Singer-songwriter Dan Bern writes about the music that was important to him as a kid in “Merle, Hank, and Johnny.” The touching meditation on aging captures the importance of music in one’s life, as the singer looks back on his own life while also wondering what music will mean to his own daughter. “But I’ll make sure she hears Merle and Hank and Johnny / Buck Owens, Jimmy Rogers and George Jones.”
Earlier this year, Dan Bern performed “Merle, Hank, and Johnny” — along with his song “Jerusalem” — at the 2014 Folk Alliance Festival in Kansas City. He also answers a few questions. Check it out.
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