{"id":95749,"date":"2022-07-18T17:10:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T17:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=95749"},"modified":"2022-07-20T00:39:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T00:39:14","slug":"flashback-merle-haggard-sings-an-emotional-if-i-could-only-fly-by-des-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/flashback-merle-haggard-sings-an-emotional-if-i-could-only-fly-by-des-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback: Merle Haggard Sings an Emotional \u2018If I Could Only Fly\u2019 \u2013 by Des Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Flashback: Merle Haggard Sings an Emotional \u2018If I Could Only Fly\u2019 \u2013 by Des Kelly<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gbyepog4E5Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nIn my book, &#8220;The Hag&#8221; was quite definitely &#8220;The Best&#8221; Country Icon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Where there were plenty of these fantastic Icons of Country Music, Merle Haggard stood out, in that he wasn&#8217;t just a Vocalist, but also a fine Fiddle-player, a great guitarist, a competent Composer of Country songs, respected band leader, who could sing both happy and sad songs with equal ease, making lovers of good music want to listen<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">to them over and over again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75796\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Desmond-Kelly-2.jpg\" alt=\"Desmond-Kelly\" width=\"125\" height=\"178\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Desmond Kelly.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">(Editor-in-Chief) e&#8217;Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<header class=\"caas-header\">\n<header class=\"caas-title-wrapper\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-test-locator=\"headline\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Flashback: Merle Haggard Sings an Emotional \u2018If I Could Only Fly\u2019-<span style=\"color: #800080;\">by <span class=\"caas-author-byline-collapse\" data-id=\"m-0\">Stephen L. Betts<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-95750\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Merle-Haggard-1-495x400.jpg\" alt=\"Merle Haggard\" width=\"495\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/flashback-merle-haggard-sings-emotional-130043402.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9tYWlsLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACb0bM7f0YECOSDsbCoBFYHbPHOLuUcRMoGrQYV-Jf56KuiH58uJ0Vpql3kVqqyZ6qQuT9HdPEArfx2Owyy7aH453SiEMgkgescGCFF-qCDMHQvGkeP6cY_IMBymhT4CEU6gy_PLvyISi0qY2Felr4LVNgbIvJ6jUYg4Wzx636yR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Merle Haggard<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">On April 6th, 2016, his 79th birthday, country music icon\u00a0<a class=\"link \" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/merle-haggard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:Merle Haggard\" data-rapid_p=\"7\" data-v9y=\"1\">Merle Haggard<\/a>\u00a0died at his home in California\u2019s San Joaquin Valley after a battle with pneumonia. In the three years since his passing, Haggard\u2019s already sizeable legacy continues to inspire country artists and others touched by his image as the \u201cpoet of the common man.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Merle Haggard was one of the chief architects of the Bakersfield Sound, the hugely influential West Coast-based sub-genre of country music. The city\u2019s first recording studio dedicated to country music was Tally Records, co-owned by Charles \u201cFuzzy\u201d Owen and his cousin, Lewis Talley. Operated at several locations throughout Bakersfield as the music\u2019s popularity increased, others who recorded at Tally included Buck Owens \u2014 who cut a rockabilly record credited as \u201cCorky Jones,\u201d and his first wife, Bonnie Owens, who was later to become Merle\u2019s second wife. Haggard, just out of San Quentin Prison in 1960, was getting booked for club dates and local TV by Talley, and in 1962, cut his first Tally Records single, \u201cSinging My Heart Out,\u201d backed with \u201cSkid Row.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Related stories<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a class=\"link \" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/merle-haggard-the-outlaw-39736\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:Merle Haggard: The Outlaw\" data-rapid_p=\"8\" data-v9y=\"1\">Merle Haggard: The Outlaw<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a class=\"link \" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/willie-nelson-kris-kristofferson-merle-haggard-roger-miller-old-friends-715140\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hear Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard Sing Roger Miller's 'Old Friends'\" data-rapid_p=\"9\" data-v9y=\"1\">Hear Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard Sing Roger Miller&#8217;s &#8216;Old Friends&#8217;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">With \u201cSing a Sad Song,\u201d Haggard first entered the Billboard country charts at the end of 1963, reaching Number 19. His next three singles, also on Tally, would chart, including his first Top 10 entry \u2014 and last single for Tally \u2014 (\u201cMy Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers,\u201d penned by Liz Anderson, mother of \u201cRose Garden\u201d singer Lynn Anderson and the co-writer of his first Number One single in 1967, \u201cThe Fugitive.\u201d By that time, of course, Haggard\u2019s Tally contract was acquired by Capitol Records, where he would score a total of 24 chart-toppers through 1976. But he continued to remain loyal to Owen and Talley. 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