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  • @pammontano7159
    @pammontano7159 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    It’s his own story. Johnny Cash was performing at San Quentin and Merle was in the audience. Johnny had Merle on his TV show as a guest and told him to tell his story before the press got a hold of it.

    • @mrtoad8585
      @mrtoad8585 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I believe Johnny Cash‘s introduction was that he met this next artist, while he was at San Quentin university

    • @davey3884
      @davey3884 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's loosely based on his experience, not literal. He was not doing life without parole.

    • @carlacross45
      @carlacross45 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes he was. He was pardoned by then California governor Ronald Reagan look it up

    • @ThreeorMore209
      @ThreeorMore209 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don’t think he was sentenced to life without parole but he got into a fair amount of mischief. He and some friends once “broke into” a tavern that was still open. I think they were drunk.

    • @christopherdavidson4382
      @christopherdavidson4382 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He was never actually sentenced to life without parole but he was sentenced for many years as a recidivist offender. His sentence was pardoned by then governor Ronald Reagan.

  • @jeffmosteller7175
    @jeffmosteller7175 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    That actually is his story, he was in San Quentin Prison when he heard a concert done for the inmates by Johnny Cash and started writing and singing in Prison and was Pardoned by Ronald Reagan then Governor of California

  • @757optim
    @757optim ปีที่แล้ว +49

    It's autobiographical. Merle turned 21 in prison, just not "doing life without parole". He was in San Quentin when Johnny Cash played a concert for the inmates. Merle decided "that's what I'm gonna do".

    • @danmahoney8376
      @danmahoney8376 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes his sentence was actually 25 to life.

    • @tinman3505
      @tinman3505 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nope. Half truth. He sang on stage with another famous country singer before San Quentin. The execution of his good friend is what changed his way of life

    • @bwilliams463
      @bwilliams463 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@danmahoney8376 Actually 15 years. You don't get 25 to Life for Burglary. Still a pretty stiff sentence, though.

  • @briancoker1747
    @briancoker1747 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Merle Haggard is one of the greatest. Can't go wrong with him . Sing me back home, are the good times really over for good, are a must.

    • @mrtoad8585
      @mrtoad8585 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Holding things together is short but will make u cry

  • @TexasMagnolia
    @TexasMagnolia ปีที่แล้ว +34

    A GOAT!! Merle’s Voice, Master Songwriting, Guitar Skills….This is a Must rabbit hole. But, deep analysis is not need, just listen. His music will absolutely hit your soul.

  • @patst1944
    @patst1944 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This is true country music. Merle is one of the best

  • @TexasMagnolia
    @TexasMagnolia ปีที่แล้ว +47

    It’s important to know…Merle’s songs are written from his life.
    Sing Me Back Home - from his time at San Quinton when general population and death row prisoners were housed as one.
    Country remains true musicianship.

  • @mrtoad8585
    @mrtoad8585 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This was in 1968, which was actually an interesting time in country music because you had two rival sounds you had Nashville and Bakersfield Merle Haggard is a very prominent representation of the Bakersfield, California style of country music

    • @redstateforever
      @redstateforever ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lots of Bakersfield folks had Oklahoma roots. Hell, I grew up in OK, had a few great aunts and uncles in CA, and in Bakersfield as well. They moved to Cali for a better life, but brought their guitars and music with them, and the world was blessed with the likes of Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, and later, a huge influence on Dwight Yoakum.

    • @mrtoad8585
      @mrtoad8585 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@redstateforever I’m from Oklahoma I’m familiar with the history and I love it

    • @lynnschook6124
      @lynnschook6124 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had the pleasure of meeting Merle and his sister Lillian at Pioneer Village in Bakersfield when they moved his childhood home, a boxcar, to the museum. It’s been refurbished to look just like it did when he grew up.

  • @bighousegroove
    @bighousegroove ปีที่แล้ว +20

    No he's singing his own story. With a little embellishment. He wasn't serving life without parole, but it probably felt like it when he was serving time.

  • @msvickiGa
    @msvickiGa ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I met Merle at a truckstop in New Mexico in 1977. He stands 5 foot nothing , about 110 pounds. Country music started in the 1930s over the radio, Grand Old Oprey from the Ryman.

