Driving, Concert, More Driving, Then The Hotel And A Quasi Argument Merle Haggard Concerts Tickets, I'm writing this in the worst possible frame of mind; slightly buzzed, more than a little irritated, hungry and grouchy. But let's start at the beginning. This morning the wife and I slept in slightly, I finally got up around 10:30 and re-packed the items I'd begun unpacking before I'd realized that we'd be staying in that hotel for only one night. We called down for the car and had it brought around, then took our stuff downstairs. I decided to drive us, which is a rarity for me when in Dall.

Feel Good Friday Night: A tour of the honky tonk nightlife As you may or may not know, Haggard is my hero so here's one last shot of Merle. Now here's the most complete tour of honky tonk I could put together.hile the ribs were cooking. Tickets.

Feel Good Friday: God Bless America and Merle Haggard Edition This July 4th treat your ears to an American institution, Merle Haggard.  No matter what kind of a mood you're in this song- that sounds like it could have been written yesterday- will make you feel better. Merle Haggard Tickets.

He's Merle Haggard, and He Approves This Message Happy Independence Day. Cheap Merle Haggard Tickets.

Feel-Good Friday Double Feature: Happy Fourth and Happy Birthday! In honor of Independence Day and my dad's 60th birthday, I've chosen two videos today. The first was an easy choice. The singer has always been my dad's favorite and he played his records for as long as I can remember (until I got cute one day and broke his record player?well, I was very young). My dad and his band, The Liberty Boys, played his songs for years and years and the band was always pelted with requests to sing his songs at local Hee Haws, barn dances and the like. So, my first. Concerts.

An American Independence Day Musical Interlude May I wish all my possible American Readers (including C. Van Carter of Across Difficult Country, Snaggle-tooth Jones of Colorado Confederatarian, Rob at Pith Helmet and the Vanishing American) a Happy and Enjoyable American Independence Day as The Boy's Own Paper presents: Merle Haggard ? America First . Merle Haggard.

Weekend Music: Happy Birthday, U.S.A! .".Hey, baby.".X, Dave Alvin and Robert Earl Keen have all sung.".It's the Fourth of July.".Wow, already? Instead of sitting on the stairs smoking a cigarette alone (nice image, John Doe), why not check out some music? Assuming you're recovered from this morning's Geto Boys video onslaught, here comes Round 2. Tonight at Sammie's on Main (the one under the Pierce Elevated), Austin's Skyrocket! always gets 'em out on the dance floor with this song. How could they not? Ordered your Mamma Mia! adva. National City Pavilion.

Re-Scattering Willie Nelson's Stardust, 30 Years Later Cincinnati, By 1977, Willie Nelson had been called a lot of derogatory things in his decades-long struggle to make it in country music. But even the most open-minded person could certainly forgive his record company, management, friends and fans for believing that besides writing the song .".Crazy.".he'd gone a little crazy too. Just when Nelson's star was in full ascendancy and .".outlaw country.".was the hot sound, the ever unpredictable favorite son of Abbott, Texas decided that his next record proje.

Country Music: How It Survived Commercialization Take a Scottish lament, an Irish reel, an English ballad. Transport it across the waters, introduce it to songs sung by African American field hands, let it steep in an isolated hollow for a few decades, and, presto, you have country music. That's the story of country, but only in part. Country music has traceable folk origins, but, like all folk music, it comes from everywhere, a magpie borrowing from every style it comes into contact with: Tin Pan Alley, the blues, jazz, polka, classical?and. OH.

The Old 97's: Saddle up for Blame It On Gravity .".Cowboy poetry.".is one of those phrases you sometimes hear and don't know quite what to make of it. Odes to sagebrush and saddle sores, perhaps? But the music of The Old 97's, with its high lonesome sound, always felt like a kind of cowboy poetry to me. The Dallas-spawned band draws on country music to create something that's not quite alt-country ? it's a smoother sound than, say, the grittier Uncle Tupelo or Whiskeytown. Instead, frontman Rhett Miller uses the twangs and tropes of country. National City Pavilion Tickets.