You'll never hear anything that will compare to Merle's talent. Whenever I was around Merle, I could just feel the greatest when he walked into the room. Simply the greatest country music singer songwriter ever.
I am sitting here on this Sunday evening sipping a whiskey, watching my horses eat, and watching the sun set here in beautiful Arizona . This song is the perfect capper. You are missed Hag! Dang it!!!
My wife and I saw merle 12 times in our life. The last time was Sept of the year before he died. No one has ever been as good as merle and no one ever will be. Rip merle you were the best
Try reading his book "Sing Me Back Home" it's very good and he wrote it! I bought it as a paperback at a Circle K store. I lent it to a supposedly friend and it was gone, a long with my friend.
Merle Haggard is great but he ain't the king of country, but there he's one of the bad boys at least of california, he's right up there with Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings I love those three they're the best they're the three kings as far as I'm concerned and don't forget all Willie Nelson
@@seanwallin4956 if you had to pick one as king actually you would have to go with hiram Williams, who started it all and for for the sake of fitting in to this conversation his middle name is king.
I’m a 60 year old man I don’t know how many times I’ve seen mighty Merle. I got to talk with Miss Bonnie Owens. On one Special night. That was the sweetest lady I’ve ever met.🌹🙏 (And How much he meant to me nobody knows ). Vince Gill A world with out Haggard 😢
I miss him a lot Wesley. I'm 5 years your junior, and was raised on his music and other Country Music greats. I had a chance to meet him once in East Stroudsburg PA his bus was parked in the Walmart parking lot he had played in Jim Thorpe PA the night before. It was early and the bus was still and quiet so I let them sleep. I'm sure Merle would've appreciated my being considerate in that way. I have to listen to his music everyday it's good for the soul.
This is such a great song sung by the Best of the Best, Merle Haggard! There should be a million likes!! Rest in peace Hag with your Lord and Savior! I never met you, but I sure feel like I know you! You surely touched my life!
HE HAS THE MOST AWESOME VOICE I HAVE EVER HEARD, & I HAVE HEARD SO MANY IN 70 plus years. THIS GUY HAS IT ALL. HE Writes the best songs too. To me he is THE BEST.!! There has been no one like him.
Loved his music since I was a kid. So nice to just go to u tube and turn his music on for hours. So glad I had the chance to catch his live show in Lubbock Tx before he passed.
There's a Place, I can go, in my memories, Back to a life I chose to leave behind And sometime I still need to remember When Times were good, and you were mine I'm still livin' with my reasons for leaving They must have seemed more important at the time, Now I only dream about the two of us, When times were good, and you were mine. I still have everything that came between us My old guitar and a weakness for the wine So tonight I thought I'd write one for the memories When times were good, and you were mine. There's a Golden Eagle rollin out of Memphis And a country singer still caught between the lines And I know that this old road I'm on will never lead me Where times were good, and you were mine I still have everything that came between us Like My old guitar and this weakness for the wine, So Tonight I Thought I'd write one for the memories Where times were good, and you were mine.
Well said. Took the words out of my mouth. Live this everyday. However, what I say now, should have been said long ago when the love of my life was alive. Rest in peace Tomcat. U still b alive and well.
What a talent and knack he had for misogynist-heartache numbers! One of the kings of honky tonks hurtin' songs...cheatin', drinkin' songs! No one wrote 'em better!
SB Baikan yeah I can’t figure it out either. But I can guess it’s the incredible way he holds and closes a verse. Always in perfect tune and perfect pitch. Then we have the smooth and soothing voice. Many things go into it and that’s why it can’t be described.
After listening to this a thousand times easily, Hag still gives me goose bumps. As much as I love many different country singers, only he can do that to me. It’s magical!
He was the complete package musically.....then his life and how he lived, especially the early chapters, gave him the soul that he put in his words and his phrasing.....he was most unique and gifted, we shall never see anyone like him again!
I Don't remember ever hearing, When Times Were Good" before & Don't know how l missed it because l thought l heard them all. He was the & still is the best. Beautiful song as all of them. Thank God we can still listen to his music. Of course he was good eye candy. I am 78 yrs so l guess l should know by now, even though l could tell that for a long time. Yeah!
