Merle Haggard invited me over for Christmas Dinner .Merle Haggard invited me over for Christmas Dinner.Welcome to my blog n roll series, Lyric Today/Hear it Tomorrow.&.nbsp.&.nbsp;BLT and I'll be your host. The song, The Day Merle Haggard Stole my Pen, was a true story.&.nbsp;This one is true, only in my dreams.&.Read the .full post.from .Recent Blog Posts: Bakersfield.com.via .Merle Haggard.Merle Haggard. By Peter Tickets.by Peter.Jim Lauderdale Jim Lauderdale is a singer/songwriter with his roots firmly in the country music. However, to call him a country artist would do him short. Lauderdale uses elements of country, folk, blues, honky tonk, rock etc. He might not be a household name for many and didn't sell many records bu.Read the .full post.from .Time Has Told.via .Merle Haggard. I Beg Your Pardon, Rolling Stone? .I Beg Your Pardon, Rolling Stone.I know these lists are silly, but they still have the capacity to rile me up. And whatever Rolling Stone was smoking when it compiled its 100 Greatest Singers of All Time compendium, they can keep it! The list: 100 Mary J. Blige 99 Steven Tyler 98 Stevie Nicks 97 Joe Cocker 96 B.B. King 95 Patti LaB.Read the .full post.from .Music Filter.via .Merle Haggard. Merle Haggard, the Beethoven of hard country, recovering from lung surgery .Merle Haggard, the Beethoven of hard country, recovering from lung surgery.From Reuters via TheStar.com : Country singer Merle Haggard, recently diagnosed with lung cancer, had part of a lung removed and is recovering at home, his spokeswoman said Sunday. The 71-year-old singer-songwriter underwent surgery Monday in a Bakersfield, California, hospital. "I'm feeling good .Read the .full post.from .Bill Doskoch: Media, BPS*, Film, Minutiae.Tags.Main Page.minutiae.via .Merle Haggard. Ticket. Music for Obama's Inauguration? .Music for Obama's Inauguration.If I had my guess, Chicago will be well-represented when Barack Obama chooses the musicians to perform at his inauguration. I'd be willing to bet that Wilco will be there. Maybe Buddy Guy and Mavis Staples, too. I'd also like to see Common, a rapper from Chicago, perform at the inauguration. Ideally.Read the .full post.from .Cahl's Juke Joint: A rock, blues and jazz blog.via .Merle Haggard. Merle Haggard at . I don't know what "the catbird seat" is. .I don't know what "the catbird seat".The other night at pub trivia, one of my teammates said something about being "in the catbird seat," meaning someone was sitting pretty. The phrase struck us all as funny, and we realized that we had no idea what a catbird was, much less what a catbird's seat looked like, or why that might be a good.Read the .full post.from .Answer Girl.via .Merle Haggard. Merle Haggard tickets. D.A.C. O.G. .   I can't help thinking that David Allan Coe has more in common with some hip-hop artists than he does with, say, Keith Urban.  It's that hard-core attitude with the bordering-on-ridiculous insistence on one's authenticity.  I mean, yeah, he spent some time in prison, etc. etc. but the mor.Read the .full post.from .The Driftwood Singers Present.via .Merle Haggard. ticket broker. DCist Interview: Murry Hammond of Old 97's .DCist Interview: Murry Hammond of Old 97's.Back in the second Clinton administration, when No Depression proudly billed itself as "The Alternative Country (whatever that is) bi-monthly magazine," no band seemed to carry more potential to bring this music into the mainstream with its integrity intact than Old 97's. Solidifying its four-man li.Read the .full post.from .DCist.via .Merle Haggard. ticket brokers. Sunday Spin: Lynyrd Skynyrd tickets.Sunday Spin: Lynyrd Skynyrd.OUR WEEKLY SALUTE TO CLASSIC ALBUMSGIVES YOU THREE STEPS AND THEN SOME Last month marked the 35th anniversary of Lynyrd Skynyrd debut, (pronounced.&.amp;#277;h-'nerd 'skin-'nerd) . Outside of AC/DC's Bon Scott, the working man has never had a better rock ally than the original lineup of Skynyrd, wh.Read the .full post.from .JamBase.via .Merle Haggard. Bumbershoot 2008: Monday in Review .Bumbershoot 2008: Monday in Review.Live Music Blog Represent Monday was about the same as any final festival day (for me at least), slow to start and relaxed throughout as I finally begin to accept the fact that I cannot be at two stages at once. Monday morning's early highlight was the School of Rock: Northwest All-Stars show. Those.Read the .full post.from .Live Music Blog.com.via .Merle Haggard.tickets. |