  • @lindarumsey3109
    @lindarumsey3109 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm 56 and grew up listening to Merle. My dad loved him. He became my favorite all-time male country singer. His music touches my heart and my soul every time I hear him sing. He passed in April of 2016. He had to cancel numerous concerts starting around December of 2015. I was so blessed to have had the opportunity to take my father to see Merle in the Fall of 2015. As difficult as it may be to believe, he sounded incredible. He had the type of music and the kind of voice that sounded great throughout his life. His music always told a story, and that story always makes you think or makes you feel, or both❤❤

  • @itsallgood4093
    @itsallgood4093 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Such a classic country song with one of the most famous lines ever. You know exactly what song it is right off the bat.

  • @lindajames978
    @lindajames978 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It's Amazingly a shocking true story

  • @nathankahl7878
    @nathankahl7878 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    He spent his early years an 20s in prisons an changed his life, became a leagand in country

    • @jjcowdog2011
      @jjcowdog2011 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He was born in 1937

    • @nathankahl7878
      @nathankahl7878 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jjcowdog2011 lol

  • @jjcowdog2011
    @jjcowdog2011 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    All his music is his true life story!!

  • @SQUATCHY614
    @SQUATCHY614 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a rich voice. One of my favs

  • @retroactive1autrey668
    @retroactive1autrey668 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I met Mr. Haggard in the middle of a situation, and he scared the poop out of me. Great reaction, young Gentleman, and keep on keeping on.

  • @ruckusperchbullet1276
    @ruckusperchbullet1276 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Merle was a different breed. Amazing human being.

  • @bruceschorr3926
    @bruceschorr3926 ปีที่แล้ว

    60's he hooked me in the 70s and I was into rock and roll and motown but "daddy frank the guitar man " hooked me he wrote about his life "sing me back home " is about his time in San Quentin

  • @donnamoskowitz4978
    @donnamoskowitz4978 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You get it! This is why I love your channel so much! Well done young man! Again, love from a fellow Texan! I appreciate you!🤠🤠🤠

  • @julieroblyer8844
    @julieroblyer8844 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Merle is one of my favorites. Thanks!

  • @civlwrbuf
    @civlwrbuf ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He was also a great impressionist. There is video on youtube of him doing impressions of different country singers. It is pretty good than actual singer comes out and you can't tell them apart.

  • @civlwrbuf
    @civlwrbuf ปีที่แล้ว

    Mama Tried is considered second to He Stopped Loving Her Today as few greatest country songs ever written.

  • @karenpowell6063
    @karenpowell6063 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The music business back in the 50s & 60s was tough , it could take years for an aspiring musician/ singer to break through. Most traveled the bar circuit performing in some pretty rough joints just hoping to be " discovered " by someone in the music industry. Many traveled in groups by car , Elvis was one traveled the circuit with other musicians .

  • @marktaylor4458
    @marktaylor4458 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hank Williams was central to country music in the forties and fifties. There were many others. Most performed on the Grand Old Opr'y. There were many great female contry singers at that time and into the sixties and 70"s.

  • @laineyboy
    @laineyboy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Merle was the MAN.💪💯

  • @chenzenzo
    @chenzenzo หลายเดือนก่อน

    Merle was a master impressionist. Check him out with George Jones, Marty Robbins, Buck Owen's and Johnny Cash. This is 1975.

  • @johnnacourtway8305
    @johnnacourtway8305 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He’s singing his own story! He lived this.

  • @laurat1720
    @laurat1720 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You can never go wrong with the country artists from the 50s and 60s.

  • @michellejackson6679
    @michellejackson6679 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's his story.....This is great country that my Grandfather taught me.. They wrote their music for the most part from their life experiences.

  • @Algorithmicgeneratedwordsalad
    @Algorithmicgeneratedwordsalad ปีที่แล้ว

    There's a movie that I grew up watching called the song catcher it's about Scottish American immigrants during the early 1900s and it talks about how Scottish folk music turned into Bluegrass and then later took Roots into country and if you have an interest in American country music I always recommend that film to people

  • @censorshipsucks9493
    @censorshipsucks9493 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's hard to listen to other Merle Haggard songs after this because this is his finest moment.

  • @profanepersonality
    @profanepersonality ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was my uncle's favorite song. We played it at his funeral. He lived most of it.

