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It took me awhile to appreciate Haggard. For the longest time, I just wrote him off as a redneck who did Okie From Muskogee and The Fightin' Side Of Me. But there was a hell of a lot more to him than those early, get-his-foot-in-the-door hits: Swinging Doors (earlier than the previously mentioned other two tunes), I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink, My Own Kind Of Hat, and my personal favorite, Rainbow Stew, among many others. So sorry I never saw him live. Rest In Peace, Merle.
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