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As Merle Haggard’s song says, “Big City turn me loose and set me free somewhere in the middle of Montana.” Our i3G Media ...
Merle Haggard was head over heels for Dolly Parton. He said one awkward studio session finally 'freed' him of his crush.
Singer Merle Haggard was the father of Dana, Marty, Kelli, Noel, Jenessa and Ben before his death in 2016. Here's everything ...
On this day, August 1, 1966, Merle Haggard recorded his first-ever No. 1 hit, "I'm A Lonesome Fugitive" in Los Angeles, California.
Muskogee Civic Center became part of the Oklahoma Music Trail when a marker was unveiled Thursday. The marker, placed next to the Merle Haggard statue, recounts when Haggard made a live recording of ...
In 1982, Jones and Haggard joined forces for an album of duets titled A Taste of Yesterday’s Wine. The LP went to No. 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Its first single, “Yesterday’s Wine,” ...
Merle Haggard fell deeply in love with Dolly Parton. When he looked back on his behavior, he couldn't help but cringe.
Merle Haggard, the country music legend whose songs, such as “Okie from Muskogee,” made him a voice for the workingman and the outsider, has died.
Merle Haggard died on Wednesday (April 6) -- his 79th birthday -- after a brief struggle with pneumonia. “I’m really lucky to be alive,” Haggard said in February. “… I had a pain that ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame though his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in ...
Merle Haggard's new album is called I Am What I Am, a phrase that recalls the pugnaciousness of the cartoon character Popeye. But rock critic Ken Tucker says that Haggard's new album is neither ...
Merle Haggard's new album, I Am What I Am, sings of simple things like being at home and listening to mariachi music. There might be reason for the relaxed tone: Haggard is happy to be alive to ...