUSIC - I SHALL CONSULT BILL ANDERBONE AND ROY ACLUCK TO GET A GOOD IDEA - Y'ALL WATCH HIM, HE MIGHT BE A COMMUNIST!
LMAO!
jehovahuponyou 1 year ago
this is when country music was the best nothing will ever come close to this
kidsnow87 1 year ago
I like this song, i first heard it when i was in my grade school...
MelanieDogwe1 1 year ago
What of the best songs from one of the best of all-time. A gem from The Hag!
uproar84 1 year ago
For instince Hank lll has a song called put the dick back in dixie. It's a blue grass roots song saying what we're all saying. Greasers and a lot of punks agree with what you say. We like old cars, guitars, clothes and MUSIC.
sickboy504 1 year ago
Country now days isn't country, with a few exceptions. I love Hank lll, which takes after his grandaddy, good 'ol Hank Williams Sr. A love of rockabilly bands like the Paladins, Big Sandy, Social Distortion all base their music from the honky tonk off Waylon, Buck Owens, Hank, Dolly, Wonda Jackson, etc. That's why I lve their stuff too. REAL COUNTRY BACKGROUND, NOT THE CRAP THAT COMES OUTTA NASHVILLE TODAY.
sickboy504 1 year ago 2
@sickboy504 I know what you mean. But take hope - remember the early-mid 80's when we had the resurgence of the real thing thanks to Ricky Scaggs, AlabamaRany Travis, Reeva Mac. etc. It looked like real country had been laid to rest but what a resurrection.
2012endofanerror 1 year ago
I'm a punk rocker who loves honky tonk, blues, jazz, etc. Merle always gives me chills down my spine.
sickboy504 1 year ago
i think hes a jew
ArmedHogs 1 year ago
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@ArmedHogs i think your a god damn jew. merle fuckin rocks
nazi331 1 year ago
Me too~ I was raised on the weekends up at my grandparents farm ( I'm from North York) in OwenSound...my folks and grandfolks and kin all sat around and watched HeeHaw...great, great memories and beautiful talent...
superbiobunser 1 year ago
man this song hits home wheres all my convicts that can relate with me! hail Merle!
CJhXcSE 1 year ago
yes yes what tripleheshy said...hitting the nail right on the head!
it was music that was about something real
a bit of reality in each note
hats off to the greats like merle woody sonny all the others
too many to list but never enough!
canadiansong 1 year ago
Merle was untouchable at this point in time... damn awesome!! being on "Hee Haw" only adds to it!!!
DeepSouthWrestling1 1 year ago
OMG I knew that Marty Stuart stole the idea of this song for 'Branded', but I never knew he stole the riff as well! Marty's a thieving bastard! Lol I still love him though. Love the Hag too
LiamS92 1 year ago
merle haggard, george jones, and randy travis the 3 best of all time
HappDawg 1 year ago
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Theres no justice in this world any more. Its dam shame too.
kentucky9000 1 year ago
Always a great star, I grew up listening to him
awizzard4you 1 year ago
bhaha i love how corny this is...makes the lip sinking funny...
dioofotaku 1 year ago
@dioofotaku i didnt know they lip sinked so well in the 60's....
crystaloverdose2 1 year ago
Reagan pardened the Hag.
randalljones58 1 year ago
the greast tune everer so f ning true
nastysport 1 year ago
Essa canção sertaneja americana conta o caso de uma pessoa que cumpriu pena , e ao sair da cadeia ainda continuava com o nome sujo e mesmo que ele vivesse 200 anos seu nome aninda estaria ainda sujo .
SuperFoa 1 year ago
@SuperFoa no savy espaniel
billgrant76 1 year ago
THE HAG!!!!!!!!! NUFF SAID
MyTiger44 1 year ago
I think your fucking ignorant and you need to go to anger management classes!!!!
SuperNikki74 1 year ago
great song
knelash 1 year ago
This song is nothing but the truth
2steve24 1 year ago
He may have been to prison, he wasn't the only one in this country....but he's certainly cleared his name.
peterbiltroy 1 year ago
He is the one of the greatest country music singers ever was.
MegaInvisible1 1 year ago
anyone see the documentary about Hag? I found it very sad come on Hag!! you got a lot more left!!
vivascargill 1 year ago
What a voice .What an artiste.Surely one of the greatest.Thanks for sharing.
billboy508 1 year ago
this is *real* country music.
