Sweet 16 Outlaws & Outsiders Bracket: 2) Merle Haggard vs 3) Waylon Jennings

Tequilla

In what promises to be one of the closest matchups of this round, a heavyweight battle between Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings should draw interest from the alt accounts …

Merle Haggard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn4XjH6-H4M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl_uD07ADnI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnaDtvya_NY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXlEKFansk0

Waylon Jennings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw2eq3w1HGA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhYy26-kV1g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ14IxdzvYw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILhZlXrV7bQ

YellowSnow

Waylon Jennings

Second hardest vote for me in the country battle. Merle was probably a bit more influential and a way better songwriter. But Waylon's vocals and outlaw sound is my favorite country music ever recorded.

YellowSnow

Waylon Jennings

@swaye you're breaking my heart here voting against Waylon.

Swaye

Merle Haggard

YellowSnow said:

@swaye you're breaking my heart here voting against Waylon.

I remember listening to Mama Tried and Fightin' Side of Me as a young kid headed to the deer lease with one of my Dad's every weekend growing up. I can't shake that. Merle is in my bones. Only thing I heard more was Willie. I think I will have Whiskey River played at my funeral. That or Fade to Black. Or both.

YellowSnow

Waylon Jennings

Swaye said:

YellowSnow said:

@swaye you're breaking my heart here voting against Waylon.

I remember listening to Mama Tried and Fightin' Side of Me as a young kid headed to the deer lease with one of my Dad's every weekend growing up. I can't shake that. Merle is in my bones. Only thing I heard more was Willie. I think I will have Whiskey River played at my funeral. That or Fade to Black. Or both.

Both of those Merle songs are phenomenal. Perhaps my most favorite Merle lyric is from Are the Good Times Really Over?

"I wish Coke was still Cola and a joint was a bad place to be".

Swaye

Merle Haggard

YellowSnow said:

Swaye said:

YellowSnow said:

@swaye you're breaking my heart here voting against Waylon.

I remember listening to Mama Tried and Fightin' Side of Me as a young kid headed to the deer lease with one of my Dad's every weekend growing up. I can't shake that. Merle is in my bones. Only thing I heard more was Willie. I think I will have Whiskey River played at my funeral. That or Fade to Black. Or both.

Both of those Merle songs are phenomenal. Perhaps my most favorite Merle lyric is from Are the Good Times Really Over?

"I wish Coke was still Cola and a joint was a bad place to be".

Legend.

LebamDawg

Waylon Jennings

Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas,
With Waylon and Willie and the boys.
This successful life we're living,
Got us feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys.
Between Hank Williams' pain songs,
An Newberry's train songs,
An' "Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain",
Out in Luckenbach, Texas,
Ain't nobody feeling no pain.

Hell of a voice

YellowSnow

Waylon Jennings

CLS doesn't understand @swaye but she does the best that she can Lord, cuz she's a good hearted women in love with a good timing man.

PurpleThrobber

Merle Haggard

LebamDawg said:

Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas,
With Waylon and Willie and the boys.
This successful life we're living,
Got us feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys.
Between Hank Williams' pain songs,
An Newberry's train songs,
An' "Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain",
Out in Luckenbach, Texas,
Ain't nobody feeling no pain.

Hell of a voice

Sang that hundreds of times in drunken stupors back in college. Neighbors loved us.

YellowSnow

Waylon Jennings

PurpleThrobber said:

LebamDawg said:

Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas,
With Waylon and Willie and the boys.
This successful life we're living,
Got us feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys.
Between Hank Williams' pain songs,
An Newberry's train songs,
An' "Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain",
Out in Luckenbach, Texas,
Ain't nobody feeling no pain.

Hell of a voice

Sang that hundreds of times in drunken stupors back in college. Neighbors loved us.

The only two things in life that make it worth living are guitars tuned good and firm feeling women.

Ice_Holmvik

Waylon Jennings

Played this song at my dad's funeral along with Amazing Grace by Willie Nelson.
http://youtu.be/1BKMBnCTlTY

Joey

Waylon Jennings

Merle is good but a little boring and overrated. Waylon is the fucking man.

YellowSnow

Waylon Jennings

Pains me to see Merle getting crushed, but Waylon is a skrong contender is this tournament. Waylon vs Willie is gonna be chinteresting.

Tequilla

Waylon Jennings

Voting closed … Waylon wins 15-5

Swaye

Merle Haggard

Not nearly as close as it should have been.

Dennis_DeYoung

Waylon Jennings

Sophie's choice.