@@margaretkiepe4250 I Hear Ya! Almost 74 here and still can't get enough of hearing and watching Merle Haggard. When I get to Heaven I hope to stroll down a mountain road with my family and see and hear him singing 💖🌹🇺🇸🦅🙏
One of the best Country songs of all time by the Greatest Country singer of all time, Merle Haggard. I heard him do this song in the 80's at the Oakland Coliseum when my uncle Kelly flew his plane in from Eugen Orgeon and we watched this great man! Can't touch this!
Thank you Merle.....sometimes I wonder if there is a higher power and then I listen to stuff like this and I realize that someone made special people to do special things and you were one of them........
This is Margaret on My Bobby's phone. I LOVE This Man Beautiful Voice. There will Never be another Merle Haggard. Would Love to hear Noel & Ben Sing this song. They would be wonderful. Noel Lee Haggard Ben Haggard
Merle could have been my children's dad I love this man with all my heart and I love until the day I die he has the best voice that ever sang a song Thank You Merle for all these memories
Was on a out of job town and walked outta a hotel and Merle walked right by me in Bakersfield California and said "morning" that's the memory that I will alway's cherish
Oh damn ,, I would've face planted into door frame and fell backwards to the ground ! lol. Funny you should say that, back 1970 something, My Father boarded an elevator in LAKE Tahoe and Willie Nelson already standing there. Poor ole tongue tied dadz..lol...!!!! I ripped a Bigg ole TRUCKER fart on elevator by myself and was gagging, AVSOLUTELY WAS A GRAVE CONDITION RED ALERT CODE 3 and thats when YOU KNOW its bad, !!!!!!!! TOXIC SEWER FART !!!!! the doors opened and I SPRUNG to freedom. JUST AS 2 COPS IN UNIFORM BOARDED IT, LMFAO !!! Hey its a dangerous job.!!!!
So beautifull lovecountrysonger and the better guitariste country in this musical perfect interprétation by my Merle unforgettable genius countryboy thruth RIP my love with my heartache forever 👍💯💖😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻and sincerely thoughts to merveilleuse Haggardfamily 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉billions love to you in the eternity (2023/06/20) oldwoman from Paris with his heartache forever ❤
I grew up in Bakersfield and in early 60's and there was a live show on for 45 minutes every afternoon hosted by Cousin Herb Henson. It featured Merl, Buck , Bonnie and all the local country singers. Plus they had guests on from around the country. I remember seeing Barbara Mandrel when she was just a teenager. Just 45 minutes of jamming every afternoon. We knew it was something special. If only there were recordings of the show but I'm not aware of any. Just my memories.
jerry pugh Mr Merle talks about that show in one of His Books. If You read, you need to get His 2 Books Mama Tried & House of Memories. I got 1 for Christmas & 1 Dec 31 for My Birthday. I have read each one 3 times. My Son/His Wife bought Them on line for Me. Now I am Reading The Hag. It's a different read than the two Mr Merle Helped to Write. BLESSINGS. 4-2023
You say that times were good take us back merle to good memories I so glad mom had merle records I would sneak them in my room put on the old record player and listen to a great music that stood alone simple and won melodies
Love his instamatic grin. He would do that at live shows to people up front my wife got a picture of him at a show in denver. He turned and gave her the instamatic grin. She will never forget that and we will never forget the hag. Rip merle you were the ultimate in country music
It’s OK that you eventually washed your hand. Neither soap nor water can come close to erasing the magnitude of contact with his greatness. While I attended several of his concerts - including his very last - I regret that I never had the chance to shake his hand.
Great David Lynn Jones tune done only as Merle can do it. Wish Merle had written it so I could believe all that crap that is written below about him still missing and loving Bonnie when this was done. I guess he and Bonnie as playing some where up there tonight. She really was great singing backup on his stuff. RIP Merle....
Yeah, David wrote a beautiful song here, but only Merle could sing it, lol, but thank you for the education. I'm a huge Merle fan but I didn't know that he didn't write this. He should have 😂
Merle never quit loving Bonnie Owens. She was his soulmate forever. But I felt the same way toward Merle Haggard. Bonnie had the best of both lives. she was married to the man and she worked with him for Lifetime. Rest in peace Bonnie and Merle as the song says together again
I don't know how anyone could dislike this song or any of his song .luv it .Meryl haggard was the best ..
