[Postcard2] RE: Haggard on Tour

[Stick]

don't know but that's what has been said in the papers and I heard it on a podcast he did for he ronoake times.
I don't know much about weight of guitars, just that i like hearing them played.

Stick

-----Original Message-----
>From: Rick Kelly <rickkelly1 at comcast.net>
>Sent: Jun 24, 2009 9:38 PM
>To: Americana Music List <postcard2 at lists.drizzle.com>
>Subject: Re: [Postcard2] RE: Haggard on Tour
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>interesting question....maybe it's weight?
>i can't think of anything else that would be more difficult about playing an 
>electric than an acoustic.
>
>then again it's not like Hag plays a Les Paul some other huge, heavy brick 
>of a guitar.....
>Telecasters aren't THAT heavy, are they?
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Hal Laurent" <hal at hallaurent.com>
>To: <postcard2 at lists.drizzle.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 8:08 PM
>Subject: [Postcard2] RE: Haggard on Tour
>
>
>> Stick <jstickley at earthlink.net> said:
>>>
>>> Saw Merle Haggard and the Strangers last Tuesday, Weds in
>>> Ronaoke, Va and Rocky Mnt. NC.  Merle looked good and sang
>>> great too.  He is now playing acoustic guitar because the
>>> doctors say he can't play electric yet.
>>
>> Huh?  What is his ailment?  Acoustic guitar is physically more difficult
>> than electric guitar.  Being forbidden to play electric but allowed to 
>> play
>> acoustic sounds backwards.
>>
>> --
>> Hal Laurent
>> Baltimore, MD
>> 
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