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Merle Haggard at the Pavilion

By Hawes Spencer | editor@readthehook.com
Published online 3:35pm Thursday Aug 11th, 2011
and in print issue #1033 dated Thursday Aug 18th, 2011

Merle Haggard played the nTelos Wireless Pavilion on August 4, as these pictures by Milo Farineau indicate.

5 comments

Bandit August 12th, 2011 | 9:23am

Ya all are a BIT LATE! reporting this a week+ late

Hag Fan August 12th, 2011 | 10:34am

As these pictures indicate? Come on, Hook, he's a country music legend and a Kennedy Center Honoree. Merle Haggard doesn't get prose any zippier than "as these pictures indicate?"

Hook, you're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.

george August 12th, 2011 | 10:15pm

I bet there were no gangs of white rednecks beating people with sticks after this concert?? Why is it only (c)rap concerts bring the violence?

TXC August 16th, 2011 | 7:01pm

what these pictures don't indicate is that the Hag played for a grand total of 59 minutes. that's it.

he sounded great, and played lots of hits.
but after 59 minutes, the show was over.

that's a bit short for my liking, legend or no.

thewinner August 19th, 2011 | 12:07am

I feel that 59 minutes was well worth the money. Merle Haggard is 74 years old, and he overcame lung cancer a few years ago. Great show!