You'll never hear anything that will compare to Merle's talent. Whenever I was around Merle, I could just feel the greatest when he walked into the room. Simply the greatest country music singer songwriter ever.
Agreed. And musician and band leader. No one makes me as happy as Buck, my favorite, but Merle is the absolute GOAT, bar none.
The best there ever was and ever will be.
Absolutely the best.
…for all eternity.
These are amazing self-assured downright cocky masterful performances and His solo here is so soulful
I am sitting here on this Sunday evening sipping a whiskey, watching my horses eat, and watching the sun set here in beautiful Arizona . This song is the perfect capper. You are missed Hag! Dang it!!!
My wife and I saw merle 12 times in our life. The last time was Sept of the year before he died. No one has ever been as good as merle and no one ever will be. Rip merle you were the best
You're so right
He is the greatest, for all generations ... for all time.
Try reading his book "Sing Me Back Home" it's very good and he wrote it! I bought it as a paperback at a Circle K store. I lent it to a supposedly friend and it was gone, a long with my friend.
I can see why my mom used to sit and close her eyes and listen to this legend. Like sitting in heaven
Merle Haggard was the greatest voice in country music. Hands down!
Agree I grew up with his music and whenever I needed to get drunk I knew he wouldn't let me down
I was just thinking the same thing 😏💪perfect country voice and he could really sing it
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There are a lot of good singer songwriters but to me No one better than Merle Haggard . He was a true musician.
I can only agree with all the good things said about Merle, his voice was probaly the best country voice I've ever heard.
Three chords and the truth and merle singing he improved with age and picked the right songs
Had the pleasure of shaking hands with this very humble soul .
He made you feel special.
How in the name of John Wayne's ass can 90 people dislike this one by the greatest singer songwriter ever is a mystery to me.
Theyre assholes.
they must be young asses listening to this new country crap.
It's because they are devoid of knowing good music!
Must be democrats ,i guess
To real country music fans merle is the king of country music..... always will be
There will never be another.
Merle Haggard is great but he ain't the king of country, but there he's one of the bad boys at least of california, he's right up there with Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings I love those three they're the best they're the three kings as far as I'm concerned and don't forget all Willie Nelson
@@seanwallin4956 if you had to pick one as king actually you would have to go with hiram Williams, who started it all and for for the sake of fitting in to this conversation his middle name is king.
Best country singer song writer ever
What can I say that hasn’t already been said about this man. God , Merle was just amazing. Thank You for the memories, RIP.
I’m a 60 year old man
I don’t know how many times I’ve seen mighty Merle.
I got to talk with Miss Bonnie Owens. On one Special night.
That was the sweetest lady I’ve ever met.🌹🙏 (And
How much he meant to me nobody knows ).
Vince Gill
A world with out
Haggard 😢
I miss him a lot Wesley. I'm 5 years your junior, and was raised on his music and other Country Music greats. I had a chance to meet him once in East Stroudsburg PA his bus was parked in the Walmart parking lot he had played in Jim Thorpe PA the night before. It was early and the bus was still and quiet so I let them sleep. I'm sure Merle would've appreciated my being considerate in that way. I have to listen to his music everyday it's good for the soul.
The signs of a great man ❤️❤️ the one and only
Love Merel always will ❤️❤️
That's right love Merel ❤️❤️❤️
This is such a great song sung by the Best of the Best, Merle Haggard! There should be a million likes!! Rest in peace Hag with your Lord and Savior! I never met you, but I sure feel like I know you! You surely touched my life!
At 79 and he still had a great voice. God you got a perfect angel so hard to accept hag is gone. Sad. RIP hag
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Che uomo meraviglioso Merle... Riposa in pace amore.. 😊🥰😇😇😇😇😇💘❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Man....the guy upstairs has one hell of country music singer with him
He was a BEAUTIFUL man...and a beautiful SOUL!
