Wednesday, June 08, 2005

 

Quote of Note: Merle Haggard

"Son, Muskogee is the only place I DON'T smoke it,"

Merle Haggard, 1974, quoted here.

Comments:
For immediate Release:
March 2, 2007
From: Dr. BLT Music
To: Merle Haggard and his peeps

A song by Dr Bruce L. Thiessen, aka, Dr. BLT of Bakersfield, California, paying tribute to Merle Haggard's fighting side is climbing this chart, jumping over 1200 notches in one week to land at number 243 this week:

http://www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/lwwsongspage.html

The Dr. BLT song that proceeded it, Neil Young (Have you Forgotten), hit #1 on this chart back in July of 2006 and now rests at #155. It was also named the # 8 Best Record of 2006 by Blogcritics magazine writer, Al Barger here:

http://www.morethings.com/music/best_songs_2006.htm

The Merle Haggard tribute song can be heard and downloaded for free at the site of the chart or here.

Merle Hasn't Lost His Fightin' Side
Dr BLT
words and music by Dr Bruce L. Thiessen, aka Dr. BLT (c) 2007
http://www.drblt.net/music/MerleVeryLast.mp3
 
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