MERLE HAGGARD - Just Stay Here And Drink

[darkforestrain84]

Does it get any better than this?! No...

[kentucksoldiersson]

Great, just great! Thanks a million.

[19ohioboy91]

Thumbs up if the only thing better than a good mullet/suit combo is Merle Haggard.

[topdog1944]

This is what you call country, no buts or ifs.

[akeagleTL]

Clint Strong is too much funky

[RollinMyOwn]

ive been getting drunk listenin to merle for about 25 years now.....and it always been the best.speaking of that bartender set the next triple up!

[rebelhell1972]

drink hell ya all the time i need another damn beer.....

[unclesalty2008]

Who on lead guitar?

[frickfracked]

Thank you Merle... just made Valentine's RIGHT!

[PiedmonteseDiva]

Strangely, I feel the need to head down to the Corner Bar...sounds like a hell of a plan

[waynefromkc]

lil dickard thank i

[rbhardee]

Clint Strong gettin down with his bad self

[swallace6490]

Classic Merle. Whoever went to that show got their money's worth.

[jackbeam11]

Hell Yeah...some ol Hag...

[just4tunes]

should be strumming the Les Paul and picking the Tele.

[vermonters1]

soooo great! also who doesnt feel like this at least once

[potyrd]

Ain't Nothin' Better.....

[parsonsclubmarket]

True master of country>>>

[KNDNumbuh4]

Awesome acoustics

[MrJustinbama]

started listening to the classic country while serving an eight year sentence for selling pot.merle would sing me back home and i felt the music.great time in music.i was too young to catch it the first time around.enjoying it for the past 9 yrs

[tenrandy]

I have to say i love the old country,But, since Nashville went all digital there losing the Soul of what Country really is.

[twinkee1011]

@tenrandy so true,

[monmixer]

i own 2 teles..an older japanese made Fender tele and a newer nashville deluxe tel which is pretty cool. it has a 5 position switch and 3 pick ups like a strat. a lot of sound variations there. Very versatile guitar. i can rock or play country with it. I also own alot of other guitars...leave it there

[zxcvbnm1642]

story of my life

[g600600]

HEY MERLE! CAN YOU HEAR ME! (jukebox power outage) You're the man.

[9770191]

Another classic example of when Coumtry was Country. I don't listen to this so called country shit that is being junking up the radio today.

true country fan

[kmlee14]

@9770191 DAMN RIGHT

[siouxise82]

I'LL SIT AND DRINK WITH MERLE ANYDAY! Seen him twice live...awesome! My dad listened to him and now I am a fan too.

[Bearsmell]

the 2 jerks who disliked this must listen to crappy rap "music" if it's music @ all!

[ianting1]

love hag but there should only be fenders in country music. Les paul's just don't have that twang. any real country pickers lays his hands on a tele. jmo

[ott5178]

@ianting1 Each to their own & the tone they prefer. Clint Strong, the guitarist in this vid, is actually more of a jazz player than anything. However, country style guitar has always been very jazz-influenced. I do agree about the tone of Fenders being more twangy though. Especially the Teles. I play a Dean Soltero but I play country & blues on my Strat because I don't own a Tele.

[SteveGaines]

@ianting1 Clint Strong is/was a jazz player. That's why he played a Les Paul. Even 'BROTHER ROY" Nichols started playing a "PAUL" before he retired. But I'm like you.."NOTHING SOUNDS LIKE A FENDER TELE THROUGH A BLACK FACE FENDER AMP"..

[Haz420Matt]

Think Ill Just Stay Here And Drank! Sweet

[beautifulsarah100]

What the hell are we gonna do when The Hag's gone? What's gonna happen to country music without him???

[qristafari]

merle the pearl baby

[CopenhagenKing2011]

Its the mullet mob!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[Luvtheclassics1966]

That man is an American classic! We need more like him.

[MrReddog1970]

KING !!!!!

[bandit1transam]

I don't care if you go home or go there but im gonna stay right here and drink

[AJBf16]

someone went home and drank there

[flsportsfan65]

This is what I thought I'd do back in the early 80's.and now at 45 I've got nothing to show for it but a violent criminal record and 5 DUI's.I should be the poster boy for legalising suicide.

[helfricht22]

@flsportsfan65 Lol, don't be such a buzzkill man.

[onton1taly]

Damn Strait!!!

[jamcrane3]

People can say a lot of fucked up things about me that are true. But nobody, I mean nobody dammit, can knock my taste in music. I know what sounds good. This sounds good. You just can't hardly find anything worth a shit on the radio anymore.

Don't get me wrong. George Strait is still kickin' it, Dwight Yoakam yeah, and there's a few newer ones that are outstanding, like Jamey Johnson, Ryan Bingham, I like to hear Brad Paisley do gospel, most of the rest of it is pure shit. Rascal Farts my ass.

[soul0luos]

Oh hell yes.

[aballsack]

1 person is a idiot and would not rather stay here and drink

[philgiesbrecht]

Call it what you want, IT'S JUST GREAT COUNTRY MUSIC! Unfortunately, that isn't what Nashville is producing these days ( and for more than a few days past) . Why do you think the 'Bakersfield' sound came about? ?

[jamcrane3]

@philgiesbrecht Well, I never been to Bakersfield although I would like to go some day and see what what the local music scene is like these days. But I know this about Bakersfield, California. It's a hard place. Life aint easy there. It's full of struggle and strife and failure and hardship and heartbreak. It's fucking real. And these are the things that produce great country music when they are actually incorporated into the music.

In short, why did Merle want to "just stay here and drink"?

[Hickboy1998]

whoever disliked this dosent know good music

[bfh1100]

Hell Yeah, Merle.

[degeorgenum5]

true

[degeorgenum5]

i love this song

[noiseundermybed]

become 40 and you'll see

[zombiedrummerkissfan]

Country Is Dead...Jamey Johnson,  and Ryan Bingham Are The Only Ones Keeping It Up....Fuck Country Radio...

[wikedthng69]

@zombiedrummerkissfan Dead to you maybe! but there will never be another Merle,George,Johnny,Waylon,Wil­lie,Hank Sr & Jr,Conway,Marty, and so many more and i'm sure these new up and comers would all agree too that!!!

[TexasRho83]

God Bless Merle

[rebel797]

thats Clint Strong playing lead guitar ...yaaaa!!!

[Porsche928doctor]

Pop!...fizzz (foam running down the bottle)...chug-a-lug...it's break time

[slmitchell54]

turned this song on and had to crack open a cold budweiser

[emaleroland]

@slmitchell54 I already had one in hand when I got here - good minds think alike

[videodrone13]

Who hasn't been here?!?

[videodrone13]

Who hasn't been here?!?

[whiskygirl43]

i think ill drink too!

[JackGrider]

the album this is on "Back to the Barrooms" is excellent! Love Merle.

[bo45670]

long live the HAG

[wildman4169]

dame good BAR song would get drunk a lot to it

[krenzcar88]

That Bakersfield Sound.

[kencenpn]

@krenzcar88 lol

yes it is and i love it

[CrudeDude]

I'll change your flat tire Merle...........

[ButtersMcFly]

I'm a big fan of Merle... but look out when it comes to that tall straw hat.

[JackGrider]

@ButtersMcFly I love that hat!

[bluerailroad]

Look out!! Merle can play that thing! And he's a fine fiddle player too.

[shirleumcdaniel]

merle still sounds the same at the age of 74,saw him at "HARRAS",Great show!!

Thanks for sharing

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