  • @yonu5983
    @yonu5983 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @ Mugnify Reacts Merle did do some time at San Quinton.

  • @vickihirsch8340
    @vickihirsch8340 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He actually did turn 21 in prison. He had a long history with the law. He saw Johnny Cash perform live in prison and turned his attention towards music. He was eventually paroled and received a full pardon by Ptesident Ronald Raegan I think.

  • @HardcoreFourSix
    @HardcoreFourSix ปีที่แล้ว

    CHeck out Merle's autobiography "Sing Me Back Home", great read about a great entertainer

  • @cherylcrichfield4719
    @cherylcrichfield4719 ปีที่แล้ว

    He did time in Folsom! Saw Johnny Cash play there and he wrote his life!

  • @cbobwhite5768
    @cbobwhite5768 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's the "neck" of his guitar. A lot of country singer still do that.

  • @chasephillips6460
    @chasephillips6460 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yea this is his own story he was in prison when Johnny cash came and performed which inspired him to make music. Eventually he made it big and Ronald Reagan pardoned him

  • @bwilliams463
    @bwilliams463 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've always loved this song for its simplicity - and the lyrics, of course. There was a time in my life when I would listen to this song and cry, thinking of all the shame and disappointment I brought to my own mother.

  • @anthonylewis62
    @anthonylewis62 ปีที่แล้ว

    Merle did do 3 years in his young years in San Quention,

  • @pwhudnall
    @pwhudnall 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Play the one where he sings this song to his Mama in the audience.

  • @donnaneville192
    @donnaneville192 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    While Merle didn't go to prison or killing anyone, he was considered a habitual criminal for lesser crimes. He was in prison when he saw Johnny Cash perform and that influenced him to change.

  • @lydiajoy1823
    @lydiajoy1823 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Merle Haggard was my dad’s favorite. Loved his voice. The recording of this song is really great and I have never heard this live version, they did a great job. So glad to see this video, glad you like this song also. I also like “tonight the bottle let me down,“ that is another one of his great songs. th-cam.com/video/SLbOucSlX7M/w-d-xo.html Take care!❤️

  • @patriciapicou1096
    @patriciapicou1096 ปีที่แล้ว

    Merle was in San Quinton in 1957 for burglary -- he was singing his own life.

  • @bonnibobb1628
    @bonnibobb1628 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was one of the more serious "story songs" but if you like that kind of song, for something more lighthearted, try some songs by Roger Miller.

  • @CorridorOfMirrorsRemixes
    @CorridorOfMirrorsRemixes 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Heard this on the finale of Fear The Walking Dead, and man, this is one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard. Classic country has a really special place in my heart. Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, the list goes on…you simply can’t beat them. So much insane talent that will be always remembered for generations to come. ❤️

    • @CorridorOfMirrorsRemixes
      @CorridorOfMirrorsRemixes 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This song has been playing in my head all day. Something about this song is so special to me, and made me a little emotional listening to him sing. The chords, the lyrics, the amazing vocals…it’s a perfect recipe that works so well.

  • @creinicke1000
    @creinicke1000 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Obviously, he wasn't in prison for life.. But he was in prison.. and it's a simple but true song. All of those in prison have a mama who tried.

    • @donnamoskowitz4978
      @donnamoskowitz4978 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your comment touched me because grandmothers try also!

  • @theresamendoza9143
    @theresamendoza9143 ปีที่แล้ว

    He did do 3 years in prison. I don't know how much the term was. Actually, he got early release.

  • @sharonglover7221
    @sharonglover7221 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still listen to Merle in a CD in my car. I love this man. He has great great songs. Listen to IF WE MAKE IT TO DECEMBER.

  • @Mftjan2000
    @Mftjan2000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's his story but he wasn't without parole.

  • @anthonylewis62
    @anthonylewis62 ปีที่แล้ว

    60s, he was the best of all time, there was none like him, i was fortunate to see him in 1973, i had a blind date and he found out i was a Hag fan, and got the tickets ahead of time, and he did not even like country, it was a real thrill for me,

  • @I_give_up_already
    @I_give_up_already ปีที่แล้ว

    Silver Wings is my favorite Merle song or Okie From Muskogee

  • @TANTRUMGASM
    @TANTRUMGASM ปีที่แล้ว

    Haggard looked the part, sounded the part, because he was the part.