405fooman 1 year ago
countru music is the best ever sang
basit212002 1 year ago
love this song~~~~
good memories at the time this song was on even though was i a kid~~~
thanks for sharing~~~
RubyLovesTomDonnelly 1 year ago
I used to go see Merle with my Dad . Once back in 1976 when the 1st Live version of
Okie from Muskogee was recorded. when the song starts up, you can hear one quick
Whistle in the live audience, THAT WAS ME and I was 12 years old at the time.
I have been a singer/musician for 30 years now and I have compiled EVERY Merle Haggard song ever written because he is probably the single most greatest influence to the approach I take to the style of vocals I use when performing. MERLE is UNTOUCHABLE
1963CNF 1 year ago
@1963CNF
thats fuckin sweet man that was you whistlin.
nagasama75 1 year ago
i like this song, this is the only song i can sing along with. i like all of merle haggards songs, this one is my favorite. from, pattyrobertson34
pattyrobertson34 1 year ago
boy this takes me back to my childhood days.
mtnmanquin 1 year ago
I miss old country. I love all the old fellas who are keeping real George Jones, Merle Hagard, Randy Travis, Willie Nelson.
brainbug187 1 year ago
This is the voice that every singer has been gaged by for almost fifty years. No matter how good a singer was,, it was always asked, " well, is he as good as Merle Haggard?"
ZazzOffGuitars 1 year ago 2
awsome song
SuperDunfield 1 year ago
oh boy to have these days back again. this is real country
Susieq1247 1 year ago
@Susieq1247 AMEN !.
geno2358 1 year ago
i feel sorry for people who did not grow up with merle or marty robbins music----no matter how they try - their can never be anyone that can come near their music
slovacek59 1 year ago
Wow This Video Was Taken When Hag Was In His Prime. This Is The Man Merle Haggard!!!
WOODYSKYM 1 year ago 2
absolutely the best ever....no one even comes close.
thegamer0315 1 year ago
lippin his one poor merel he didnt have to lip this they maded him for the looks and the video
randomwhiteguy8784 1 year ago
Poor Merle, in this one.
MrJediElectro 1 year ago
If you donot like Mr.Merle Haggard, you are nothing know about country music,So please shut the fuck up.
boken168 1 year ago
Pop country music blows. Fuck those faggots in Nashville.... Hank III is one of the only younger ones holding it down these days. Nothing beats Merle, Waylon, Buck, George, Johnny, Hank, And Mr. David Allen Coe
dakataisme 1 year ago
@dakataisme
that you even put hank da third in the same class of those men makes me want to slap the shit out of you.
like...right the fuck out of you.
nagasama75 1 year ago
No you would be garbage sir. Merle is One of the best there ever has been and ever will be
Tharix88 1 year ago
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garbage
edmm976 1 year ago
loved merle haggard and still do. thanks for sharing
grannydyess 1 year ago
corparate cuntry suxxxx!!!!!!!!!!
MrMichaelBrown1 1 year ago 2
A True Country Music Icon Forever !
1150ram 1 year ago 7
Yeah...Merle rulez.....but fuck..... lip synch errrrrr what......It's a bad, bad vid.......I'm embarrassed fo him
WarrenPeece 1 year ago
@WarrenPeece In 1969, it was common to lip synch. Just about every artist did this on televison. Very few if any live music was done.
greeniron32 1 year ago
Merle is the greatest! I am 39 and love to hear Merle!
steelgun1 1 year ago
COUNTRY MUSIC!!! Nuff' Said!
BanjoThomas 1 year ago
The very first time I heard this song,it was sung by a man who quickly becamemy good friend,TY Vince Lambert and R.I.P my good friend.... The Hag just happens to sing from the heart,and in almost everything he's ever recorded,he seems to sing the story of my life,and that of sooooo many others................
concretcowboy 1 year ago
Bobbewho 1933.... For many years Merle H, you and George J, have been the glue, holding country music, at an all time high standard Along with Vern G, John C, Keith W, Conway T, keeping country in country, you two are the Greatest...Please, by all means, Continue
Bobbewho 1 year ago 2
in his younger days he was the best looking man alive
DiaVaLady 1 year ago
wow what a singer
DiaVaLady 1 year ago
Story of my life....choices have consequences. Merle is a great artist that has drawn on his own experiances.
stashmanstash 1 year ago 3
Merle was all real in every song he sang, because he sang the way he lived. Merle, you are one-in-a-million!!!
BigBob623 1 year ago 3
When this was first released, I wore the record out. It didn't fit any precedent for country, let alone any other commercial genre. Nobody has ever done anything at all that fits that unique category that is specifically Merle Haggard.