I love this version even more than the duet with Willie ...the band is amazing and Merles singing is just out of this world
Love how he gives his look to Bonnie in this song...how he twists and turns his mouth. This is one of my favorite concerts.
Loves
The best…Ever!
What concert is this?
Who was he looking at?
Violet he was looking at his exwife #2 Bonnie Owens his back up singer.
HE HAS THE MOST AWESOME VOICE I HAVE EVER HEARD, & I HAVE HEARD SO MANY IN 70 plus years. THIS GUY HAS IT ALL. HE Writes the best songs too. To me he is THE BEST.!! There has been no one like him.
His son's are really outstanding.
He is the greatest artist in the history of country music. Period. End of discussion
@@mizzmead8077 Yes but no Mighty Merle. He would be so proud of his boys I believe.
I recently have been listening to Merle , his music is so soothing . I love him and his music lives on .
@@carolineapodaca2567 Indeed.
Loved his music since I was a kid.
So nice to just go to u tube and turn his music on for hours. So glad I had the chance to catch his live show in Lubbock Tx before he passed.
There's a Place, I can go, in my memories,
Back to a life I chose to leave behind
And sometime I still need to remember
When Times were good, and you were mine
I'm still livin' with my reasons for leaving
They must have seemed more important at the time,
Now I only dream about the two of us,
When times were good, and you were mine.
I still have everything that came between us
My old guitar and a weakness for the wine
So tonight I thought I'd write one for the memories
When times were good, and you were mine.
There's a Golden Eagle rollin out of Memphis
And a country singer still caught between the lines
And I know that this old road I'm on will never lead me
Where times were good, and you were mine
I still have everything that came between us
Like My old guitar and this weakness for the wine,
So Tonight I Thought I'd write one for the memories
Where times were good, and you were mine.
Well said. Took the words out of my mouth. Live this everyday. However, what I say now, should have been said long ago when the love of my life was alive. Rest in peace Tomcat. U still b alive and well.
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So in LOVE with HIM....after this time!
What a talent and knack he had for misogynist-heartache numbers! One of the kings of honky tonks hurtin' songs...cheatin', drinkin' songs! No one wrote 'em better!
Yeah Haggard you never missed the good times, until she was gone. RIP HAGGARD & BONNIE
he was the best. I listen to him every evening. I grew up with this kind of music. new country doesn't come close.
Merle haggard was an amazi ng man with such a gteat voice and such emotion Rip. You will never be forgotten
There is something special and unique in Merle's voice that I love to hear.
SB Baikan yeah I can’t figure it out either. But I can guess it’s the incredible way he holds and closes a verse. Always in perfect tune and perfect pitch. Then we have the smooth and soothing voice. Many things go into it and that’s why it can’t be described.
It's the pain
And love
Me too!
OMG! I watch this every day...He still makes me SWOON!..Luv my HAG!
Oh yes❤
Merle was my dad's favorites!!! Rest in piece father. I miss you everyday!!!
Does anyone believe there’s any country music of this caliber today? 🤠❤️👏👌
I love this man and I never met him may he rest in pease.
After listening to this a thousand times easily, Hag still gives me goose bumps. As much as I love many different country singers, only he can do that to me. It’s magical!
I feel you. Only one Merle
Agree. "IT's Willy's part" Love it
Yes I agree with you, Merle is the greatest
...you can tell that he FEELS IT that he GETS IT
He was the complete package musically.....then his life and how he lived, especially the early chapters, gave him the soul that he put in his words and his phrasing.....he was most unique and gifted, we shall never see anyone like him again!
This song and place to fall apart must have been wrote around the same time not sure like get a similar feel from them both
Merle, Rest In Eternal Peace My Friend....
Always missed but never ever forgotten
Sitting here listening to the best ever. How I wish he had been smiling to me when he turned and smiled. Love this man and his music forever.
Listen to my man everyday. Never forget you Merle.
Was the salt of the earth,, so real never find another singer like him.
And I am pushing 60 and that’s my life in that song “when times were good and you were mine”
I feel their stories as real. Because Merle was real. Even now he is.
