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	<title>Merle Haggard Official Website &#187; From Merle &amp; Theresa</title>
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		<title>HAGGARD SINGS WOODY GUTHRIE’S “JESUS CHRIST”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MUSIC LEGEND MERLE HAGGARD SINGS WOODY GUTHRIE’S “JESUS CHRIST” OVER CLOSING CREDITS OF MICHAEL MOORE’S ‘CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY’ When Michael Moore’s new documentary Capitalism: A Love Story opens nationwide this Friday (October 2), it will be country music legend MERLE HAGGARD that audiences hear closing out the film. MERLE said, “I was proud to sing Woody Guthrie’s ‘Jesus Christ,’” over Capitalism’s end credits. As author and singer of “Workin’ Man Blues” – and oft-dubbed “The Poet of the Common Man” – it’s only fitting that MERLE would play a part in Moore’s paean to the plight of regular Americans in an economy ruled by big business. Equally fitting is that MERLE, tagged on the cover of Rolling Stone as a “Badass Legend,” and described in a lengthy profile in the October 1 issue as “a rebel icon and folk hero, an inheritor of the traditions of Woody Guthrie,” would revisit one of Guthrie’s protest songs. A Golden Lion nominee and winner of both the Little Golden Lion and the Open Prize at the 2009 Venice Film Festival, Capitalism: A Love Story opened in New York and Los Angeles on September 23 to box office success and critical praise. Calling it “a genuine and welcome rabble rouser,” Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says, “Moore&#8217;s fireball of a movie could change your life. It had me laughing with tears in my eyes.” Elsewhere, Entertainment Weekly’s Owen Gleiberman calls the film “a searing outcry against the excesses of a cutthroat time,” and Claudia Puig of USA Today calls it “impassioned, informative, and entertaining,” adding that “Moore makes his case with humor, humanity, and outrageous scenarios.” Capitalism: A Love Story hits theaters across America on October 2. MERLE appears in the current issue of Rolling Stone in a career-defining piece written by Jason Fine. This in-depth look at an American icon has hit a nerve with the public: not only is everyone from John Fogerty to Dog The Bounty Hunter twittering about MERLE, but the magazine has also received overwhelmingly positive responses via old fashioned handwritten letters, email and web comments. Meanwhile, MERLE was recently honored with the Poet’s Award at the Academy of Country Music’s ACM Honors on September 22 in Nashville – and played a sold-out gig at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium that same night.]]></description>
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		<title>Merle and Theresa Haggard Celebrate 16! &#8211; read more!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Merle and Theresa Haggard prepare to hit the road for the September Tours, they will be celebrating their 16th Wedding Anniversary September 11th! &#8211; Cheers to Merle and Theresa &#8230;and to many more!]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer Request for Jessica</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Dear fans and friends, Merle and I have a friend&#8221; &#8220;&#8230;a very special friend. Her name is Jessica Easley. She is 10 years old. Jessica has terminal bone cancer. She recently had her leg amputated. Her doctors have sent her home because they say there is no more that they can do . They have given her 2 to 3 weeks to live.  SHE NEED ALL OF OUR PRAYERS OF HEALING! &#8220;THAT IF IT BE GOD&#8217;S WILL&#8221; JESSICA CAN BE HEALED COMPLETELY and  go on to  live her life fully and healthy like  she was meant to. So I post this letter in  total faith that together we can ask Jesus to touch Jessica Easley and make her whole again. We ask of this healing in Jesus name.&#8221; Sincerely, Theresa Haggard &#8220;By my stripes you are healed&#8221;Isaiah 53:5 &#8220; Jessica is 10 years old and has alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft tissue cancer. You can read more about Jessica&#8217;s Story by going to her personal website HERE. If you would like to know more about Jessica and CaringBridge please click HERE. &#8220;Jessica took her last breath at 3:50 AM (Oct. 13, 2009), is now pain-free, Heaven-bound, and running with 2 legs!  How we wish we could see her play.&#8221; - Teresa L. Radke Mother of Pediatric Cancer Patient JESSICA EASLEY &#8211; &#8230;read more!]]></description>
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		<title>Letter From the Haggard&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Fans, Friends, Family, and Acquaintances Merle has undergone the removal of a cancerous growth in his right lung. Merle is recuperating from the surgery and doing better and better each day. I would like to personally thank all of you who took the time to send your love, support, care, concern, and most of all, all of your prayers! Merle and I both believe strongly in our Lord Jesus Christ and His healing powers. After all He is the greatest physician of all. Believing in our prayers to be answered is the key. Faith! Sincerely with the upmost gratitude, Theresa Haggard]]></description>
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		<title>Chester Smith a dear and life long friend</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chester Smith a dear and life long friend of Merle&#8217;s, past away on August 8, 2008. He was known for his hit song &#8220;Wait a little longer please Jesus&#8221; and &#8220;Holiday For Tears&#8221;. &#8220;Wait a little longer &#8221; became an international hit in the pop field. He went on to start his own radio station &#8220;Kloc&#8221; in Ceres, California. Merle&#8217;s awareness of Chester goes back to 1947, in the years he spent with KTRB Modesto as a disc jockey who called himself &#8220;Chester String Bean Smith&#8221;. He was once nearly fired for playing an Ernest Tubb record. The owner specifically told him not to play that, because it was too &#8220;hillbilly&#8221;. Some months there after, the owner came to work and found there was no place to park within walking distance of his own station, because of the crowd. He came in to see &#8220;String Bean&#8221; was on the microphone doin&#8217; his thing. The owner walked in and said &#8220;what&#8217;s all the commotion about?&#8221; Chester replied &#8220;a celebrity friend of mine is gonna stop by&#8221;! &#8220;Please tell me, who do you know so famous?&#8221; With a slight grin Chester replied &#8220;oh, just an old &#8220;hillbilly&#8221; singer named Ernest Tubb&#8221;. Needless to say from that day on Chester had the last word on what to program on the air. From that day on he became the holy grail of country and gospel music. He was like an ambassador to the city of Modesto, California. He was a mentor and always full of wisdom and inspiration. My wife Theresa , myself and my family will miss him dearly. We are sure that Chester is in charge of programming a much bigger deal! More Links about Chester Smith: Hillbilly-Music Dawt Com Modesto Radio Museum]]></description>
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