  • @jackiebinns6205
    @jackiebinns6205 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its his story ! He was in prison when Johnny cash came to the prison and sang then he said " I can do that " he left prison and became fanous 😂😳

  • @donnarobbins3126
    @donnarobbins3126 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love me some Merle! Sing me back home is a must.❤

  • @ArleneAdkinsZell
    @ArleneAdkinsZell ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this great reaction and for sharing your thoughts, Merle was so gifted, he could write and sing about his life experiences in such a smooth way.

  • @timothywilliams2252
    @timothywilliams2252 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Merle was both a pioneer in "outlaw" country, and what would become to be known as the "Bakersfield" sound. Because of him and Buck Owens, Country Music from California would make its mark.

  • @joanhardesty5051
    @joanhardesty5051 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    True story, his story

  • @TheLordHighXcutioner
    @TheLordHighXcutioner ปีที่แล้ว +1

    React to Merle Haggard- Working Man Blues.

  • @andrewsumner6378
    @andrewsumner6378 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good job brother keep up the good work and do some country every now and then 😊

  • @farmermiyagi1338
    @farmermiyagi1338 ปีที่แล้ว

    Merle was in San Quentin and Folsom prison both.

  • @royperkins9176
    @royperkins9176 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved the reaction.

  • @frndofbear
    @frndofbear 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the Top Ten Country Music Songs of all time.

  • @angelskunk2206
    @angelskunk2206 ปีที่แล้ว

    Merle did turn 21 in San Quentin prison but not doing life without parole, obviously. It was there that his life was forever changed when he saw Johnny Cash perform for the San Quentin inmates in 1958. He then decided to straighten himself out and become a country singer. He and Johnny later became close friends and remained close until Johnny died in September of 2003.
    A couple of my favorite Merle Haggard songs that I’d love to see you react to are My Favorite Memory & Are The Good Times Really Over.
    There’s also a great song that Merle and Willie Nelson collaborated on that you should check out called Poncho and Lefty 🔥❤️

  • @arnoldcox9128
    @arnoldcox9128 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the all time best country voices

  • @newgrl
    @newgrl ปีที่แล้ว

    Merle Haggard caught one of Johnny Cash's concerts at the prison in San Quinton (the one in 1959, not the one that was recorded).... and the rest is history. One of the original Outlaws of Country Music.

  • @miked2445
    @miked2445 ปีที่แล้ว

    So good. Soooo good.

  • @pennyyoung3166
    @pennyyoung3166 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was his story. Saw him in concert 80s so so good

  • @jamesbogacki4453
    @jamesbogacki4453 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah he was San Quentin As a Veteran I like Fighten Side Of Me

  • @peterstilla8733
    @peterstilla8733 ปีที่แล้ว

    Merle Haggard was one of the Giants of country music when it was at it's best.

  • @1234larry1
    @1234larry1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There’s a club called the “27 club.” It’s all the famous musical artists and performers that died during the 60’s/70’s at 27 years of age.

  • @ervklein6086
    @ervklein6086 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great singer/songwriter. This was from the 70;s. Merle did such great songs. Just do a youtube search for Merle Haggard. If you like country music you'll be amazed.

  • @ltodd79
    @ltodd79 ปีที่แล้ว

    No. That's Merle's Story. He served time starting when he was a teenager. After he was paroled he always returned for performances.

  • @sandralorenz1796
    @sandralorenz1796 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was recorded in 1968. Check out "Silver Wings", "Mama's Hungry Eyes".

  • @karendavis2668
    @karendavis2668 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to have a live Reba CD and she covered this! Love it 😍

  • @pammyt8289
    @pammyt8289 ปีที่แล้ว

    Haggard served time in San Quentin for burglary. He was in the audience when Johnny Cash performed at the prison. Inspired by the concert, Merle decided to get his life in order using prison resources like the GED program. His teen years saw many scrapes with law/rap sheet prior to his adult incarceration.

  • @MrAWL94
    @MrAWL94 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This song was released In 1968

  • @sandramurdico1781
    @sandramurdico1781 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Merle Haggard was in San Quentin prison. California Governor Ronald Reagan granted Merle a full pardon due to his lack of representation and excessive prison 😮. You need to check out Merle singing Sing Me Back Home.

