Favoriting Honky Tonk Radio Girl with Becky: Playlist from April 6, 2016 Favoriting

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Favoriting April 6, 2016: MERLE HAGGARD 1937 - 2016

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments Approx. start time
Merle Haggard  Mama Tried   Favoriting single  Capitol  1968  7"    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  Sing A Sad Song   Favoriting single  Tally  1963  7"    0:03:44 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  Sam Hill   Favoriting single  Tally  1963  7"    0:06:06 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  Please Mr. DJ   Favoriting single  Tally  1964  7"    0:08:49 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers   Favoriting single  Tally  1964  7"    0:10:56 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  They're Tearin' The Labor Camps Down   Favoriting Let Me Tell You About A Song  Capitol    LP    0:13:25 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  Bill Woods From Bakersfield   Favoriting Let Me Tell You About A Song  Capitol  1972  LP    0:18:27 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can   Favoriting single  Capitol  1965  7"    0:21:39 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  Swinging Doors   Favoriting single  Capitol  1965  7"    0:23:30 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  I'm A Lonesome Fugitive   Favoriting single  Capitol    7"    0:26:23 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  Little Ole Wine Drinker Me   Favoriting Mama Tried  Capitol  1968  LP    0:29:16 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  Irma Jackson   Favoriting Let Me Tell You About A Song  Capitol  1972  LP    0:33:49 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  Okie From Muskogee   Favoriting single  Capitol  1969  7"    0:36:33 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  Branded Man   Favoriting single  Capitol  1967  7"    0:39:15 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  California Blues   Favoriting single  Capitol  1969  7"    0:42:14 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  Does Impressions   Favoriting n/a  n/a    MP3  Check it out here!! A must-watch!  0:45:43 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  Grandma Harp   Favoriting Let Me Tell You About A Song  Capitol  1972  LP    0:50:36 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  Big City   Favoriting Big City  Epic  1981  LP    0:53:22 (Pop-up)
Merle Haggard  Sing Me Back Home   Favoriting single  Capitol  1967  7"    0:56:20 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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KP:

Howdy, Becky!
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melinda:

Hi Becky!
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Alex of Chicago:

HI
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chris:

RIP, Merle, this joint's for you.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Died on his 79th birthday. Imagine that.
  8:03pm
diegobritt:

such a sad day... thanks for the merle.....
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melinda:

Why did it post twice? Oh well. Nice to hear Merle.
  8:03pm
JakeGould:

Howllowe!
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chris:

hi, Becky, thanks for spinnin' up the tribute!
  8:04pm
SeanG:

wishing all these old things were new--that's my fave merle tune
  8:04pm
P-90:

Now Merle. They"re dropping like flies.
Howdy Beckaroos.
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Mailman Tom:

I loved this man's music for the past 46 years. Goodbye, Merle.
  8:06pm
Ice in Brooklyn:

Looking forward to tonite. Thanks htrg
  8:06pm
P-90:

Saw some old footage of him appear this afternoon on a cable news channel. I said "uh-oh..."
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timurf:

I just heard the news minutes ago. But I am thankful as there are few better ways to celebrate Merle than by listening to one of my favorite radio programs in commemoration.
Avatar 8:07pm
Becky:

Hi, everyone. This is one of the hardest things I've ever done! I'm glad we're all here together.
Avatar 8:09pm
Cheri Pi:

Nowhere I'd rather be than here with you Becky
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dale:

sam hill is surprisingly like sam's place. is it the same sam?
  8:10pm
P-90:

@Becky: almost my first thought when I heard was: It's Wednesday, HTRG will be on there with an instant memorial...
Avatar 8:11pm
LilyAbigale:

Thanks!
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dale:

if we make it through december is one of my absolute favorite songs any time of the year.
  8:15pm
diegobritt:

Sam Hill made me think it was Tom T Hall song. It sounded like him. But it was a Tommy Collins song.... how about that...
  8:25pm
diegobritt:

Thanks for these seldom heard Merle tracks!
  8:25pm
JakeGould:

A death is sad, but the memories of an artist last pretty much forever. So hey.
  8:27pm
Stuart Rose:

Great tribute, Becky.
How fortunate for us that your show is on the evening of this sad day.
  8:28pm
SeanG:

damn i can relate to this song a couple years ago. haha!
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KP:

