https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68cbjlLFl4U This appreciation of Merle Haggard I originally published in 2014. At the time it did not occur to me that this would evolve into a eulogy. A fitting eulogy does require more than Merle’s political music. “Momma Tried” is the most famous of the songs of the underdog that are truly Merle’s legacy. ++++ […]