# merle haggard (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover merle haggard. Page: Feed: --- ## [Dave Marsh, 1950-2026](https://nofencesreview.substack.com/p/dave-marsh-1950-2026) _2026-08-21 · No Fences Review · No Fences Review_ Charles and David remember their friend Dave Marsh and consider his legacy ## [Timothy B. Tyson on Mahalia Jackson](https://nofencesreview.substack.com/p/timothy-b-tyson-on-mahalia-jackson) _2026-08-18 · No Fences Review · No Fences Review_ Charles talks to the historian and co-author of a new book on the gospel great ## [Ten For Today: Roller Coasters](https://joycelinehan.substack.com/p/ten-for-today-roller-coasters) _2026-08-16 · Joyce Linehan · Mercy, Mercy, Mercy_ Stark Reality, The Love Affair, Danny Woods, Chuck Jackson, Joe Vitale, Jonathan Richman, Sugar (pre-Bob), Tommy Keene, Spacemen 3, The Jesus and Mary Chain ## [Country Style! Paul Carrack edition](https://nofencesreview.substack.com/p/country-style-paul-carrack-edition) _2026-08-13 · No Fences Review · No Fences Review_ Charles looks at two recent country releases by the veteran artist ## [Turn It Up - 8/10/2026](https://nofencesreview.substack.com/p/turn-it-up-8102026) _2026-08-10 · No Fences Review · No Fences Review_ Earworms, obsessions, recommendations ## [Ten For Today Revisit: Felice Bryant and Her Husband](https://joycelinehan.substack.com/p/ten-for-today-revisit-felice-bryant-90b) _2026-08-07 · Joyce Linehan · Mercy, Mercy, Mercy_ The Everly Brothers, Robert Mitchum, Fairport Convention, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris, Leo Sayer, Rockpile, The Real Kids, John Prine & Iris DeMent ## [Turn It Up - 8/5/2026](https://nofencesreview.substack.com/p/turn-it-up-852026) _2026-08-05 · No Fences Review · No Fences Review_ Earworms, obsessions, recommendations ## [Ten For Today: Disappeared](https://joycelinehan.substack.com/p/ten-for-today-disappeared) _2026-08-03 · Joyce Linehan · Mercy, Mercy, Mercy_ Connie Converse, Francisco Tenório Júnior, The Motifs, Jim Sullivan, Incredible String Band, Alain Kan, Pen Ran, Quessly Blu, Manic Street Preachers, Zelim Bakaev ## [Ten For Today: Oxygen](https://joycelinehan.substack.com/p/ten-for-today-oxygen-05d) _2026-08-01 · Joyce Linehan · Mercy, Mercy, Mercy_ Gary Higgins, Jean-Michele Jarre, Sweet, City Streets & Lorrie Lucas, The Halo Benders, Symbiosis, The Dishes, Willy Mason, Catfiish & The Bottlemen, Ludwig A.F. ## [Turn It Up - 7/29/2026](https://nofencesreview.substack.com/p/turn-it-up-7292026) _2026-07-29 · No Fences Review · No Fences Review_ Earworms, obsessions, recommendations ## [AI QA That Opens Fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/e8tVBFky3alg) _2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_ Runs browser QA, files issues with repro evidence, and opens fix PRs. ## [Turn It Up - 7/22/2026](https://nofencesreview.substack.com/p/turn-it-up-7222026) _2026-07-22 · No Fences Review · No Fences Review_ Earworms, obsessions, recommendations ## [Ten For Today: Mary Magdalene](https://joycelinehan.substack.com/p/ten-for-today-mary-magdalene-ed3) _2026-07-22 · Joyce Linehan · Mercy, Mercy, Mercy_ Carly Simon, Yvonne Elliman, Ann Kirkpatrick, Kris Kristofferson, Game Theory, Steve Pride & His Blood Kin, Thompson Twins, Sonic Youth, Pixx, National Milk Bar ## [Ten For Today: Cindy Walker](https://joycelinehan.substack.com/p/ten-for-today-cindy-walker) _2026-07-20 · Joyce Linehan · Mercy, Mercy, Mercy_ k.d. lang & The Reclines, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Merle Haggard, The Byrds, Ray Charles, Skeeter Davis, Gene Vincent, Roy Orbison, Michael Nesmith ## [Turn It Up - 7/15/2026](https://nofencesreview.substack.com/p/turn-it-up-7152026) _2026-07-15 · No Fences Review · No Fences Review_ Earworms, obsessions, recommendations ## [Plays of Our Lives: Billy Bragg and Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)](https://nofencesreview.substack.com/p/plays-of-our-lives-billy-bragg-and) _2026-07-06 · No Fences Review · No Fences Review_ Charles revisits one of his favorite