You'd think some young artist would learn from this...
moproducer 2 years ago 4
Nothing in country music in today's day and age comes even close to Merle, Buck, Waylon and Dolly. Such a shame really. The greats didn't need overdubbing and a billion retakes to cut an album. Pure talent was all that was needed.
Gunnyrotgut 2 years ago 64
you know someone is for real when a live take sounds every bit as good, if not better, than the recorded version.
nutsack666 2 years ago 4
nutsac666, I'd agree, but this was a lip-sync perf for TV. That said, Merle & The Strangers could've handled it live just fine...
moproducer 2 years ago
@Gunnyrotgut You forgot Hank Sr and Hank Jr.....and the rest of the williams family. Yeah it sucks country is what it is today.
piercematt 1 year ago
@Gunnyrotgut What about Hank, Conway, Vern, and Loretta?
EvilLurker121 1 year ago
@Gunnyrotgut I kinda agree with,,however there is one singer of today that will be among the great like this,,George Strait
kajunknight 1 year ago
@Gunnyrotgut The worst part is that the talent is out there today, but they can't get on the radio. Nashville shoves all this premanufactured Pop/Country down out throats so they can sell to teenagers. Country music was never meant for kids, it was meant for people that had experienced life's pain and joy.
ozzwind 1 year ago
@Gunnyrotgut too true - Semper Fi
Dutchy1965 1 year ago
@Gunnyrotgut Back in the '50s & '60s when Nashville AF of M union rules were strictly enforced, you had 3 hours to do 4 songs. Some producers would pay double scale and do 8 cuts in one session! If you wanted to overdub a guitar, you paid for it. Consequently, musicians got hired and sessions were bigger, with incredible interaction. Now it's evolved to a track-building process and the sponteneity is completely gone.
moproducer 1 year ago
merle, you're the man!!!!!!
bluefalcon55555 2 years ago 2
Besides Lefty Frizzell, the Hag has to be the best country singer of *real country* PERIOD!
celephais72 2 years ago 2
love the hag
Arnieschwarz25 2 years ago 5
ALLEN0955, thanks so much for posting this video, the great Hag.
bigbamboo1010 2 years ago 4
What a storyteller. My friends and I watched Hee Haw when we were young because our parents knew the brilliant talent that appeared on it. I feel so fortunate that I experienced it and am forever indebted to them for exposing us to Merle and others. People are quick to make fun of REAL country artists but they truly tell the tale of America along with the great Blues and Gospel artists this great country produced.
tripleheshy 2 years ago 35
you are right pal , keep it on .
SuperFoa 1 year ago
@tripleheshy well said !
Dutchy1965 1 year ago
@Dutchy1965 Many thanks.
tripleheshy 1 year ago
@tripleheshy People can make fun of Hee Haw all they want but this NYC born and raised sity clicker still argues that tyhe musical talent which appeared on that show was AWESOME. Jerry Lee Lewis and Merle Haggard? Buck Owens and Roy Clark as regulars? That is top-shelf, son! And it was only many years after the show went off the air that I found out it featured some of the regulars (such as the beloved Grandpa Jones) in a great gospel quartet!
hayesman76 11 months ago
@hayesman76 Great post but it is sad to see them still being lampooned today as some backward, jerk water inbreds who can barely pluck a geee-tar as some say. Good to know there's folks like you still around.
tripleheshy 11 months ago
@tripleheshy I would like to add that I was born and raised in New York City but would NEVER mock Southerners, Okies or country music folks in general. They are some of the finest, friendliest people you'll ever meet and it burns me up every time I see them mocked and made fun of in the media. It seems in this age of sick "political correctness" the media bosses think its fine to denigrate mock Southerners in a way they'd never do to other groups in a million years. (Sorry for the rant!)
hayesman76 11 months ago 60
@hayesman76 So true. It's the last accepted prejudice really.
tripleheshy 11 months ago
@hayesman76 yes north mocks the south it is cheap!!
vivascargill1 7 months ago
@hayesman76 Im a southerner and feel the same way about northerners. Met some really cool people all over this country. People that get mocked in south for whatever reason. Ignorance i suppose. In all my travels I've noticed, most people in most places are mostly the same as me in one way or another.
MrJerry8221 6 months ago 2
@hayesman76 WELL SAID!
MrSALVATOREPRIANTI 5 months ago
@MrSALVATOREPRIANTI Hmmm ... Signore "SALVATOREPRIANTI," huh? You must be another NYC-bred paisano like me, amico! :-) When it takes two Yankee Italians to defend the honor of our great and very talented Southern countrymen I guess it's clear the country needs to shape up! LOL
hayesman76 5 months ago