Fun Trivia : Haggard, Merle

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Haggard, Merle

Merle sang a song about a prisoner's last request. What was the song?

Merle Haggard


'Sing me Back Home'.



Finish the song, 'I never go around _____'? what

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mirrors.



Merle had a song about moving to Alaska to homestead some free Government land. What was the title of the song?

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'What Have you got Planned Tonight Diana?'.



Finish the song, 'Here I am again mixing ______'?

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Misery and Gin.



Who gave Merle his full pardon?

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Ronald Reagan.



'Stop rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell' comes from what song?

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'Are the Good Times Really Over'.



One of Merle's not-so-well known songs, is called 'In My Next Life' What does he want to be in that next life?

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Your hero.



'Eating _____ _____ with a silver spoon'?

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Rainbow Stew.



'You're My Favorite _______ of all'?

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Memory.



Merle was in what prison?

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San Quentin.



All right, we all know Merle was in prison for 18 months and released, but, did he ever get an official pardon?

Merle Haggard - The Okie From Muskogie


Yes. Yes, he did, and he got the pardon from then California governor Ronald Reagan.



Merle Haggard was once married to the ex-wife of another country legend. Who was the ex-wife?

Merle Haggard - The Okie From Muskogie


Bonnie Owens. Merle used to play with Buck Owens on tours, and when Bonnie and Buck's marriage went sour, Merle and Bonnie got closer, and eventually married. Merle recorded a few albums with her before their marriage also went south due to Merle's drinking and taking pills. However, they remained very close friends afterwards.



In his early days, Merle was often known to do a few impressions of famous country singers of his time during his concerts like Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, and Eddie Arnold. One particular country artist he impersonated on stage, and even once during a talk show in the late sixties/very early seventies. It was so dead on accurate that it even impressed the actual singer he was impersonating. Who was the singer?

Merle Haggard - The Okie From Muskogie


Marty Robbins. Merle did an impersonation of Marty Robbins singing his famous song "Devil Woman" on a talk show in the late sixties or very early seventies, with Marty sitting right next to him, and the look on Marty and the talk show hosts' faces were of total amazement, because Merle sounded just like Marty Robbins.