  • @brianforgie7724
    @brianforgie7724 ปีที่แล้ว

    Country music brother really has some of the best musicians and song writers. No tricks musically like in rock or metal rap or dance hall music. Straight up in front of you talent. No computers and loops or backing tracks just a man and his guitar. Classic tune hard too argue with it place in country music history. If you said its the number 1 of all time I would have a hard time arguing with you. This tune He Stopped loving her(George Jones) Gentle on My Mind ( Glen Campbell) and Amarillo by Morning( George Strait) greatest country songs. No bias,Waylon Jennings is my favorite. Peace from Canada

  • @kathyhaymaker840
    @kathyhaymaker840 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love Merle!!!

  • @luthermoore2969
    @luthermoore2969 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want to say 68 is when this clip was

  • @brianbrooks-in5yy
    @brianbrooks-in5yy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He's sangin' his story

  • @2023bburgess
    @2023bburgess 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    YES THIS WAS HIS REAL LIFE

  • @wendyparker1986
    @wendyparker1986 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favorite! The Hagg!

  • @channellock40
    @channellock40 ปีที่แล้ว

    Merle escaped jail 13 times. This is why He did 6 yrs in prison. Most of his songs were written about that time in his life. He even saw a friend go to death row. He was going to escape with that friend who went on death row, but was talked out of it. Merle was told to stay , do his time, because He had a talent his prisoner friends wanted him to continue......they didn't want Him to get busted for a escape and do more time. The ones who escpaped, killed a cop...they were brought back, and given death . Merle sings about that on a song called , sing me back home. This was a story his oldest son told .

  • @donproctor3445
    @donproctor3445 ปีที่แล้ว

    Real country is dead or dying. Merle was the best

  • @malcongrued
    @malcongrued ปีที่แล้ว

    you should see his story

  • @garrybutler3553
    @garrybutler3553 ปีที่แล้ว

    Merle served time in San Quentin

  • @jamesboykin7319
    @jamesboykin7319 ปีที่แล้ว

    This song reminds me of the movie "The Strangers" creepy.

  • @57too
    @57too 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Meryl had the best timber in a voice ever. My brother knew him and hung with him.
    Meryl spent time in prison too.

  • @anthonylewis62
    @anthonylewis62 ปีที่แล้ว

    THERE WAS ONLY ONE HAG, NEVER BE ANOTHER, HE WAS THE VERY VERY BEST, AND YES MERLE DID SPEND 3 YEARS IN FOLSOM PRISON FOR REAL, HE WAS A WILD BOY BACK IN THE DAY

  • @chenzenzo
    @chenzenzo หลายเดือนก่อน

    You got no fucking idea. Merle Haggard is the baddest man on the planet!
    Look him up and say otherwise...............
    Don't test a Champion! Merle is a golden man.
    Walking between rain and can do anything all time.
    Check him! BAD MAN!

  • @babzcovington492
    @babzcovington492 ปีที่แล้ว

    thegrateful dead does a wonderful cover of this.

  • @davidmc1489
    @davidmc1489 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of merles influences was lefty frizzel...

  • @melindamitchell-ph8jy
    @melindamitchell-ph8jy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    True story

  • @chrislind57
    @chrislind57 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No, he was singing his story

  • @larennelson5793
    @larennelson5793 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You should listen to Comanche by Johnny Horton

  • @tahliasgoddaddy
    @tahliasgoddaddy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Merle wrote this. Not sure whose story it might be. But Merle was an obitual offender, but petty crimes. He was sent to prison, because he kept escaping and while he wasn't serving life, it was a substantial sentence. Johnny Cash met him when he performed at the prison and saw something deserving of a second chance.
    He saw similar qualities in Johnny Rodriguez and David Allen Coe.
    Cash helped to get a few prisoners a second chance.

    • @miked2445
      @miked2445 ปีที่แล้ว

      I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING!!!!! I THINK I SHIT MYSELF!!!!! STOP IT!! Obitual now exists in my vernacular...obitually I'm using it every chance I get! You are KILLING ME!!!

  • @calvintaylor6428
    @calvintaylor6428 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another young great from the late 50's and early 60's was Patsy Cline.