Tell it, SeanG!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Merle was a prisoner in the audience in 1958 when Johnny Cash played at Folsom Prison.
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Julea:

Thanks for all the great tunes tonight Becky. <3
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Becky:

You got it, Julea. And everybody else!
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Julea:

It has been appropriately cloudy and stormy all day here in Nashville.
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ericd:

Drinking a glass a wine for Merle now, and I'm in the corner crying'
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PsychopathJimFields:

I feel like I'm listening to WHN in 1972. That is a very, very good thing :)

Hey! Look up there. It Cheri Pi :)
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KP:

My sister-in-law and family lived in Palo Cedro, where he lived and died. A week after my last visit, he gave the town a shout out on the Grammys. i couldnt believe it.
Avatar 8:35pm
Marc Francis:

Thanks for this Becky.
  8:37pm
JakeGould:

Word is: Irma Jackson is one helluva project!
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dale:

pitchin' woo - wow! it's no heavy pettin' but i'll take it!
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Aaron in Minneapolis:

As I read on Metafilter today, Merle released Irma Jackson right after Okie, so he had quite the range of material
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Cheri Pi:

That's great KP!
Avatar 8:41pm
Ham:

Ol' Hag.
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PsychopathJimFields:

Pitchin' woo
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Dominick:

this is helping
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dale:

capitol didn't release irma until a cover version came out to test the waters of the interracial thing
  8:44pm
JakeGould:

Señor Wences!
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Dominick:

easy
  8:46pm
Mark:

I'm proud to be a hippie from Ypsilanti.
More or less.
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Julea:

I love that clip of Roy Buchanan and Roy Nichols playing this one with Merle back in the day. Buchanan hits some other-worldly notes in that one.
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dale:

this is some pretty clean sounding vinyl.
  8:47pm
JakeGould:

@Dominick: It’s alright?
  8:48pm
JakeGould:

Excellent show.
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dale:

marty's gunfighter ballads was a revelation. especially at 10 cents from my salvay.
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Dominick:

s'allright!
  8:50pm
JakeGould:

Hey. Suddenly 91.1FM sounds weaker and a bit staticky in Bay Ridge. Anyone else?
  8:51pm
diegobritt:

Thank you Becky....
  8:56pm
P-90:

I was at the Iridium club in midtown a few years back, for Les Paul's regular Monday night gig. Musicians visiting town would often turn up there, often jump onstage and banter with Les, maybe do a number of two with the band. Merle walked in (with Keith Richards and Paul Shaeffer in tow), he came up and played and sang, and spoke a little about his admiration for Les. He was digging being in the big city, and just amazed that everyone knew who he was... Something you never forget.
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dale:

thanks honky tonk girl - heartfelt show!
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Alex of Chicago:

Yes, thank you. Wonderful show.
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TR In MI:

Thanks Becky for the great tribute. This one will get repeat listening in the days to come.
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dale:

i saw willie and johnny and dwight in manhattan, but tammy wynette at the bottom line blew them all out of the water.
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PsychopathJimFields:

Beautiful show!
  8:59pm
Trevor T:

RIP Merle. Thank you Becky.
  8:59pm
P-90:

Merle had his signature model Fender "Tuff Dog Telecaster" guitar with him.
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chris:

Thanks again, Becky.
  9:02pm
P-90:

Thank you kindly, Ma'am!
  9:02pm
djelrock:

Good show
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Brian in UK:

Great instant tribute, Becky. Time will be needed to fully absorb the man's lasting worth.
He was never so big over here for obvious reasons but a good songwriter will cross all borders. Thanks.
  3:43pm
Ben:

Awesome, thanks so much! Getting me through the day.
  8:24am
ditty from neptune city:

"What Country Was" song that Nashville-bound Nicole Atkins performed at last fall's outdoor Hoboken Arts & Music Festival kept rolling through my mind,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzZ94tz_SPU&t=4s

Merle's Buck Owens & Johnny Cash impersonations are a riot
  11:58am
Marie:

Thanks for the great song selections, Becky. I am being schooled in Merle since he passed away. I never knew how great he was.
  10:04am
okie from muskogee:

I don't think anyone remembered Glen Jones interviewing Merle Haggard on WFMU. Here that is, July 5, 2004, when Merle came up on a rare area appearance to play at B.B. King's
http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=11808&archive=113359&starttime=10:28
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