Tanya Tucker Says She ‘Snuck Out’ of Her Window to Go Meet Up with Her ‘Hero’ Merle Haggard: ‘I Ran Away with Him’

Tucker and Haggard went on to be great friends before his 2016 death, and she is still friendly with his family ...
American Songwriter

Born 97 Years Ago Today in Oklahoma, the “Queen of the Coast” Who Married Not One, but Two Bakersfield Country Pioneers

Bonnie Owens, the country singer-songwriter who performed with ex-husbands Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, would have turned 97 ...
American Songwriter

Born 96 Years Ago Today in Oklahoma, the Bakersfield Sound Pioneer Who Wrote Songs for Buck Owens and Merle Haggard

Songwriter Tommy Collins, whom Merle Haggard paid tribute to in his 1981 song "Leonard", would have turned 96 today.
Rolling Stone

Merle Haggard Tribute: 10 Best Things We Saw

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 ...
Yahoo

Why Merle Haggard Wrote ‘America First,’ the Song Suddenly Getting a Revival as JD Vance’s Campaign Theme

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Country legend Merle Haggard has been brought into the national spotlight again, thanks to vice presidential candidate JD Vance ...

1973 Country Song, With Singer Nicknamed ‘The Hag,’ Is Still a Powerful Hit 53 Years Later

Merle Haggard, a.k.a “The Hag,” proved this 1973 country classic “If We Make It Through December,” has lost none of its ...
Wall Street Journal

Merle Haggard Dies at Age 79

Merle Haggard, the former San Quentin inmate whose resonant baritone, songs about the hardships of ordinary people and devotion to the traditions of country music put him in the pantheon of American ...