Thanks, casp.
Beloved singer songwriter musician. His life story could be movie material. I read that his son said that Merle told his family a week ago that he would pass on his birthday.
"Hard times, truth and inspiration"
(2004)
http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jun...t/ca-hilburn20
Are the Good Times Really Over
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFHJ41ktt3Q
Kern River
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OGKVfHUwW4
RIP Merle.