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gerarde:
Decided to do some singing videos on Youtube.
This one is using EasyCountryBallad Tempo 88

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqLqHvrd5jM

DonM:
Excellent!  Great singin' and playin'.
BTW, I got a hundred dollar tip for doing that song last week!  The guy was a friend of Merle's.
Merle's son Marty is a friend of mine and he sings this one nearly exactly like Merle did. 
Love me some Haggard, and I love your rendition.  We look to be about the same age, and both have great taste in music!  :)

DonM:
Gerard,
Please excuse me if I'm butting in, but did you ever hear the story of how that song originated?
Here is Marty telling it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asFPTXm0zeE

gerarde:
Don,
What a great story!
I don't know about being the same age, I am 78. lol
I sing about 15 Merle Haggard songs.
I like Don Williams too, and George Strait, and on and on.
The older country seems to hit home more to me.

DonM:
I'm "just" 76.  Still working most every night.
Here's another brief story.  Through a mutual friend, years ago, I became friends with Bonnie Owens, who sang harmony with Merle, and was married to him for a while.
One night they were in town working at a casino and she came out to where I was playing after their show.  I asked her to sing and she did "Cowboy's Sweetheart".  When I asked her to do another, she asked if I minded if she just sang harmony with me, because that was what she loved to do.
Did I MIND?!  I sang every Merle song I know.  She even commented that I probably knew more of Merle's songs than HE did. 
Anyway, I recorded the entire evening directly from my mixer, and now have more than two hours of her singing with me.  What a night to treasure.  I have to convert them to a more modern medium soon, as they are on Mini-disc format. 
I'll be quite now!  :)

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