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    Happy Birthday Merle!

    Son of Okies. From Muskogee.

    75 today.

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    Re: Happy Birthday Merle!

    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.
    People don't know what it is to be a champion.

    Oklahoma INVENTED it.

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    Re: Happy Birthday Merle!

    I would not have guessed Merle was that young.

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    Re: Happy Birthday Merle!

    Quote Originally Posted by Tulsa_Fireman View Post
    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.
    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.

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    Re: Happy Birthday Merle!

    Quote Originally Posted by Jacie View Post
    I would not have guessed Merle was that young.
    Same. I thought he was a bit older.

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    Re: Happy Birthday Merle!

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

    Happy Birthday Merle.

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    Re: Happy Birthday Merle!

    Quote Originally Posted by StoopTroup View Post
    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.
    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 . . .

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    Re: Happy Birthday Merle!

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

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    Re: Happy Birthday Merle!

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

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    Re: Happy Birthday Merle!

    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.

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    Re: Happy Birthday Merle!

    I am an Okie from Muskogee as well.

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    Re: Happy Birthday Merle!

    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.

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    Re: Happy Birthday Merle!

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

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    Re: Happy Birthday Merle!

    He's no Bob Seger.

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    Re: Happy Birthday Merle!

    Quote Originally Posted by texaspokieokie View Post
    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.
    My Dad died there in 92
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    Re: Happy Birthday Merle!

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

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    Re: Happy Birthday Merle!

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

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    Re: Happy Birthday Merle!

    Merle is one of my favorites.

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