Any honky-tonk band that works four sets without playing at least one song by Merle Haggard needs to be given a lesson in music history. “Workin’ Man Blues,” “Okie From Muskogee,” “I Think I’ll Just ...

“Mama never had the luxuries she wanted… But it wasn’t ‘cause my Daddy didn’t try.” — “Hungry Eyes,” music and lyrics by Merle Haggard His parents moved from Oklahoma to California during the Great ...

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, ...

We all have things in our past that we are not proud of and for Merle Haggard it was a felony conviction for armed robbery. For decades, I’ve loved Haggard’s music. It was the music of the common ...

Merle Haggard: Hated the guy. Loved the guy. I’m talking decades and decades of love for the man responsible for creating the favorite music of my life. It took some doing for me to get there, though.