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[edit] Questions

Two questions — Is the correct song title, "The Bottle Let Me Done", or "The Bottle Let Me Down"? If Haggard was sent up for 15 yrs., how do we explain that he got out after only 3? --Jose Ramos 13:48, 25 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Down, not done Parole

"The Bottle Let Me DOWN" that the name of the song! Alakey2010 29 April 2006 - 10:21 pm

[edit] Photo

Can somebody add a picture of Merle Haggard for this article? I would, but I still don't know how to do it.

Here's a pic of Merle:

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[edit] Wikipedia Style

Sound man73, your linking of all the song and album names to a series of external myspace is not "the way you do it" in Wikipedia. Links if made are to other internal Wikipedia articles (such as is there for a couple of albums). The external web pages are just referenced at the end under an External links section.

Accordingly, I've reverted out all those external links, leaving in any other changes you made to the article at the same time. Wasted Time R 9 July 2005 03:57 (UTC)

[edit] Johnny Cash concert

The article states "Merle attended three of Johnny Cash's concerts at San Quentin in three different years." -- Prehaps there were earlier concerts, but the famous Johnny Cash appearance at San Quentin took place in 1969 -- nine years after Haggard got out.

So, is the quoted sentence an error, or were there earlier (pre-1960) appearances by Cash at San Quentin?

It must be an error, probably means 1970. In 1960 you did NOT get out of prison after only 3 years of 15 year sentance. Reagan was elected in 1968, so 1970 fits as a pardon (release) date, and allows Haggard to have been at Cash's concert(s). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.241.74.73 (talk) 21:12, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Where is Big boy?

One of his largest albums (and individual hits) and it doesn't even get mentioned on the wiki entry.

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[edit] Feud with Willie Nelson?

Is there source somewhere to back up the information about the feud with Willie Nelson? I notice they recorded an album together. Joyous | Talk 23:29, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

thi article is full of bull. This article is full of bull parsons and haggard never wrote together haggard was an established star who parsons covered —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.94.6.28 (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Reason for revert to Feb 7 version

I agree with the anonymous editor above. The edits by User:PeterTores introduced several suspicious and unsourced pieces of information: that Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson had a feud going, that Haggard owed much of his success to Gram Parsons, etc. In fact, a good chunk of Haggard's article became a tribute to Gram Parsons. I'm not able to pick out the fiction from the fact in that large edit by PeterTores, but I feel that enough of it is suspect that I've removed it all. There have been some other minor edits since Feb 7, and I'll try to restore those. My apologies if I miss any. Joyous | Talk 16:55, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

As someone has deleted the Time Magazine cover for copyright issues, I think we need a new photo.

http://www.omguide.com/images/full_merle.jpg (This would be good with some cropping) Neal2028 03:25, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

I put a new picture of Merle Haggard! The picture is the album cover of his latest album.

[edit] Did Some Updating

I put 3 or 4 pictures of Merle and all of his awards and albums on his page! So there are some new pictures for y'all! - Alakey2010

I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly, but I wanted to point out some political bias in the entry. Here's the offending section:

"Later, Alabama Gov. George Wallace asked Haggard for an endorsement, which Haggard declined. However, Haggard does express sympathy with the "parochial" or conservative way of life expressed in "Okie" and songs such as "The Fightin' Side of Me" (ibid). It should be noted, however, that after "Okie" was released, Haggard wanted to release a self-penned song entitled "Irma Jackson" about an interracial couple; the single was quashed by his record company, although Tony Booth went on to record it in 1970."

The "however" at the start (fifth word) of the 3rd sentence suggests that not being opposed to interracial relationships (i.e., not racist against blacks) is somehow inherently contradictory of the attitudes reflected in "Okie" and "The Fightin' Side of Me" (i.e., conservatism). This is not the case. Like Haggard, I am not a southernor but if I were, I would find this implication offensive.---sasmith68

[edit] Death row

While put in solitary confinement on death row, Haggard encountered author and death row inmate Caryl Chessman.

This sentence makes it sound like Haggard was sentenced to death. If that's true, it needs to be expanded. If not (I'm guessing that's the case), the "on death row" part could be eliminated, since "death row inmate" covers where he was (physically) without introducing confusion. 141.151.181.162 04:21, 3 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Voice

Can his voice really be described as "deep" or "grumbling"? Maybe his soul, but definitely not his voice. step_sideways 07:48, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Merle haggard chicago wind album.jpg

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