Rest in peace Mr. Haggard
May you rest in peace Merle your music lives on not many can hold a candle next to you
Cold chills running wild...sing it sweet Merle Haggard !!! A true Legend :)
I Don't remember ever hearing, When Times Were Good" before & Don't know how l missed it because l thought l heard them all. He was the & still is the best. Beautiful song as all of them. Thank God we can still listen to his music. Of course he was good eye candy. I am 78 yrs so l guess l should know by now, even though l could tell that for a long time. Yeah!
@@margaretkiepe4250 I Hear Ya! Almost 74 here and still can't get enough of hearing and watching Merle Haggard. When I get to Heaven I hope to stroll down a mountain road with my family and see and hear him singing 💖🌹🇺🇸🦅🙏
Some people don't realize talent when they see it...love ya hag
Merle takes me home. Thank you Merle for all these beautiful songs. Miss you 🤠
I know that I’ m not dead when I watch MERL. Love him young and old. The greatest.
I am pushing 80. He still stirs me up. Love love him.
The guitar riff at the beginning gets me every time man
One of the best Country songs of all time by the Greatest Country singer of all time, Merle Haggard. I heard him do this song in the 80's at the Oakland Coliseum when my uncle Kelly flew his plane in from Eugen Orgeon and we watched this great man! Can't touch this!
Seth Hurley - the greatest
Thank you Merle.....sometimes I wonder if there is a higher power and then I listen to stuff like this and I realize that someone made special people to do special things and you were one of them........
The absolute best singer songwriter of all time. Lord I miss my ole buddy..
Yes you are so right I will always love and miss him. The best singer ever! Cecelia burroughs
This is Margaret on My Bobby's phone.
I LOVE This Man Beautiful Voice. There will Never be another Merle Haggard. Would Love to hear Noel & Ben Sing this song. They would be wonderful.
Noel Lee Haggard
Ben Haggard
Still the STUD!
I will forever be in love with this awesome man's voice. RIP Merle
Kids if don’t know this is real country music
how great is this!? blows me away ..especially Merle's solo!! Fanstastic clip!
Merle could have been my children's dad I love this man with all my heart and I love until the day I die he has the best voice that ever sang a song Thank You Merle for all these memories
The best r
B
You would have had to share him. Too many women loved him and he could have anyone he would pick.
love merle, don't know anyone today, who has his remarkable insights along with his music
So entertaining. He's enjoying this. X
Was on a out of job town and walked outta a hotel and Merle walked right by me in Bakersfield California and said "morning" that's the memory that I will alway's cherish
Oh damn ,, I would've face planted into door frame and fell backwards to the ground ! lol. Funny you should say that, back 1970 something, My Father boarded an elevator in LAKE Tahoe and Willie Nelson already standing there. Poor ole tongue tied dadz..lol...!!!! I ripped a Bigg ole TRUCKER fart on elevator by myself and was gagging, AVSOLUTELY WAS A GRAVE CONDITION RED ALERT CODE 3 and thats when YOU KNOW its bad, !!!!!!!! TOXIC SEWER FART !!!!! the doors opened and I SPRUNG to freedom. JUST AS 2 COPS IN UNIFORM BOARDED IT, LMFAO !!! Hey its a dangerous job.!!!!
@@lloydgeorge2780 What year was this, do you know? Appreciate your reply. Never be another , "The Hag
So beautifull lovecountrysonger and the better guitariste country in this musical perfect interprétation by my Merle unforgettable genius countryboy thruth RIP my love with my heartache forever 👍💯💖😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻and sincerely thoughts to merveilleuse Haggardfamily 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉billions love to you in the eternity (2023/06/20) oldwoman from Paris with his heartache forever ❤
Merle can sing a song for every emotion a person may be feeling! Loved his music and style!
GOT TO PLAY WITH HIM IN SACRAMENTO, ABSOLUTELY THE BEST MUSICIAN I EVER KNEW!
I love everything Merle sings I will.miss him forever. RIP my friend
🥀Amazing Song I love it 🥀☝️🥀
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Thanks you so much for your time.
