It turns out that Merle Haggard was a generous man to be in bar with. In fact, he once bought so many drinks it came to a ...

Ninety-one years ago today, Merle Haggard's longtime pedal steel player and the man who taught Barbara Mandrell to play was ...

An 11-year-old Noel Haggard proved the apple didn't fall far from the tree of when he embodied the spirit of his father, Merle Haggard.

Merle Haggard Paramount Theater SFJAZZ Oakland, CA February 13, 2016 Some consider Merle Haggard to be “The Poet Laureate of California." Certainly, he is the state's most famous singer-songwriter and ...

He was just one more jailbird, just one more going-nowhere soul with a cheap guitar in his arms and some songs to lean on. But Merle Haggard had a road, and the road was free and it was called Route ...

Before “Okie From Muskogee” became his signature song and before “If We Make It Through December” became his biggest crossover hit, Merle Haggard’s best-known song was the one where he came clean ...

Author Marc Eliot knew the subject of his latest released biography, "The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard," for 25 years before his death in 2016. The writer's exposure to music, ...

New York Times best-selling author Marc Eliot knew the subject of his latest released biography, "The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard," for 25 years before his death in 2016. The ...

Don’t Miss a Moment. Join 30,000 locals who stay current on San Antonio news, culture, and events. Get our free newsletters in your inbox three times a week. Merle Ronald Haggard, the “poet of the ...

Parton and Haggard got to know each other on the road. “Merle Haggard was a special, special person,” Parton wrote in her 2020 book, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics. “I heard he had a ...

We are sad to report that country music icon Merle Haggard died early today, his birthday, at age 79. He had been in ill health for some time, had recently canceled tour dates, and succumbed to ...