Garth Brooks has broken his silence after songwriter Larry Bastian, who worked with the country star on hit songs like “Rodeo ...

In a corner of McSorley’s, the J. Geils Band survivor unspools some tales: sharing pants with Bob Dylan, being David Lynch’s ...

Country icon Merle Haggard has never been one to mince his words, although he has been known to cloak them in such veiled metaphor that he would later say he regretted one of his biggest hit ...

Generally speaking, an artist has little to no control over which of their songs will become the most popular and commercially successful, and that’s certainly true of the iconic Merle Haggard ...

In honor of one of Bakersfield's most famous sons, the Haggard Boxcar Music Festival, a grand birthday celebration for the iconic country music legend Merle Haggard, returns after a four-year ...

The car, once owned by Merle Haggard, will be featured on two of the railway's existing excursions: the Alleghany Special and the Blue Ridge Flyer. STAUNTON — The newest member of the Virginia Scenic ...

Merle Haggard’s “Misery and Gin,” Moe Bandy’s “Barstool Mountain” and The Charlie Daniels Band’s “Drinkin’ My Baby Goodbye” all find broken-hearted men numbing their hurt with ...

A somewhat troubled childhood led to years spent behind bars for Merle Haggard. Merle was born the third child of Flossie Mai and James Haggard in 1937. At the time, the family was living in a ...

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"Hearing how our strong run of two decades of steady hits (were revived) creates a tie back to how artists like Dwight Yoakam, Merle Haggard or Emmylou Harris inspired us and how, in general ...

At one point or another, all country stars are bound to run into and even work with each other, but Merle Haggard’s tie to Johnny Cash runs much deeper than mentorship or appreciation of his music.