Country music star Merle Haggard dies at 79; served time before going big time LOS ANGELES - Country legend Merle Haggard, often called "the Poet of the Common Man," whose music reflected his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – One and only one original member of Merle Haggard’s legendary backup band, the Strangers, is left ...

The tribute concert “Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggard” assembled a cross-genre army of Haggard fans to interpret the late country legend’s most famous songs. Keith Richards, John ...

Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame through his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as "Okie From ...

The Academy of Country Music is paying special tribute to country legend Merle Haggard. At the 2016 ACM Honors, a new award will be given in honor of the iconic late singer: the ACM Merle Haggard ...

These were the highlights from that interview conversation. He is drawn the country music due to its “honesty.” The country veteran had noted that he is equally comfortable singing in the studio and ...

George Jones and Merle Haggard represented the two sides of the classic country music coin. Jones, hailed as the greatest country singer of all time, is one of the best representatives of the ...

"Merle forever changed the course of country music," said the Oscar winner. By Farnoush Amiri Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey was on hand at the American Country Countdown Awards on Sunday night to ...

Country music legend Merle Haggard died April 6 at the age of 79. His career spanned more than half a century, during which time he landed no fewer than 38 number-one hits on the US country music ...

Fans of the popular Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline museums in Nashville are in luck: their operator is introducing a third offering — a Merle Haggard museum — in Nashville next summer. Bill and Shannon ...