Merle Haggard's Last Song 'Kern River Blues' Set for Release
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Merle Haggard's Last Song 'Kern River Blues' Set for Release
Merle Haggard's final recording will be unveiled tomorrow (May 12th). According to the late legend's official website, "Kern River Blues" will premiere on Siriu...
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How Merle Haggard, Big Sean Influenced Mike Posner's New Album
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How Merle Haggard, Big Sean Influenced Mike Posner's New Album
"If anyone has listened to my stuff over the years, they know I tend not to do the same thing twice," Mike Posner tells Rolling Stone. "Sometimes that's not the...
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Merle Haggard: The Outlaw
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Merle Haggard: The Outlaw
It all came from that evening, in spring 1946. Merle Haggard was nine. He had been at a Church of Christ prayer meeting outside Bakersfield, California, with hi...
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Kacey Musgraves Leads G Fest Lineup
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Kacey Musgraves Leads G Fest Lineup
Kacey Musgraves has been announced as one of the performers at the inaugural G Fest in honor of late country legend Merle Haggard. Set for June 16th through the...
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See Scotty McCreery's Warm Tribute to Merle Haggard
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See Scotty McCreery's Warm Tribute to Merle Haggard
In Scotty McCreery's upcoming book Go Big or Go Home, the singer makes multiple mentions of his love for more traditional country music — a statement anyone who...
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Watch Chris Stapleton's Poignant Salute to Merle Haggard
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Watch Chris Stapleton's Poignant Salute to Merle Haggard
Over the weekend, Chris Stapleton fearlessly tackled a classic Prince tune at one of his solo headlining shows. Days earlier, he was offering a tribute to anoth...
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Merle Haggard Postpones March Tour After Pneumonia Returns
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Merle Haggard Postpones March Tour After Pneumonia Returns
Merle Haggard has postponed his March tour after being hospitalized in California due to a recurring bout of double pneumonia. Per a statement, doctors want Hag...
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Merle Haggard Makes Surprise Return to the Stage
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Merle Haggard Makes Surprise Return to the Stage
After canceling his February tour dates due to health concerns from double pneumonia, Merle Haggard returned to the spotlight this past weekend at Mandalay Bay...
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Merle Haggard Cancels February Tour to Recover From Double Pneumonia
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Merle Haggard Cancels February Tour to Recover From Double Pneumonia
After calling off a performance minutes before taking the stage in Riverside, California, on February 2nd, Merle Haggard has canceled the remainder of the month...
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Merle Haggard Cancels New Mexico Show, Cites Health Reasons
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Merle Haggard Cancels New Mexico Show, Cites Health Reasons
Country icon Merle Haggard has been forced to cancel an upcoming performance at the Inn of the Mountain Gods in New Mexico on January 30 due to health issues. I...
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See Merle Haggard's Grooving 'Stay Here and Drink' at the Opry
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See Merle Haggard's Grooving 'Stay Here and Drink' at the Opry
For his 1980 album Back to the Barrooms, Merle Haggard chose an assortment of songs about drowning one's sorrows. Among them are "Misery and Gin," "I Don't Want...
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Merle Haggard Talks Health Scare: 'I Was Nearly Dead'
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Merle Haggard Talks Health Scare: 'I Was Nearly Dead'
Weeks after checking himself into a California hospital with a case of double pneumonia, Merle Haggard is officially on the mend.  "A couple weeks ago I came in...
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See Merle Haggard's Swinging 'Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star'
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See Merle Haggard's Swinging 'Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star'
In 1987, Epic Records released Merle Haggard's album Chill Factor with the single "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star." Borrowing a walking bass line from early rock a...
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Merle Haggard Hospitalized, Postpones Shows
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Merle Haggard Hospitalized, Postpones Shows
Illness has forced Merle Haggard to postpone a string of concert dates scheduled for this weekend. According to the country icon's Facebook, Haggard was admitte...
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Merle Haggard Laments New Country Music About 'Screwing on a Tailgate'
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Merle Haggard Laments New Country Music About 'Screwing on a Tailgate'
Merle Haggard is one of the most name-checked singers in modern country music, honored by a string of songs — including Eric Church's "Pledge Allegiance to the...
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Merle Haggard: 'Prison Is the Biggest Business in America'
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Merle Haggard: 'Prison Is the Biggest Business in America'
Merle Haggard has changed his stance on pot smoking since his "Okie From Muskogee" days. The former anti-hippy and right wing hero is now putting the bake back...
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Watch Mo Pitney Sing About Meeting Merle Haggard
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Watch Mo Pitney Sing About Meeting Merle Haggard
When Mo Pitney was 12 years old he had a "boxer's fracture," a broken arm in a cast that went from his elbow to over the ring and pinky finger on his right hand...
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Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette Songwriter Red Lane Dead at 76
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Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette Songwriter Red Lane Dead at 76
Songwriter Red Lane, whose works have been recorded by Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Roger Miller, among many others, died We...
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Merle Haggard Songwriter Red Lane Dies at 76
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Merle Haggard Songwriter Red Lane Dies at 76
Red Lane -- one of the stalwarts of Nashville songwriters, whose career spanned close to 50 years -- died Wednesday after an extended illness at the age of 76....
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John Anderson on the Quirky Song Merle Haggard Wrote for Him
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John Anderson on the Quirky Song Merle Haggard Wrote for Him
Three years ago, John Anderson received a phone call from Merle Haggard. "This is how it went," he says, doing his best Hag impression. "'I'm in the hospital, w...
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