I grew up in Bakersfield and in early 60's and there was a live show on for 45 minutes every afternoon hosted by Cousin Herb Henson. It featured Merl, Buck , Bonnie and all the local country singers. Plus they had guests on from around the country. I remember seeing Barbara Mandrel when she was just a teenager. Just 45 minutes of jamming every afternoon. We knew it was something special. If only there were recordings of the show but I'm not aware of any. Just my memories.
jerry pugh sounds like heaven 💕
That would something to see. 👍
But Aint that priceless
jerry pugh Mr Merle talks about that show in one of His Books. If You read, you need to get His 2 Books Mama Tried & House of Memories. I got 1 for Christmas & 1 Dec 31 for My Birthday. I have read each one 3 times. My Son/His Wife bought Them on line for Me. Now I am Reading
The Hag. It's a different read than the two Mr Merle Helped to Write. BLESSINGS. 4-2023
he is definitely one of the best if not the best. no one singing this so called new country can come close to merle.
There's never going to be another great one like Hag. You are missed sir. RIP
Never gets old
LEGEND
I could listen to him forever
I always loved playing drums to his music it was straight moving and awesome
NO ONE COMES CLOSE 2 MERLE HAGGARD.HE IS TERRIFIC!!GREAT GUITAR PLAYER.THNX.♥️🧸♥️
I love this man...I wish there had been FIVE Highwaymen
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I love this!❤
You say that times were good take us back merle to good memories I so glad mom had merle records I would sneak them in my room put on the old record player and listen to a great music that stood alone simple and won melodies
Love this song !
❤What a man, sing it Merle, like only you can. Thanks for sharing. 🎼🎹🎵🎶Cheers 🥂
One of the best, R. I. P. Mr. Merle Haggard !
A nice smooth HAG tune that Merle did with Willie Nelson. The album was released in 1987 & was titled "Seashores of Old Mexico".
RIP Hag you were my favorite and still are!!
Amen
Love his instamatic grin. He would do that at live shows to people up front my wife got a picture of him at a show in denver. He turned and gave her the instamatic grin. She will never forget that and we will never forget the hag. Rip merle you were the ultimate in country music
sorry Merle is not with us. How could anyone not love him..I'm sure everyone loves him.
He was the best.
Loving you all the way Mr. Haggard ! You gave us your best
now Heaven has the rest. If our Lord will forgive me , I may see
You soon ❤🙏
He does a great willie impression
Love Merle
Met him ,talk , walk and bless my mama. Thank you Merle for that. I didn't wash my hand for a week. You blessed my mama.r. I.p thank you
It’s OK that you eventually washed your hand. Neither soap nor water can come close to erasing the magnitude of contact with his greatness. While I attended several of his concerts - including his very last - I regret that I never had the chance to shake his hand.
A slice of life in every song ,
Merle was awesome. That is also a great guitar solo by Clint Strong.
Says so much about good times,, times I could have had but, left behind I love you still Russel, R I P, my best friend....
Oh My,,,,so,good !
This show was the very best of Haggard.
What show was this??
I was fortunate enough to see him just a few weeks before his passing, unforgettable. experience..
Still listening in 2022 and going strong 💪 🙌
The best ever.
The best!!😊
He was the Best♥️♥️👍
One of the best songs... R.I.P. Merle...glad that I`d saw you in Mesa Az. 2010.
When I die I want to come back as Merle Haggard........
I’ve listened to a lot of Merles singing over 50 years. I wish he was still here I really miss.❤
Keeping outlaw country music alive.One of my all favorites
They don't do it like that any more. Glad I went to see him 4yrs ago. From down under.
Great David Lynn Jones tune done only as Merle can do it. Wish Merle had written it so I could believe all that crap that is written below about him still missing and loving Bonnie when this was done. I guess he and Bonnie as playing some where up there tonight. She really was great singing backup on his stuff. RIP Merle....
Yeah, David wrote a beautiful song here, but only Merle could sing it, lol, but thank you for the education. I'm a huge Merle fan but I didn't know that he didn't write this. He should have 😂
Merle never quit loving Bonnie Owens. She was his soulmate forever. But I felt the same way toward Merle Haggard. Bonnie had the best of both lives. she was married to the man and she worked with him for Lifetime. Rest in peace Bonnie and Merle as the song says together again