Happy Birthday Merle!

Son of Okies. From Muskogee.

75 today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4AgZST_TG8&feature=player_embedded

 

I miss Homey's daily informational posts.

I also miss picking Homey's brain about being a counselor someday when I grow up.

Point being, I miss Homey.

 

I would not have guessed Merle was that young.

 

Yep.

Hadn't thought about Merle in awhile. Wow 75. I grew up singing that song. Anytime I told someone I was from Oklahoma they'd ask about Muskogee. He put the place not only on the map but made it a Place folks talked about for decades.

 

Same. I thought he was a bit older.

 

"That leaves only me to blame cause Mama Tried."

Happy Birthday Merle.

5-0

 

That made the song priceless, a landmark. It even spawned a copycat spinoff by The Youngbloods (the group that had the hit Get Together), Hippie From Olema . . .

 

I watched a 2 hour concert by him yesterday never realizing it was his birthday. I had DVR'd it off HD Net.

 

I think he's in Tulsa later this month if anyone is interested.

 

I saw him in concert @ the Anaheim Convention Center, back in 71.

Hate to say it, he's a little younger than me.

My Mother was an "Okie from Muskogee, she'd have been 101 last month.

 

I am an Okie from Muskogee as well.

 

Strangely, my Mother was born there And my Dad had lots of relatives there. They didn't meet there, maybe in Quinton.
Mother's family moved from Muskogee to Checotah to Eufala to Quinton. All back in the 20s.

A coincidence, my Dad died there in the Veteran's Hospital. High up on a hill.

 

Yep, Honor Heights....the Azalea Festival is going on this month.

 

He's no Bob Seger.

 

My Dad died there in 92

 

Mine died in 80. He'd have been 115 last October.

 

My brother and sister were born in Muskogee but not me.

 

Merle is one of my favorites.