I KNOW this is a week late, but damn....RIP Merle Haggard

And a few days later I saw Kris Kristofferson and he looked utterly devastated.

There are two people in my life who adored the Hag. One left us last year, so maybe he's now got the chance to meet his hero and the other is still here and keeping the flame alive at The Mint.

Merle Haggard, Country Music’s Outlaw Hero, Dies at 79