albums, on the occasion of its first-ever live performance ## [Ten For Today: Patriotic Dissent](https://joycelinehan.substack.com/p/ten-for-today-patriotic-dissent) _2026-07-05 · Joyce Linehan · Mercy, Mercy, Mercy_ The Impressions, John Prine, The Pointer Sisters, Mike Curb Corporation, Leonard Cohen, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Aaron Lee Tasjan, The Avett Brothers, Willie Jones, Wilco ## [At the Half: Our Favorite Albums of 2026, So Far...](https://nofencesreview.substack.com/p/at-the-half-our-favorite-albums-of-e9d) _2026-07-01 · No Fences Review · No Fences Review_ Charles and David list their favorite albums at the year's midpoint ## [Ten For Today: Desire Paths](https://joycelinehan.substack.com/p/ten-for-today-desire-paths) _2026-06-28 · Joyce Linehan · Mercy, Mercy, Mercy_ Nilsson, Factory, Nick Drake, Ben Folds Five, Camera Obscura, Grumbling Fur, Deerhunter, PJ Harvey, Vera Sola, Julian Taylor, Citizen Bravo ## [Turn It Up - 6/23/26](https://nofencesreview.substack.com/p/turn-it-up-62326) _2026-06-23 · No Fences Review · No Fences Review_ Earworms, obsessions, recommendations ## [Ten For Today: No Scotland No Party](https://joycelinehan.substack.com/p/ten-for-today-no-scotland-no-party) _2026-06-22 · Joyce Linehan · Mercy, Mercy, Mercy_ Sutherland Brothers, Middle of the Road, Rab Noakes, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Gerry Rafferty, Duncan Lamont, Kelly Marie, Eurythmics, The Vaselines, Teenage Fanclub ## [Recipe PDFs Ready Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/15pGrTOUrgwr) _2026-06-22 · **Sponsored**_ Turn online or personal recipes into clean, printable PDFs in seconds. ## [Ten For Today: Flag Day](https://joycelinehan.substack.com/p/ten-for-today-flag-day) _2026-06-14 · Joyce Linehan · Mercy, Mercy, Mercy_ Parliament-Funkadelic, Bob Dylan, Jon & Robin, John Prine, Stiff Little Fingers, Simple Minds, Grant Lee Buffalo, Wilco, John Moreland, Graham Nash ## ["admin," morbid](https://kalebhorton.ghost.io/admin-morbid/) _2026-01-26 · Kaleb Horton · Kaleb Horton_ If you're reading this, either in your inbox or on ghost dot io, you likely know that Kaleb Horton died on September 26, 2025. The loss—of talent, curiosity, empathy, and a singular unmistakable inimitable voice—cannot be measured. As his estranged wife turned legal widow ## [Army Man: America's Only Magazine.](https://kalebhorton.ghost.io/army-man-americas-only-magazine/) _2025-06-30 · Kaleb Horton · Kaleb Horton_ A note from the editor: We offer our sincere apologies for taking a brief hiatus from this newsletter while Kaleb “Spike” Horton recovered from injuries sustained during an altercation that forced him to run off the edge of a cliff. He quickly realized the regrettable impossibility of not ## [Shameless Promo: I Have an Article in a Magazine and Unfortunately You Are Legally Required to Read It](https://kalebhorton.ghost.io/shameless-promo-i-have-an-article-in-a-magazine-and-unfortunately-you-are-legally-required-to-read-it/) _2025-04-09 · Kaleb Horton · Kaleb Horton_ Preface: I just found out about this weird new website called 12ft.io that "bypasses paywalls," whatever that means. Anyway, this is what I spent the last half of 2024 working on: it's a feature for a new F1 lifestyle magazine called Esses . While it' ## [walking through los angeles when the crows are screaming and going through your garbage](https://kalebhorton.ghost.io/walking-through-los-angeles-when-the-crows-are-screaming-and-going-through-your-garbage/) _2025-03-28 · Kaleb Horton · Kaleb Horton_ I’m going full nomad lately; while I still have a place to sleep in Los Angeles, I should see more interesting sights than the same few chunks of Burbank I turned into a routine through complacency. I’ll just point the car somewhere, go to a new ## [Going Down The Road Feeling Bad](https://kalebhorton.ghost.io/going-down-the-road-feeling-bad/) _2025-03-18 · Kaleb Horton · Kaleb Horton_ Apologies for the sporadic posts lately. Trying to get my groove back. I’ll just tell you what’s on my mind, rip the