So long Merle. See you a little further down the road.

What a ride that was.

Thanks, Merle, for all of it.

Posted by Rob De Witt at April 6, 2016 12:59 PM

He was something else back in the day. Saw him and the band at a packed roadhouse on US-17 many years ago. Drunken Guineamen and Porter Wagoner suits. Heard he wrote a song commemorating what happened in '08. Cain't be true, lessin' he picked up again...

him and The Ohio Kid, behind the bricks:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L66CUE2IDcA

Posted by Will at April 6, 2016 1:51 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhpq2oDPT9w

Posted by Jonathan Cook at April 6, 2016 5:08 PM

See you on the other side, Merle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU2GkomuqQ&nohtml5=False

Posted by foodog at April 6, 2016 9:35 PM

Great cover of "Pancho and Lefty" Never saw the video before, but that's Townes Van Zandt strumming the guitar! Had to play "Mama Tried" for my adolescent sons, when they sat down for breakfast this morning....a cautionary lesson for them!
Merle was a treasure.

Posted by Brother Paul at April 7, 2016 11:49 PM