Topic: Merle Haggard
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I go all the way back to the original Stanley Brothers and the Don Reno-Red Smiley records, things like that
Haggard releases first bluegrass album Oct 03, 2007
I suspected when it was done to me, that I didn't need an operation
Tenet gets new president amid probe Nov 07, 2002
We're still up, we're still running and we still have good players
Country Music News Nov 06, 2002
What's on the tape is a rough mix of an ongoing project. It's like she kidnapped my children
Country Music News Jun 03, 2002
Merle Ronald Haggard (born April 6, 1937) is an American country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.
Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band "The Strangers" helped create the Bakersfield Sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville Sound recordings of the same era. By the 1970s, Haggard was aligned with the growing outlaw country movement, and has continued to release successful albums through the 1990s and into the 2000s. His songs display unflinching personal honesty about such universal themes as love, loss, patriotism, regret and redemption.
In 1997, Merle Haggard was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame for his song Okie from Muskogee.
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