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01733aam a2200241 4500 001 136BBA76323511EC8B1165C359ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211021010114 008 210813s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1098353072 020 $a 9781098353070 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a McDonald, Raymond H. 245 1 $a Merle Haggard was a Friend of Mine : a Memoir / $c Raymond H. McDonald. 250 $a Paperback edition. 264 1 $a Bakersfield, CA : $b Published privately, $c 2020. 300 $a 293 pages ; 23 cm. : $b {pbk.}. 500 $a One day on a local TV station a new guest singer appeared on it's live country music show. He was really good. My mom, a devoted country music fan, and I were impressed. About fifteen minutes after the show ended, a car pulled up in front of the home where Flossie Haggard , Merle's mother, lived. My mother had become acquainted with Flossie when our family moved across the street in 1964. A man got out and the car pulled away, I yelled, "Mom! That new guest singer is walking up to Flossie's house!" "No he's not!", she said, then peering over my shoulder exclaimed, "Well, it sure is him and I know his mother!" And that is when it began... Raymond H. McDonald lived in Bakersfield, CA for thirty years and was and was a part of Merle Haggard's household from 1965-1966. He later worked as Merle's personal assistant , eventually becoming his tour bus driver from 2009-2016. This book was written as a tribute to the legacy of Merle Haggard my friend-Raymond. 541 $d 20210813. 650 $a Legends $v Country. 941 $a 1 952 $l XHPD657 $d 20211021034437.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=136BBA76323511EC8B1165C359ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search