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Saw this today on facebook, posted by a former radio colleague on mine, and credited (originally) to W. Earl Brown (who I am not familiar with): Merle's Final Show*. It was Super Bowl weekend. Merle had already cancelled months of shows, but this particular booking was a big payday. Merle had to pay his band and crew, so there was no calling in sick for this gig. Toby Keith was in town with his wife to watch some football and have some fun. Toby got word that Merle was in Vegas, so he went to see him… Merle was in bad shape. He needed to be in a hospital - not on a stage; but The Show Must Go On. Merle would not take charity from anyone, but he did turn to Toby and say, "How many songs of mine do you know?" "All of 'em" answered T. "All of 'em?" "Yep. And I won't need a teleprompter." "Well, stay nearby." After four or five songs, Merle's infected lungs were spent. He couldn't draw enough air to sing any longer. "We've, uh, we've got a special guest here tonight…" Toby came out and sang the rest of the show. Merle gave his last concert. The Strangers got paid. And the audience, while not realizing it at the time, saw something special. Never speak ill of Toby Keith to me; thanks to him, Merle exited the stage with his dignity intact. * I have been informed that Merle played a couple of shows after Vegas, so this was not the FINAL show. I knew he and Kris were set to play a rescheduled LA on Feb 3, because I was missing it due to my travel schedule. I had no idea it was postponed a second time. Whether Vegas was the last show, second-to-last, or whatever, the fact remains that when Merle needed a helping hand, he got one, and the audience was not left wanting. Merle was an artist and a showman until the end. The reason I know about it, is that I phoned T after the Super Bowl to talk football. That's when he told me what happened. Knowing what a Merle fan I am, he sent me this pic. I asked permission to share the photo before I did so. (the pic, as you can imagine, is of Merle and Toby exiting a stage area together)

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Just purchased a pair through Amazon. Excited to put these in my Nexus skates as there is a lot of vertical space in the toebox!

So after a long delay, I finally received my custom Eagle gloves. there was a bit of an issue with them so I had to send them out to get "corrected" but no biggie. Basically I had ordered X50s but they made them to the X70 specs which include the extended cuff which I hate so after taking so long to get these gloves in, I just took them to a shoe repair place local to me and had them modify the cuffs to what my old X50s were. Here's the breakdown: X70 base Split Fingers MSH3 Palms MSH3 Gussets ( red/white/black pair) Mesh Gussets (black pair) Custom cuffs (had originally ordered the "custom pro cuff" which Gus had stated would be what I wanted but didn't get that :( ) These things feel amazing and were everthing I was looking for. Looking back I should have just had the cuffs on the X70s I purchased off a member here done up like these and had them repalmed/gussetted but hey, nothing beats non-smelling gloves!