It all came from that evening, in spring 1946. Merle Haggard was nine. He had been at a Church of Christ prayer meeting outside Bakersfield, California, with his mother, Flossie. The young boy ...

On Feb. 13, I was in the audience at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland for Merle Haggard’s final public performance. On stage that night, Merle’s son, Ben, his lead guitarist, and the rest of ...

Merle Haggard has received a new honor in his home state of California: A stretch of highway now bares his name. As reported by the Record Searchlight, the Interstate 5-Highway 44 interchange in ...

Merle Haggard’s breathing easier now. By Randy Lewis . Jan. 31, 2009 7:32 PM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options. ... black T-shirt, blue denim jeans and golden-brown ostrich boots. ...

I wasn’t expecting it to, but Merle Haggard’s death on his 79th birthday last Wednesday knocked me for a loop, because he’d been such a big influence on me (and millions of others) for so ...

Merle Haggard has a vast catalog of songs to draw from when he plays the Hard Rock Live Sunday night, ... T-shirt desert. Islands of Adventure hopping: Dragons, Cool Zone, T-shirt desert.

Merle Haggard, Country Music Legend And Icon, Dies At 79 : The Record Outlaw, "Okie from Muskogee," poet of working-class values and a fixture in country music for 50 years, Merle Haggard died ...

Even after that, Cash helped Haggard about a decade later. Haggard was out of prison and an established country star when he appeared as a guest on ABC’s “The Johnny Cash Show” in August 1969.

This was the night before Haggard died. The next day, April 6, 2016, Hunt was in a co-write when the news broke that the Hag had passed away. "It sent chills up my spine.

Opinion: Merle Haggard, who likes Obama, compliments him by saying, ‘I think he knows he’s in over his head’ Dec. 29, 2010 5:55 PM PT Share via Close extra sharing options ...

Merle Haggard: 5 Things You Should Know About The Legendary Singer : The Two-Way "I was probably the most incorrigible child you could ever meet," the legendary singer once told NPR.

Merle Haggard has recorded literally hundreds of albums and thousands of songs in his career, and at age 72 he shows no signs of slowing down.He’s released 11 albums in the last decade ...