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Archive Home > 2006 > August > 11 > Merle: still on the road

Merle: still on the road

Merle Haggard and The Strangers play at Les Schwab Amphitheater

By Ben Salmon / The Bulletin
August 11, 2006

It's been a sad couple of years for real country music, and it has nothing to do with the singin' and playin' coming out of Nashville.

No, it has to do with the passage of time. The end of an era. The long, slow goodbye that fans of country are saying to the golden age of twang.

The late 1950s....

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