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Stories and Songs from The Streets of Bakersfield: Merle's Girl: Have you seen this girl around?
Has anybody seen this old girl around? If you have, give her my regards. Stories and Songs from The Streets of Bakersfield is a series based on the huge hit Homer wrote for Buck Owens---The Streets of Bakersfield. The stories, and the songs are born from conversations I have with real people, on my journey through The Streets of Bakersfield as a Bakersfield Sound-rooted Bakersfield Street musician. These stories and songs are inspired by real residents of Bakersfield, or people passing through the streets on their way to fulfilling their dreams. If you hit the play bar at the play station above the photo, you're listening to Merle's Girl, the new song set to be added to my forthcoming CD, From Buck Owens Blvd. to Merle Haggard Drive. In this blog n roll world of mine, I provide the topics and the tunes. You provide the talk. Today's topic is this: Who is the biggest Merle Haggard fan that you know? Tell us what makes that person (whether you or someone else you've come across) such a big Merle Haggard fan in your mind. Ready? Set? Blog n roll! Stay tuned at:
Merle's Girl words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008 she's a Merle's girl she's got his posters on her wall she's even got an autographed guitar she knows every word in every song he sings from Branded Man to Always Wanting You
she's a Merle's girl when she's sad she sings Someday When things are Good when she fails she plays Lord, Don't Give Up on Me and I don't Wanna Be Sober Tonight everytime her hear is in misery Chorus: she sings Merle songs she brings Merle along when she works and when she plays and they say she'll bring Merle Haggard to her grave
well, he broke her heart in 1963 but to this day she hasn't set him free though the romance only happened in her mind she'll never cheat she's not the cheatin' kind
she's a Merle's girl 'bin to every single show from the Blackboard Days to when he sang Sing Me Back Home to the days he made his politics well known they'll say she had nowhere else to go 5 comments from 3 users
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posted by
AnnieLWhite
on Apr 8, 2008 at 01:06 PM
ok, my dad was. He was born in 1950 in oildale saved his money and bought his first guitar an Ovation Acoustic. He loved Merle he went to his concerts and had some autographs. He used to sing Merle's songs to me, there was one off the 1996 ALBUM that was called Beer Can hill , we sang it together and drove around oildale looking at places he grew up. He died in 1998 and i have that guitar, its the only possession i have that i would run into a burning building for. thanks for the blog & roll =D posted by
drblt
on Apr 8, 2008 at 02:35 PM
This is how songs are born. Your story is a very touching one. I think your story about you and your dad may have just inspired a brand new song, Annie. Although they may not have called your dad "Merle Man," songwriting sometimes involves adding just a touch of fiction to the facts. Therefore, the working title is... Merle Man words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008 He was born in 1950 in Oildale he didn't have a penny to his name as he grew up well, folks just called him Merle Man and some say he was Haggard's biggest fan
they called him Merle Man he was a huge fan and he saved each penny for his first guitar they called him Merle Man 'cause he was his biggest fan and he followed Haggard all across this land
well one day he had a daughter and he played her Beer Can Hill as they drove 'round Oildale right down memory lane well one day her daddy passed away but he left her his guitar and the guitar helps to take away the pain
they called him Merle Man he was a huge fan and he saved each penny for his first guitar they called him Merle Man 'cause he was his biggest fan and he followed Haggard all across this land posted by
AnnieLWhite
on Apr 8, 2008 at 07:26 PM
can i print this out and put it into the photo album i have for him? this is sooo cool posted by
drblt
on Apr 8, 2008 at 11:18 PM
Absolutely. I appreciate your appreciation and I'm grateful for the inspiration you've provided. posted by
an1ok1joe
on Apr 8, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Aww you know I drive around town and show Zachary all the places I've lived went to school,..I tell him stories of when I was his age. Which reminds me I have rode my bike all over the south to south west part of town. Ha ha I think he was amazed by how much of an area I covered. From BHS to Ming , Chester/Union to CSUB. When I was a kid most of the places that I rode past were just fields. And I mean in those boundaries I was everywhere! no stone unturned.
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