Merle Haggard
When I found out Merle Haggard was coming out with a new record I was going to do everything in my power to get him on the show. I immediately called Ric Pepin at Compendia and let him know that I'd be promoting the record heavily. We were featured in the Hag Herald many times in regards to our support of the new record. When I finally had Merle on the phone it was very surreal. Here is a guy who my Grandfathers on both sides of the family loved from the begining of his career. An early childhood memory is my mother listening to Merle's "His Epic Hits" cassette tape over and over. So the day came and Merle was on the phone.. I asked him if he would mind talking to my Mom for just a minute. "Ofcourse not.. put her on!" was his response. After Mom told him how great and important he was Merle seemed extremely humbled telling her "Those things you just told me mean more to me than any amount of money in the world.". When I got back on the line I sort of laughed not really knowing what Merle thought of the whole thing. His response was simply "Hey, I understand".
Since then I've went on to work for Merle and had some great experiences with Merle and his organization.
I hope you enjoy a clip from our Merle Haggard Feature show we did.
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