Willie Nelson will interpret the songs of Merle Haggard on the country legend’s upcoming 78th solo studio album. Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle, due out November 7, finds Nelson delivering 11 new ...

The music-savvy actor-director honors Merle Haggard, bringing in today's top Americana stars to cover the late country legend’s songs over the course of the three-hour film. Hawke keeps the two-part ...

Dolly Parton has said she would never date someone in the music industry, but that didn’t stop Merle Haggard from trying. The pair spent time together on a joint tour, and he fell in love with her.

Dolly Parton could charm just about anyone. Country singer Merle Haggard was no different. The pair got to know each other while touring in the early days of her career. Before long, he was writing ...

LuLu's Eating and Drinking Establishment in Redding was a favorite haunt of country music legend Merle Haggard. Owner Richard Paulson, whose family has a long history in the restaurant business, ...

Before he became a musician, Merle Haggard lived the kind of life that's often mythologized in song: Hopping freights and doing prison time. When he became a star, he acquired his own observation car.

If you look up ten lists or playlists of country Christmas songs, you’ll likely find Merle Haggard’s 1973 No. 1 hit “If We Make It Through December” in at least five of them. In my opinion, it’s out ...

“Is the best of the free life behind us now?” Merle Haggard asked in a haunting 1982 country music hit song. Nine years earlier, Haggard had scoffed at potheads and draft dodgers in a White House ...

It’s no secret that Dwight Yoakam and The Judds were both massive names in the country music world in the ’80s and ’90s. And if that was a little before your time, you might be surprised to know that ...

Keith Niehenke recalls what is arguably the greatest concert in Post Falls history like it was yesterday. The vocalist-fiddler stood in rapt attention nearly three decades ago when Merle Haggard ...

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MUSKOGEE, Okla. — The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (OMHOF) and the Merle Haggard Statue Committee unveiled plans Wednesday for a bronze statue honoring Merle Haggard. Haggard was inducted into the ...