Merle Haggard at Loretta Lynn Ranch

Ashburn, VA [Change Location]

Merle Haggard

Loretta Lynn Ranch

44 Hurricane Mills Rd.
Hurricane Mills, TN 37101

Date: Sunday September 01, 2013 08:00 PM
Doors: 6:00 PM

Headliner:
Merle Haggard

The word 'legend' usually makes an appearance at some point when discussing Merle Haggard. It's an acknowledgment of his artistry and his standing as "the poet of the common man." It's a tribute to his incredible commercial success and to the lasting mark he has made, not just on country music, but on American music as a whole. It's apt in every way but one.

The term imposes an aura of loftiness that's totally at odds with the grit and heart of Haggard's songs. "I'd be more comfortable with something like "professor," he once told a reporter, and the description suits him. Studying, analyzing and observing the details of life around him, Haggard relays what he sees, hears and feels through his songs. The lyrics are deceptively simple, the music exceptionally listenable. Others who have lived through those same situations recognize the truth in the stories he tells. But Haggard's real gift is that anyone who hears his songs recognizes the truth in them. When a Merle Haggard song plays, it can make an innocent-as-apple-pie grandma understand the stark loneliness and self-loathing of a prisoner on death row; a rich kid who never wanted for any material possession get a feel for the pain of wondering where the next meal will come from; a tee-totaling pillar of the community sympathize with the poor heartbroken guy downing shots at the local bar.

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Reserved		$60.00 Door: $70.00

Bleacher/Lawn		$50.00 Door: $60.00

For single or handicapped seats please call 866-966-1777.

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This show is All Ages
Date
	Sunday Sep 01, 2013
Doors
	6:00 PM
Promoter
	Loretta Lynn Ranch

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