Band-Aid off, because it’s all I know how to do and right now I don’t have any other options. ## [On The Comedy Store](https://kalebhorton.ghost.io/on/) _2025-03-09 · Kaleb Horton · Kaleb Horton_ I’ve been away too long, and not by choice. Turning my life into something recognizable in spite of being broke and brokenhearted has been a 24 hour a day job lately, and it hasn’t even worked, which is devastating and definitely somebody else’s fault. ## [The Only Good Shows Ever On Television](https://kalebhorton.ghost.io/the-only-good-shows-ever-on-television/) _2025-02-15 · Kaleb Horton · Kaleb Horton_ I was reading a list in Variety, one of those lunch break lists where you’re chewing your sandwich and see some faces you recognize and some words underneath that make you think “huh, that’s wrong” and then you finish your sandwich and throw away ## [Good Lord, I Found an Episode of Art Bell with Merle Haggard](https://kalebhorton.ghost.io/good-lord-i-found-an-episode-of-art-bell-with-merle-haggard/) _2025-02-14 · Kaleb Horton · Kaleb Horton_ This sounds like a parody of something I would post specifically. You’re completely right. Spiritually, I made it up. But it’s real somehow: I found an episode of Coast to Coast AM where Art Bell interviews Merle Haggard . And that undersells it. Merle sits in for ## [From The Archives: Merle Haggard, Son of Bakersfield](https://kalebhorton.ghost.io/from-the-archives-merle-haggard-son-of-bakersfield/) _2025-02-05 · Kaleb Horton · Kaleb Horton_ Note: I wrote a bunch of stuff before posting the actual article. You know, like recipe sites, except I heard some of those guys make money. So just scroll down a thousand words for the actual thing you clicked on. Which reminds me, consider a paid subscription if you like ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LrDw5cFYKpca) _2025-02-05 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [2025, So Far](https://kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/) _2025-02-01 · Kaleb Horton · Kaleb Horton_ I wish I had a time machine so I could go back in time and talk to my dad in 1988, just before I was born, and tell him what it’s like to live in the future. I’d tell him all the amazing things that are ## [Death Is Just A Change](https://kalebhorton.ghost.io/death-is-just-a-change/) _2025-01-21 · Kaleb Horton · Kaleb Horton_ David Lynch has gone on to whatever the next place is. I’m very sad about it; it came at a hard time for the city of Los Angeles, a place he dearly loved, and it’s hard not to think his change of consciousness, which we kinda ## [The Last American Band](https://kalebhorton.ghost.io/the-last-american-band/) _2024-12-31 · Kaleb Horton · Kaleb Horton_ Honest to goodness The bars weren’t open this morning They must have been voting For a new president or something X is calling it quits. They’re my favorite band ever, so it’s hard to say that and harder still to wrap my head around ## [Bogus Holiday Post: Good Song Titles](https://kalebhorton.ghost.io/bogus-holiday-post-good-song-titles/) _2024-12-21 · Kaleb Horton · Kaleb Horton_ It’s Christmastime, which means it’s time for people who make posts on the computer to list things with a little preamble you slammed out in five minutes. It’s an actual time-honored tradition I like, because it’s so easy to list things, ## [Writing About Writing](https://kalebhorton.ghost.io/writing-about-writing/) _2024-12-10 · Kaleb Horton · Kaleb Horton_ People have been asking me for writing advice a lot lately. All I really have to say is just start typing until you’re done, and make sure none of what you’re typing is bullshit. The first part takes until whenever your deadline is, and the second ## [Really Smooth Music](https://kalebhorton.ghost.io/really-smooth-music/) _2024-12-01 · Kaleb Horton · Kaleb Horton_ I’m in the home stretch of an assignment, and I should be doing that, but last night I saw a documentary that wound up being so specifically related to my assignment that I can confidently claim this is a rehearsal. I saw the new Yacht Rock documentary on